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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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McKinsey: No Ordinary Disruption
Of interest, brought to my attention.How our 2015 book on disruptive forces set sail againNo Ordinary Disruption, a McKinsey book written in 2015, was chosen for...
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Writing Assembler
Many of us had our earliest days writing assembler code. The way to manage computing at its lowest level. You can ewally understand what is going on. TrueThe...
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Sentient Disney Robots
Sounds interesting. Have been on engineering tours of Disney Imagineering over the years, when similar things were claimed. Never was there, then, but you could...
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Facebook Announces Droidlet
Had not heard of this before, but interesting take by Facebook. Still have my doubts about Facebook, they seem to be too intent to get into our brains, but some...
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Advances in Baidu Brain
Baidu is coming back, had looked at some of their earlier offerings and was not impressed, I get the impression they are now more seriously looking at the assistant...
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Data Driven Companies, Trends
Tableau Writes, here's the intro:What do data-driven companies have in common? Research reveals five key trends By Ashley Howard, TableauRecent IDC research, sponsored...
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Google Shuts Down Android Auto
Perhaps surprising, but folding it into the general assistant may make sense. Google shuts Down Android Auto, Google is shutting down its Android Auto mobile app...
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Do we Still Need an Ethnic Grocery Aisle?
I have have worked in the area of retail aisle shelf allocation, and noted this phenomenon at all of the grocery venues. Have even seen the confusion and time...
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Addressing Space Storms with a Supercomputer
Better known as coronal mass ejections (CME), A long time interest, inevitable this will be a coming problem in years to come. There is no known way to prevent...
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Time to Remove Malware
Two Months to Remove Malware Apps from App Store By New Scientist, August 19, 2021An analysis by researchers at Boston University and the antivirus software...
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3D Printed Microsoft can Spot Coronavirus in Blood
Impressive if it works well.Inexpensive 3D-Printed Microscope Can Spot Coronavirus in Blood The digital holographic machine, faster than a PCR test, relies on deep...
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This Blog
A note and warning about this blog. Google has increasingly been doing less to support Blogger, which is the infrastructure for this blog. Its free and IWordpress...
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Chip Shortage for Toyota
Toyota to Cut Output as Chip Shortage Finally Catches Up to It By The Wall Street Journal August 20, 2021The global semiconductor shortage has finally started...
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Betting on VR Conferencing
Experience is still not complete. But laptops can provide relatively good, portable and convenient alternatives. And the entire workforce is now already trained...
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AI to Adverts
One of the earliest things we attempted with AI. Too early to work then, but got the right elements. Here again. Why artificial intelligence is being used to...
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China Passes Strict New Data Privacy Law
Intriguing in the details. But data privacy for who? How is it applied legally? How will it be interpreted? China Passes Strict New Data Privacy Law By Alex...
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Powering Smart Devices Indoors
We experimented with IOT powered by Solar indoors in retail settings. Common Solar Tech Can Power Smart Devices Indoors, NIST Study Finds By NIST August 20,...
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Can/Should a Machine Unlearn?
Important point. Remember my experience in maintenance of systems, always considered it a thing to be considered up front. Also, as is pointed out, there are...
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CPG Company Innovation Traps
Some useful thoughts in the space: CPG companies can dodge three common innovation trapsImplementing proper checks and balances throughout the innovation process...
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