Tell, don’t show: how to teach AI

Should we teach good behaviour to Artificial Intelligence (AI) through our feedback, or should we try and tell it a set of rules explaining what good behaviour is? Both approaches have advantages and limitations, but when we tested them in a complex scenario, one of them emerged the winner. If AI is the future, how …

Setwise Comparison: a faster, more consistent way to make judgements

I originally wrote this post in 2016 for the Sparrho blog. Have you ever wondered whether doctors are consistent in their judgements? In some cases, they really aren’t. When asked to rate videos of patients with multiple sclerosis (a disease that causes impaired movement) on a numeric scale from 0 being completely healthy to 4 …