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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Recorded Future Looking Forward
I just had the opportunity in preparation for some talks and predictive analytics work to look once again at the 'temporal search engine' Recorded Future. Happy...
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Practical not Gimmick Bots
The CEO of iRobot, Colin Angle, is questioned about the future of robotics. I agree there has been too much gimmickry delivered. Yet even gimmickry delivers...
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WalMart.com Test Stores
Had not heard of this in particular. We also experimented with small experimental stores in Malls and college towns, among other places. Good places to collect...
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ARF Draft Neurostandards Paper
Sand Research passes this along: Advertising Research Foundation Releases Draft Neurostandards White Paper. "deep understanding - not available through traditional...
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A Look at Heuristics
A piece in Vanity Fair. Contrary to what they say in the article and imply in the embedded quiz, heuristics are not necessarily wrong. They are rules of thumb...
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What Does Google Know About You?
Always an interesting subject. You can infer much from the ads you see. ReadwriteWeb discusses the depth and breadth of it.
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McKinsey on Big Data
An extensive and thoughtful article:" ... Over time, we believe big data may well become a new type of corporate asset that will cut across business units and function...
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Reengineering the Business with Analytics
Some useful thoughts from the SASCom Blog. Analytics can be applied to effectively change enterprise process.
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Engineering a 10,000 Year Clock
In IEEE Spectrum: Was exposed to this project when it was started by Danny Hillis and Stewart Brand in 1996. The most forward look project I have ever seen. According...
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Consumer Clouds
ReadWrite Web writes about the meaning of the cloud to the typical consumer. Useful, I have had several people ask me what the 'cloud' was. It is easy to define...
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Coke a Winner on Social Media
Good USA Today article on Coke's successful use of Twitter and Facebook. Includes a useful video. As I have said before, Coke is a well known brand, so can be...
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Technology and the Economy
Brian Arthur on how Technology is recreating the 21st century economy. We followed Arthur at the Santa Fe Institute when he was building interesting predictive economic...
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WalMart IPhone Apps Adds Functions
How can Apps best combine in-store and online sales? WalMart has rolled out some new App functionality that addresses this. In particular emphasizing the shopping...
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P&G Sharpens R&D Focus
It makes sense for this evolution. Jeffrey Phillips of OVO Innovation points to this as part of a broader post. " ... do you want to innovate for the technology...
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Requirements for Next Gen Marketers
In Adage: Very true. Agility, Digital, Data. Mostly it is about analytical methods and how to apply them in multiple analytical layers to support important management...
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Playing Virtual Games as Serious Business
Useful findings. We have seen these repeatedly in experiments. People are drawn by meaningless rewards, useless free offers, irrational propositions. But is tricking...
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Ivory Soap is on Facebook
My first in-depth plant tour was to see Ivory Soap being made. There were aspects of it that had not changed since the 19th century. Its history is also interesting...
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AisleBuyer Enables in Aisle Scanning
I have mentioned Aislebuyer here a number of times, established to empower shoppers in the retail aisle, Now an item that says they are working with the Big-Y...
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Computer Controls Yeast
The article overplays this as a Cyborg, but the example is interesting. A computer causes a yeast to produce a protein via a flashing light, then measures it's...
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