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AI References

Top News/Stories

• (2018-10-15) MIT establishes the Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing:
  • http://news.mit.edu/2018/mit-reshapes-itself-stephen-schwarzman-college-of-computing-1015
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzt18BIAt3g
• (2019-03-25) U of T gets $100M donation for AI research and new complex:
  • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/university-of-toronto-100m-donation-innovation-entrepreneurship-1.5068000
  • https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/billionaire-couple-donates-100-million-to-uoft-for-ai-research-and-new-complex

Books

• (2018-09-25) AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order by Kai-Fu Lee
  • https://www.amazon.com/AI-Superpowers-China-Silicon-Valley-ebook/dp/B0795DNWCF
  • Talk at Berkeley Haas, UC Berkeley's Business School, that summarizes the main topic of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rU4cnbJti8
• (2018-02-01) Artificial Intelligence: 101 Things You Must Know Today About Our Future by Lasse Rouhiainen
  • An introductory book for all ages, with no prior AI knowledge required.
  • https://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence-Things-Today-Future-ebook/dp/B079JXCVGS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1546287292&sr=1-1&keywords=AI+101

The Importance of Math

• A fantastic TED talk about the beauty of mathematics.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQElzjCsl9o
• The video below clearly explains what areas of math are widely used in machine learning.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8onB7rPG4Pk

Videos

• A great explanation of Neural Networks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk