Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact - MIT News
Jan 17, 2025 · Plus, generative AI models have an especially short shelf-life, driven by rising demand for new AI applications. Companies release new models every few weeks, so the energy used to train prior versions goes to waste, Bashir adds. New models often consume more energy for training, since they usually have more parameters than their predecessors.
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3 days ago · Teaching AI to communicate sounds like humans do. Inspired by the human vocal tract, a new AI model can produce and understand vocal imitations of everyday sounds. The method could help build new sonic interfaces for entertainment and education. January 9, 2025. Read full story →
Je suis vs. J'ai | French Q & A - Kwiziq French
J'ai = I have. Je suis = I am. That said, not always when you would say "I am" in English, is the French translation Je suis. The French say, e.g., I have 20 years (j'ai 20 ans). There are other examples, but they are, all in all, exceptions. Mostly, être and avoir are used as they are in English. Don't get hung up on this, just continue studying.
New AI tool generates realistic satellite images of future flooding
Nov 25, 2024 · The AI-only method, in contrast, generated images of flooding in places where flooding is not physically possible. The team’s method is a proof-of-concept, meant to demonstrate a case in which generative AI models can generate realistic, trustworthy content when paired with a physics-based model.
What do we know about the economics of AI? - MIT News
Dec 6, 2024 · By contrast, in one paper, “The Simple Macroeconomics of AI,” published in the August issue of Economic Policy, Acemoglu estimates that over the next decade, AI will produce a “modest increase” in GDP between 1.1 to 1.6 percent over the next 10 years, with a roughly 0.05 percent annual gain in productivity.
AI simulation gives people a glimpse of their potential future self
Oct 1, 2024 · The AI system uses this information to create what the researchers call “future self memories” which provide a backstory the model pulls from when interacting with the user. For instance, the chatbot could talk about the highlights of someone’s future career or answer questions about how the user overcame a particular challenge.
Photonic processor could enable ultrafast AI computations with …
Dec 2, 2024 · Researchers developed a fully integrated photonic processor that can perform all the key computations of a deep neural network on a photonic chip, using light. This advance could improve the speed and energy-efficiency of running intensive deep learning models for applications like lidar, astronomical research, and navigation.
Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a …
Nov 5, 2024 · The researchers focused on a type of generative AI model known as a transformer, which forms the backbone of LLMs like GPT-4. Transformers are trained on a massive amount of language-based data to predict the next token in a sequence, such as the next word in …
Algorithms and AI for a better world - MIT News
Jan 16, 2025 · A good example of Raghavan’s intention can be found in his exploration of the use AI in hiring. Raghavan says, “It’s hard to argue that hiring practices historically have been particularly good or worth preserving, and tools that learn from historical data inherit all of the biases and mistakes that humans have made in the past.”
Need a research hypothesis? Ask AI. - MIT News
Dec 19, 2024 · “By focusing AI models on ‘thinking’ in such a manner, we can leapfrog beyond conventional methods and explore more creative uses of AI.” For the most recent paper, the researchers used about 1,000 scientific studies on biological materials, but Buehler says the knowledge graphs could be generated using far more or fewer research papers ...