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“The talk around AI replacing us is the most misunderstood concept in AI”
EPISODE 22 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know his researchers. This week: Justin Cho
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Uncovering Hidden Authors with AI
USC ISI computer scientists are developing language technologies that could potentially identify who wrote anonymous text.
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ISI Researchers Pioneer Developments In Protein Data Bank
ISI researchers are part of a core team developing the PDB-Dev repository, initiated by the Protein Data Bank, a foundational repository for macromolecular structures
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“I love OpenAI tools. They save me so much time, I call her Chatty”
EPISODE 21 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know his researchers. This week: Kristina Lerman
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Former ISI Executive Director Herb Schorr: A Career Celebration
Past and present USC Viterbi notables gathered to remember the work of an admired visionary.
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“AI is also the reinvention of communication”
EPISODE 20 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know his researchers. This week: Alex Spangher
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“I wish AI could surpass humans in empathy, it should be pretty easy”
EPISODE 16 | ISI’s Artificial Intelligence director, anthropologist Adam Russell, gets to know his researchers. This week: Casandra Rusti
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Inside ISI’s Ph.D. Visit Day 2024
Prospective graduate students traveled to ISI’s Marina Del Rey headquarters to experience the institute’s academic environment.
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California Has Microelectronics DREAMS
USC leads Defense Ready Electronics and Microdevices Superhub
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To “Howdy,” or Not to “Howdy,” That Is the Question
USC researchers explore the impact of prompt design on large language model performance.