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Facebook researchers this week introduced Situated Interactive MultiModal Conversations (SIMMC), a novel research direction aimed at training AI chatbots that take actions like showing an object and explaining what it’s made of in response to images, memories of previous interactions, and individual requests. In a technical paper, they detail new …

In psychology, there’s a popular model of how people learn that describes how someone progresses from being a complete beginner at a skill to being proficient at it. In the first stage, called unconscious incompetence, you’re stumbling through your first attempts at something. You’re not just bad at it, you …

The Covid-19 virus outbreak has dampened the job market, as the economy and hiring activities see a slowdown. Despite this grim outlook, there remains a demand for candidates with niche skill sets, knowledge and experience in fields such as cloud computing, big data, cybersecurity and software engineering, as well as …