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The man behind the Google Brain: Andrew Ng and the new AI | WIRED UK


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08 May 2013



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Andrew-NgIn tandem with other researchers at Google, Ng is building one of the most ambitious artificial-intelligence systems to date, the so-called Google Brain. Ng leads a new field of computer science research known as Deep Learning, which is based on a theory that human intelligence stems from a single algorithm, and which seeks to build machines that can process data in much the same way the brain does.

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Also on WIRED: How Ray Kurzweil will help Google make the ultimate AI brain



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