Category: AI-Machine Learning
We The Trailblazers
We celebrate this National Women’s History Month by remembering Ellen Richards. MIT has come a long way since the day it opened doors to Ellen, while achievements of generations of MIT alumnae continue to pave the way.
Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and notably the first woman in America accepted by any school of science and technology. With a bachelor of science degree, she established a women’s laboratory at MIT and was the first female instructor teaching at the institute.
But she didn’t stop there.
Our Future with AI
Ready or not, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into our lives.
For readers who are new to AI, it is “intelligence exhibited by machines.” One application of AI, called Machine Learning, is based on the approach of letting computers, or machines, learn for themselves by giving them access to data–lots of it.
So, as we go about our day surfing the Internet–searching and browsing content and products, the machines quietly learn, in the background, Continue reading
