Co-founder at https://xitter.cf/t.co/JntSTF8pN4. Prior to that as academic: created Theano, Hyperopt, Skdata.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2012
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James Bergstra retweeted
I disagree. While there are a lot of pointless semantic debates about "what a clear definition of AGI would mean", I got into this field because I grew up reading about science fiction robots and would like to make some of those. I consider that dream to be "AGI"
James Bergstra retweeted
Can AI researchers please tweet: I am against racism, sexism, bullying and cancelling, and I believe in improving diversity, equity and inclusion in our AI community. We need to hear your voices! The students and the public need to know what most believe.
"Trust but verify" as in a management approach... has always creeped me out when I hear it, like an Orwellian destruction of my understanding of the word trust itself, as well as the people that use it. What's this phrase supposed to mean? (no reflection on current colleagues)
In case I come back to this, I just noticed it in Trudeau explaining the approach in CERB. In this case it makes sense as in trust (now) but verify (later). cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau…
Thank you @svrobo ! @kindredai handled over 100M items this year alone, tremendous year-over-year and looks like much more again next year.
The 'Good Robot' Industry Commercialization Awards go to: Canvas @CataliaHealth @HDRobotics @KindredAI @Matternet @MultiplyLabs @OhmniLabs @SimbeRobotics @UbiquityR - making revenue from robotics too! svrobo.org/awards #siliconvalleyrobotics #GoodRobot #Awards2020
Also my mac just randomly restarted while I was typing an email, but 10s later I was right back in the action with restored tabs and the same half-finished sentence in gmail... both irritating and also amazing.
Congrats @kindredai and everyone who supported us along the way. Tremendous opportunity ahead for machine learning to create new AI for production robots.
BREAKING: Announcing the acquisition of @KindredAI and @HDRobotic. Together we'll advance our robotic manipulation capabilities to fully automate grocery decant, picking & packing with cutting-edge #AI #MachineVision & unique robotic arms.
Hear more: bit.ly/37X9sim
James Bergstra retweeted
Kindred appoints its Chief Operating Officer Marin Tchakarov to CEO and President, after a robust year of growth and performance at the company. Read more: ow.ly/8ErL50AWz6t
James Bergstra retweeted
When I last chatted with co-founder and head of AI @jabergT he told me building Kindred was "a new approach to how to do robotics, and we didn’t know how long it would take." Now those reinforcement algorithms are revolutionizing the supply chain for leading retailers.
James Bergstra retweeted
An article from @Reuters details Gap Inc.'s rollout of SORT robots to quickly fulfill online orders while limiting human contact during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more: ow.ly/XLSR50zNYXS
James Bergstra retweeted
An update on our #COVID19 response: Our teams are connecting some of the largest hospital networks in Calif. w/ our vendors to deliver PPE supplies while we pivot resources so factory partners can make masks, gowns & scrubs for healthcare workers on the front lines.
James Bergstra retweeted
Congratulations to our #AI research team! "Autoregressive Policies for Continuous Control Deep Reinforcement Learning" was accepted to #IJCAI. Watch how ARPs result in improved exploration & sample efficiency in simulated & real world domains youtu.be/NCpyXBNqNmw @IJCAIconf
James Bergstra retweeted
Meet One Ninja, a companion #robot that is expected to help visually impaired athletes navigate Tokyo's bustling streets during the 2020 Paralympic Games. NIN_NIN will also be used as an interpreter and guide for all foreign tourists. @NHKWORLD_News
James Bergstra retweeted
Here's a video of a Chimpanzee using Instagram. It's eye-opening. instagram.com/p/Bwf080_Bfby/
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Our latest #research paper is now available. Check out Dmytro's blog to learn why in real world #robotic experiments, autoregressive policies (ARP) result in smoother and safer motion compared to conventional Gaussian policies. kindred.ai/blog/introducing-… #reinforcementlearning
Proud to be part of it! Keep an eye on us at @kindredai, with offices in Toronto and SF.
Toronto added more tech jobs in 2017 than the Bay Area, Seattle and Washington DC combined.
Immigration (non-)policy has consequences...
economist.com/business/2018/… economist.com/business/2018/…
James Bergstra retweeted
We have a poster child for excellent parenting and research!
Seriously, this is great to see, and I wish it was more common in academic conferences and professional settings.
Dr. @DavidDuvenaud doing double duty deriving differential equations and demonstrating how to be a good dad. Full paper: papers.nips.cc/paper/7892-ne…
James Bergstra retweeted
.@rupammahmood presenting our latest research at #CoRL2018
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