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More Need for Common Sense
From The Eponymous Pickle

More Need for Common Sense

Good piece in Wired on the need for 'common sense'  reasoning to bring human Intelligence to AI.  Even a mention of CYC, and the years of work it has used to include...

Microsoft Overtakes Apple
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft Overtakes Apple

Microsoft overtakes Apple as most valuable U.S. company after stock’s best month since 2015Apple shares sold off Friday after sales miss, while Microsoft’s stock...

McKinsey Talks Inflation
From The Eponymous Pickle

McKinsey Talks Inflation

Be ready for it.Winning the race with inflation: The pricing opportunity for industrial companiesAs inflation rises, industrial companies must take a new look at...

Making Decision Makers Use and Understand the Value of Models
From The Eponymous Pickle

Making Decision Makers Use and Understand the Value of Models

Many times had to consider how to get key decision makers to use the results of analytical models.  This article touches on that in some ways. Like to considerMaking...

What are Time Crystals?
From The Eponymous Pickle

What are Time Crystals?

In the NextWeb:  Technical view. physics Google’s ‘time crystals’ could be the greatest scientific achievement of our lifetimesEureka! A research team featuring...

Proofs as Games
From The Eponymous Pickle

Proofs as Games

Quite interesting, but technical,  a unique view of proofs.  Below the intro.Technical Perspective: On Proofs, Entanglement, and GamesBy Dorit Aharonov, Michael...

Autonomous Firefighting Robots
From The Eponymous Pickle

Autonomous Firefighting Robots

Recall a project about firefighting process I consulted on a number of yrs ago.  It was to early to suggest general automation then, but we had indications this...

Reading Barely Open Books
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reading Barely Open Books

 When I first saw this I thought it was a cautionary piece about security, but no, is aimed at reading fragile books without opening them fully.   I recall ourImaging...

Entangled Photon Breakthrough
From The Eponymous Pickle

Entangled Photon Breakthrough

 An intriguing link between such extent of entanglement and their use for specific kinds of problems. Researchers set 'ultrabroadband' record with entangled photons...

Advancing Wearable Bandages
From The Eponymous Pickle

Advancing Wearable Bandages

 Seen this idea a number of times over a number of years.   Clearly some thought about doing this innovation methodically.  Smart Bandage Can Monitor Chronic Wounds...

Gitai Autonomous Robot Demoed in ISS
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gitai Autonomous Robot Demoed in ISS

The ISS can be a good testing space because of limited and prescribed spaces.Gitai Successfully Demos Autonomous Robot Inside the International Space StationTechCrunch...

Autonomous Robot Water Taxies in Amsterdam
From The Eponymous Pickle

Autonomous Robot Water Taxies in Amsterdam

More autonomous VehiclesRobot Taxi Boats Take to the Water in AmsterdamZDNet, Charlie Osborne, October 27, 2021An autonomous boat taxi created by researchers at...

On the Retail Physical Digital Divide
From The Eponymous Pickle

On the Retail Physical Digital Divide

Collaborating between people and digital AI tech will continue to evolve.  And specific kinds of tech, like robotics and voice control.   What will this look like...

Microsoft to Help Train Cybersecurity Personnel.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft to Help Train Cybersecurity Personnel.

 Good to see many more people being involved in the strengthening of our technical security.  Just having more people understand the challenge has value.   Congrats...

McD  Drive-Through Efficiency with Voice Recognition
From The Eponymous Pickle

McD Drive-Through Efficiency with Voice Recognition

Have been following the use of drive-through and related efficient consumer interactions in the Pandemic.IBM, McDonald's to serve up automated drive-thru lanesUnder...

Restaurants Ready for Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Restaurants Ready for Robotics

 Seen lots of evidence for this.   Are robotics ready to take up the slack?  Have yet to see a robot in action at a restaurant.  Inevitable to take up significant...

Ai Modeling Brain Processing Language
From The Eponymous Pickle

Ai Modeling Brain Processing Language

Notable is the statement that AI is not attempting to directly mimic the brain.  But the question is always how closely should we use the brain as a working model...

Committed Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Committed Innovation

Good thought about innovation, intro below.The Committed Innovator: A conversation with Loonshots author Safi BahcallWhy do some ideas fly and others fail, By Erik...

IOS Shortcuts For Analytics Management?
From The Eponymous Pickle

IOS Shortcuts For Analytics Management?

Examining the possible use of IOS Shortcuts for the management of data, analytical and ML solutions to be tested on an Iphone.  My specialty. See:  https://support...

There is no AI without Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

There is no AI without Data

Right, we agree, there is even much data in our brain generated by contextual experience, no?   Read it or learn it.  But always consider the context.     Reading...
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