IMLIP大咖说第一期 | 人工智能算法的人文本质

Algorithms have been inspired by nature and human life and have been a part of human technology ever since the stone stage.As the computers have been widely used for solving everyday human problems, algorithms are fast-evolving and it becomes naturally to think algorithmically about the human and nature world. In this talk,I would like to provide a humble and immature view of human and social nature in algorithms.In particular,I would like to bridge the connections between the fundamental principle and properties of these algorithms and the nature in Chinese culture,such as I-ching and Daoism, which conceive the natural world as a self-generating, complex arrangement of elements continuously changing and interacting. For example, the balance principle in I-Ching is frequently observed in algorithm design, such as the explore/exploit tradeoff for finding the balance between trying new things and enjoying the favorites and the balance between recall and precision.