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Wisdom of the Crowd Accurately Predicts Supreme Court Decisions
January 11, 2018
FantasySCOTUS is an online fantasy league in which contestants compete by predicting decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court. Players are ranked as in any fantasy league, and the best performers can win prizes such as a “Golden Gavel” and even $10,000 in cash. Since 2011, some 7,000 players have made over 600,000 predictions about the outcome of over 400 Supreme Court decisions. These people do not need any special qualification and entry is free, although prizes are limited to U.S. citizens....
January 11, 2018
FantasySCOTUS is an online fantasy league in which contestants compete by predicting decisions made by the U.S. Supreme Court. Players are ranked as in any fantasy league, and the best performers can win prizes such as a “Golden Gavel” and even $10,000 in cash. Since 2011, some 7,000 players have made over 600,000 predictions about the outcome of over 400 Supreme Court decisions. These people do not need any special qualification and entry is free, although prizes are limited to U.S. citizens....
Tacotron 2: Generating Human-like Speech from Text
January 7, 2018
Generating very natural sounding speech from text (text-to-speech, TTS) has been a research goal for decades. There has been great progress in TTS research over the last few years and many individual pieces of a complete TTS system have greatly improved. Incorporating ideas from past work such as Tacotron and WaveNet, we added more improvements to end up with our new system, Tacotron 2. Our approach does not use complex linguistic and acoustic features as input. Instead, we generate human-like...
January 7, 2018
Generating very natural sounding speech from text (text-to-speech, TTS) has been a research goal for decades. There has been great progress in TTS research over the last few years and many individual pieces of a complete TTS system have greatly improved. Incorporating ideas from past work such as Tacotron and WaveNet, we added more improvements to end up with our new system, Tacotron 2. Our approach does not use complex linguistic and acoustic features as input. Instead, we generate human-like...
How Robots May Make Radiologists’ Jobs Easier, Not Redundant
January 6, 2018
Artificial intelligence programs that diagnose disease by analyzing images still require human judgment Earlier this month a team of computer scientists at Stanford University announced that their artificial intelligence program had diagnosed pneumonia on chest X-rays more accurately than human radiologists. “Should radiologists be worried about their jobs?” one of the scientists, Andrew Ng,tweeted. Probably not. In fact, they ought to be relieved: AI is more likely to make...
January 6, 2018
Artificial intelligence programs that diagnose disease by analyzing images still require human judgment Earlier this month a team of computer scientists at Stanford University announced that their artificial intelligence program had diagnosed pneumonia on chest X-rays more accurately than human radiologists. “Should radiologists be worried about their jobs?” one of the scientists, Andrew Ng,tweeted. Probably not. In fact, they ought to be relieved: AI is more likely to make...
How to Be Healthier, Happier and More Productive: It’s All in the Timing
January 1, 2018
When is the best time to exercise or do creative work? Research on the science of timing has answers You’re probably getting ready to make a few New Year’s resolutions, solemn promises to yourself to behave better in 2018. You might have pondered how you’re going to accomplish those goals, who could help you and why you need to change. But if you’re like most people—and social science suggests that you and I are like most people—you’ve neglected a question that could help you actually...
January 1, 2018
When is the best time to exercise or do creative work? Research on the science of timing has answers You’re probably getting ready to make a few New Year’s resolutions, solemn promises to yourself to behave better in 2018. You might have pondered how you’re going to accomplish those goals, who could help you and why you need to change. But if you’re like most people—and social science suggests that you and I are like most people—you’ve neglected a question that could help you actually...
Chief Justice Roberts Issues 2017 Year-End Report
January 1, 2018
In the 12-month period ending September 30, 2017, the number of cases filed in the Supreme Court decreased. The number of cases filed in the regional appellate courts, the district courts, and bankruptcy courts also decreased. The Supreme Court of the United States The number of cases filed in the Court’s paid docket increased from 1,549 filings in the 2015 Term to 1,550 filings in the 2016 Term. During the 2016 Term, 71 cases were argued and 68 were disposed of in 61 signed opinions, compared...
January 1, 2018
In the 12-month period ending September 30, 2017, the number of cases filed in the Supreme Court decreased. The number of cases filed in the regional appellate courts, the district courts, and bankruptcy courts also decreased. The Supreme Court of the United States The number of cases filed in the Court’s paid docket increased from 1,549 filings in the 2015 Term to 1,550 filings in the 2016 Term. During the 2016 Term, 71 cases were argued and 68 were disposed of in 61 signed opinions, compared...
Can Computers Be Fair? How Automated and Human-Powered Online Dispute Resolution Affect Procedural Justice in Mediation and Arbitration
December 28, 2017
Ayelet Sela, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law, has published “Can Computers Be Fair? How Automated and Human-Powered Online Dispute Resolution Affect Procedural Justice in Mediation and Arbitration,” Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Forthcoming. In her research paper, Dr. Sela examines the relationship between automated dispute resolution processes and procedural justice. Here is the abstract: In both private and public justice systems, online...
December 28, 2017
Ayelet Sela, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Bar Ilan University Faculty of Law, has published “Can Computers Be Fair? How Automated and Human-Powered Online Dispute Resolution Affect Procedural Justice in Mediation and Arbitration,” Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution, Forthcoming. In her research paper, Dr. Sela examines the relationship between automated dispute resolution processes and procedural justice. Here is the abstract: In both private and public justice systems, online...
Opening the Google AI China Center
December 23, 2017
Focused on basic AI research, the Center will consist of a team of AI researchers in Beijing, supported by Google China’s...
December 23, 2017
Focused on basic AI research, the Center will consist of a team of AI researchers in Beijing, supported by Google China’s...
New Report on Legal Industry Outlook Says “AI” Will Create “Supercharged” Lawyers
December 20, 2017
For several years legal industry commentators like Richard Susskind have been predicting that technology in the form of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") will wind up replacing some lawyers when it comes to many of the routine tasks they now perform thereby further depressing the job market for new graduates. So far, the reality has not been as dire as the predictions. A new report by legal consulting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa says that, at least for the near term, they don't anticipate...
December 20, 2017
For several years legal industry commentators like Richard Susskind have been predicting that technology in the form of Artificial Intelligence ("AI") will wind up replacing some lawyers when it comes to many of the routine tasks they now perform thereby further depressing the job market for new graduates. So far, the reality has not been as dire as the predictions. A new report by legal consulting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa says that, at least for the near term, they don't anticipate...
AI to Drive Job Growth by 2020: Gartner
December 20, 2017
Enterprise technology powered by artificial intelligence will create more jobs than it eliminates within the next three years, accounting for two million net new jobs by 2025, according to IT industry research firm Gartner Inc. It expects “millions” of jobs to be displaced by AI over the next few years, with positions in the manufacturing sector hit hardest, as more companies deploy AI-enabled technologies to handle routine tasks. But within three years those losses will reverse to gains,...
December 20, 2017
Enterprise technology powered by artificial intelligence will create more jobs than it eliminates within the next three years, accounting for two million net new jobs by 2025, according to IT industry research firm Gartner Inc. It expects “millions” of jobs to be displaced by AI over the next few years, with positions in the manufacturing sector hit hardest, as more companies deploy AI-enabled technologies to handle routine tasks. But within three years those losses will reverse to gains,...
Early Identification of Emerging Technologies: A Machine Learning Approach Using Multiple Patent Indicators
December 15, 2017
Patent citation analysis is considered a useful tool for identifying emerging technologies. However, the outcomes of previous...
December 15, 2017
Patent citation analysis is considered a useful tool for identifying emerging technologies. However, the outcomes of previous...
