{"id":15118,"date":"2014-07-23T12:38:38","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T09:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/facebook-is-building-an-artificial-smart-brain-with-your-information\/"},"modified":"2014-07-23T12:38:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T09:38:38","slug":"facebook-is-building-an-artificial-smart-brain-with-your-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/add-energy.ro\/en\/facebook-is-building-an-artificial-smart-brain-with-your-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook is building an artificial smart brain with your information"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tDo not<\/span> make the mistake<\/span> to<\/span> think that<\/span> Google<\/span> is<\/span> the only company<\/span> on the internet<\/span> who gathers information<\/span> concerned with<\/span> artificial intelligence<\/span>.<\/span> As reported<\/span> a week ago<\/span> by MIT<\/span> Technology<\/span> Report<\/span>, Facebook<\/span> is working on<\/span> an initiative to<\/span> deep learning<\/span>, which means<\/span> that it is<\/span> very concerned about<\/span> Artificial Intelligence<\/span> (AI<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tCompany<\/span> formed<\/span> a small<\/span> research group,<\/span> called<\/span> internal<\/span> AI<\/span> team<\/span>.<\/span> Details<\/span> of their work<\/span> are still<\/span> secret<\/span>,<\/span> but involves<\/span> deep learning<\/span> experiments with<\/span> technology that<\/span> is practically<\/span> taught<\/span> machine<\/span> on steroids<\/span> that can<\/span> make computers<\/span> think,<\/span> to understand<\/span>,<\/span> to learn<\/span> by themselves<\/span> beyond<\/span> what they<\/span> programmed<\/span> people to do<\/span> .<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tLearning<\/span> deep<\/span> layers<\/span> of neurons in the<\/span> neocortex<\/span> copies<\/span> –<\/span> the rational part<\/span> of the human brain<\/span>.<\/span> It is<\/span> the concept<\/span> on which<\/span> the robot<\/span> Siri<\/span>,<\/span> semantic<\/span> search<\/span>,<\/span> IBM<\/span> Watson<\/span>,<\/span> new<\/span> medical breakthroughs<\/span>,<\/span> natural<\/span> language<\/span> recognition<\/span> and<\/span>,<\/span> in the future<\/span>,<\/span> machines<\/span> and<\/span> robots<\/span> autopilot<\/span> field<\/span> work.<\/span> At the moment<\/span>, it's<\/span> the best chance<\/span> to<\/span> make the dream<\/span> of<\/span> artificial intelligence<\/span> science fiction<\/span> into reality.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn<\/span> the past two years<\/span>, Google<\/span> has dominated<\/span> the<\/span> deep<\/span> learning<\/span> – for example,<\/span> by employing<\/span> the most<\/span> known and appreciated<\/span> minds<\/span> in the field,<\/span> Geoffrey<\/span> Hinton<\/span>,<\/span> the first to use<\/span> this technology<\/span> to recognize<\/span> images.<\/span> But<\/span> nothing that<\/span> has<\/span> to compete with<\/span> Facebook<\/span>'s rival<\/span> in<\/span> this game.<\/span> The social network<\/span> has a<\/span> very precious<\/span> resource<\/span>:<\/span> the data they<\/span> gather<\/span> from a<\/span> billion users<\/span> (of which<\/span> 300 million<\/span> are active<\/span>)<\/span> hyper<\/span>-personal<\/span> sharing information<\/span> about their lives<\/span> on the platform<\/span> every day.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tLarge amounts<\/span> of<\/span> information and<\/span> learning<\/span> go hand<\/span>-in-hand<\/span> with cars<\/span>, because<\/span> the neural network<\/span> can learn<\/span> only<\/span> by making<\/span> connections<\/span> between<\/span> information they<\/span> access<\/span>.<\/span> Can<\/span> you remember<\/span> when Google<\/span> has revealed that<\/span> his brain<\/span> could identify<\/span> virtual<\/span> cats<\/span> videos on<\/span> YouTube<\/span>,<\/span> though no one<\/span> had told him<\/span> somethin about <\/span>that<\/span> cat<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhat<\/span>'s even more<\/span> interesting about<\/span> this<\/span> discovery<\/span> is that<\/span> the computer<\/span> could<\/span> realize<\/span> more<\/span> obscure<\/span> things<\/span> – for example,<\/span> to distinguish<\/span> the differences<\/span> between several<\/span> varieties of the same<\/span> species of<\/span> fish,<\/span> what a man<\/span> can do<\/span>.