Mathematicians say ‘don’t believe hype’ on AI capabilities
Dozens of mathematicians signed a declaration Tuesday calling for the discipline to resist beating the drum for artificial intelligence developers.
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Researchers develop Bayesian inference for hidden dependence structures in multi-group high-dimensional data
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Mathematics
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Mathematics
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