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Probabilistic Computing Takes Artificial Intelligence to the Next Step

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The potential impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has never been greater - but we'll only be successful if AI can deliver smarter and more intuitive answers. A key barrier to AI today is that natural data fed to a computer is largely unstructured and "noisy."

It's easy for humans to sort through natural data. For example: If you are driving a car on a residential street and see a ball roll in front of you, you would stop, assuming there is a small child not far behind that ball. Computers today don't do this. They are built to assist humans with precise productivity tasks. Making computers efficient at dealing with probabilities at scale is central to our ability to transform current systems and applications from advanced computational aids into intelligent partners for understanding and decision-making.





This is why probabilistic computing is one key component to AI and central to addressing these challenges. Probabilistic computing will allow future systems to comprehend and compute with uncertainties inherent in natural data, which will enable us to build computers capable of understanding, predicting and decision-making.

Today at Intel, we are observing an unprecedented growth of applications that rely on analysis of noisy natural data - different and even conflicting information. Such applications aim to assist humans with a higher level of intelligence and awareness about the environments in which they operate. Cutting through this noisy minefield is central to our ability to transform computers into intelligent partners that can understand and act on information with human-like fidelity.

Research into probabilistic computing is not a new area of study, but the improvements in high-performance computing and deep learning algorithms may lead probabilistic computing into a new era. In the next few years, we expect that research in probabilistic computing will lead to significant improvements in the reliability, security, serviceability and performance of AI systems, including hardware designed specifically for probabilistic computing. These advancements are critical to deploying applications into the real world - from smart homes to smart cities.

To accelerate our work in probabilistic computing, Intel is increasing its research investment in probabilistic computing and we are working with partners to pursue this goal.

Establishing the Intel Strategic Research Alliance for Probabilistic Computing
Realizing the full potential of probabilistic computing involves holistic integration of multiple levels in computing technology. Today, Intel underscored its commitment to integrated and collaborative implementation of emerging computing architectures and a sound ecosystem enablement strategy by issuing a call to the academic and start-up communities to partner with us to advance probabilistic computing from the lab to reality across these vectors: benchmark applications, adversarial attack mitigations, probabilistic frameworks and software and hardware optimization.

An Eye on What's Next
We are incredibly eager to see the proposals to advance probabilistic computing and to continue this research with the potential to raise the bar for what AI can help us achieve. Academic proposals are expected to be submitted by May 25th and among them we will select the best research teams.

We began this journey with research into neuromorphic computing - focusing on our understanding of the human brain and its associated computational processes. The start of the neuromorphic research community announced on March 1 is also on track and we are planning to continue to scale up our Loihi on the cloud to allow researchers access to cutting-edge hardware. We see a path to reach 100 billion synapses on a single system in 2019.

Furthermore, Intel has already been working to decode the brain and advance the next stage in neuroscience as part of our research partnership with Princeton University. We are looking forward to further understanding the flow of intelligence and decision-making through our probabilistic computing work.

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Human Brains work on the principal of
yes / no / maybe

computers work on the principal of yes / no

Until they design something that does yes / no / maybe your never have true Artificial Intelligence /Random thought ect
Algorithms can be written to approximate the maybe but in the end someone else can write an Algorithm that Mathamaticly predicts the answer for the 1st Algorithm
 
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There is a video I saw a while ago on the topic from some research with a robot that can make predictions about its surroundings. I think it's definitely a field with high potential. Just needs more funding like this.

Here's the vid:
 
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There is a video I saw a while ago on the topic from some research with a robot that can make predictions about its surroundings. I think it's definitely a field with high potential. Just needs more funding like this.

Here's the vid:

Yea Boston Dyanmics has a lock on that. Working prototype and a jogging robot..... The end is near for us. :eek:


And here's the video about prediction on surroundings....

 
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Human Brains work on the principal of
yes / no / maybe

computers work on the principal of yes / no

Until they design something that does yes / no / maybe your never have true Artificial Intelligence /Random thought ect
Algorithms can be written to approximate the maybe but in the end someone else can write an Algorithm that Mathamaticly predicts the answer for the 1st Algorithm

:toast: someone gets it. Todays' AI is 99% marketing and repurposing existing knowledge plus a crapload of processing power and 1% new technology.

The funny thing is that even an AI that can do 'maybe' will not 'maybe' the way we like it or would deem morally or ethically acceptable, making it a big no for us in the end ;) We like control and an AI that does what people speak of today is everything but that.
 
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Until they design something that does yes / no / maybe your never have true Artificial Intelligence /Random thought ect
Algorithms can be written to approximate the maybe but in the end someone else can write an Algorithm that Mathamaticly predicts the answer for the 1st Algorithm

AI is not algorithms. And your "maybe" is simply noisy output filtering through a million conflicting desires and avoidances (ie human functioning).

AI will eventually surpass human thought and creativity unless the hardware tech stalls pretty soon.
 
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