<\/span> In other words<\/span>, maybe<\/span> our brains are<\/span> too complex<\/span> to be<\/span> imitated by<\/span> a machine<\/span>, but<\/span> databases<\/span> Google<\/span> and<\/span> Facebook<\/span> collect<\/span> amounts of<\/span> information that<\/span> a<\/span> human being<\/span> could<\/span> ever<\/span> retain<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tSo<\/span> thought<\/span> Russian<\/span> capital<\/span> firm<\/span> when he<\/span> invested hundreds of<\/span> millions of dollars in<\/span> Facebook<\/span> two years ago<\/span> because he was<\/span> sure<\/span> that the social network<\/span> giant<\/span> was the future<\/span> of artificial intelligence<\/span>.<\/span> Just<\/span> a<\/span> thought<\/span> and<\/span> Facebook<\/span> when it<\/span> invested in<\/span> the project<\/span>'s<\/span> co-<\/span>founder<\/span> Vicarious<\/span> Dustin<\/span> Moskovitz<\/span>,<\/span> which aims to<\/span> mimic<\/span> the human brain<\/span> to create<\/span> smart machines<\/span>,<\/span> with rational<\/span> spirit<\/span> of observation.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tWhat is<\/span> disturbing<\/span> in<\/span> this?<\/span> Facebook<\/span>'s<\/span> virtual<\/span> brain<\/span> not only<\/span> is built<\/span> with<\/span> users' personal<\/span> information<\/span>,<\/span> but<\/span> it could<\/span> help the company<\/span> to know<\/span> more<\/span> about you and<\/span> your life.<\/span> Technology Review<\/span> reported that<\/span> learning<\/span> technology<\/span> can<\/span> detect<\/span> deep<\/span> emotions<\/span> statuses<\/span> or events<\/span>, even<\/span> if they are not<\/span> explicit<\/span> photos<\/span> that could recognize<\/span> objects<\/span> and could<\/span> predict how<\/span> people<\/span> will behave<\/span> in the future.<\/span> The implications of this<\/span> level<\/span> of knowledge<\/span> are many and<\/span> frightening<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe phenomenon<\/span> is already happening<\/span> to some<\/span> extent,<\/span> yet<\/span> with<\/span> traditional<\/span> learning<\/span> machines<\/span> that<\/span> Facebook<\/span> uses to<\/span> improve the<\/span> user experience<\/span> and develop<\/span> new technologies.<\/span> It was recently reported<\/span> that<\/span> Facebook<\/span> knows the<\/span> details and<\/span> features<\/span> about yourself that<\/span> you did not<\/span> tell anyone<\/span> – for example<\/span>, the fact<\/span> that you are<\/span> gay<\/span> or<\/span> democrat.<\/span> This revelation<\/span> has led to<\/span> silly games<\/span> like this,<\/span> the<\/span> site<\/span> that allows<\/span> access to all<\/span> your information<\/span> on<\/span> Facebook<\/span>, and I<\/span> say<\/span> that<\/span>'s<\/span> your personality.<\/span> (<\/span>They fit<\/span> me<\/span> pretty good<\/span> results<\/span>,<\/span> except for the<\/span> shyness<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe question is<\/span>:<\/span> do people care<\/span> that their personal data<\/span> are used to build<\/span> an<\/span> intelligent<\/span> artificial brain<\/span> that can learn<\/span> even more<\/span> things about them<\/span>?<\/span> Do these<\/span> powers will<\/span> be used<\/span> for good<\/span> – to<\/span> improve<\/span> Facebook's<\/span> news feed<\/span> and<\/span> develop new<\/span> useful<\/span> features<\/span> of the network<\/span> –<\/span> or for<\/span> evil<\/span> ?<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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\n\tSrinivas<\/span> Narayanan<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> Facebook<\/span> engineer<\/span> in charge of<\/span> the new<\/span> investigation team<\/span>, told<\/span> Technology Review<\/span> that in addition to<\/span> new technology<\/span> company,<\/span> researching<\/span> technology<\/span> for<\/span> deep<\/span> learning<\/span> "<\/span>a subject of<\/span> general interest<\/span> will<\/span> be published<\/span>.<\/span>"<\/span> Ultimate goal<\/span> the<\/span> Facebook<\/span> site<\/span> is still<\/span> unknown<\/span>,<\/span> but<\/span> users<\/span>, be careful<\/span>:<\/span> the information<\/span> you give<\/span> them<\/span> everyday<\/span> social<\/span> giant<\/span> would<\/span> be able to<\/span> get out of control<\/span> much louder<\/span> than you think.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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