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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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Small Sat Launching by Drone
Been watching the numerous satellite launches going on, like primarily to improve communications to remote areas. Agree with some of the worries for the future...
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Shrinking BERT Networks to Model Language
Considerable shrinking of neural networks, more likely for applications at the Edge.Shrinking massive neural networks used to model languageA new approach could...
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Robotic Hands Closer to Human
New robotic hands with lots of possibilities for more dexterous manipulation Robot Hands One Step Closer to Human, Thanks to WMG AI Algorithms By University of...
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IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All
Good direction. Now how will it be effectively used? See more detail at the link.IRS to Make ID Protection PIN Open to All in Krebs On SecurityThe U.S. Internal...
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Considering Orbit in Developer Relations
Read about this in Andreessen Horowitz. About better online communities. Involved in an effort that will need some of this. Investing in Orbit by Martin Casado...
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Google Discusses How it Organizes Information
Below the introduction. Informative.How Google organizes information to find what you’re looking forBy Nick Fox in the Google BlogVice President of Product &When...
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Texting to Alexa
Noted for using voice in specific context. Say for the need of privacy in conversation. Amazon now lets you text Alexa on iOS to ask for things instead of only...
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Are Smart Things Really Smart?
Interesting challenge. Depends on what 'smart' means. Like what I have often said, its in a 'context'. Smart can be exactly what it needs to be to provideAre...
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Google General Voice Accessibility
In the Google Blog, a means of more general voice accessibility via voice on the android phone. Now updated. ACCESSIBILITYUse Voice Access to control your Android...
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Using VisiRule to Create Chatbots
Had been looking for an easy way to create chatbots that include FAQ's. Recalled a company called VisiRule that supported rule-based expert systems. VisiruleChatBot...
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Alphabet's Loon Balloons for Internet Connectivity
Application of the general idea is expanding. Here with autonomous navigation. Alphabet's Loon Balloons in Internet ConnectivityAlphabet’s Loon hands the reins...
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Detecting Scientific Conflicts of Interest
With other kinds of application in compliance. But see the note about subjective aspects. Do You Have a Conflict of Interest? This Robotic Assistant May Find...
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Detecting Likelihood of Suicide
Have consulted and spoke at the Veterans Administration. Here is another pattern recognition type problem of interest. Can an Algorithm Prevent Suicide?The New...
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SAS: Four Principles of Analytics
As usual, SAS does a good job of precisely outlining analytics. Here including AI and Big Data with statistics. It's no secret that technology's changing. A change...
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AI Battling AI
Had always thought it would come to this. Mentioned it in a talk I gave in the 90s. But how well and how soon? As long as there are malicious developers out...
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Germany's Energiewende
As a native, a keen watcher of German energy efforts. I remember all the windmills sprouting in the 90s. Here a good overview in IEEE Spectrum. Germany's Energiewende...
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Blackberry and IVY
A long time examiner of how automobiles, today or in a more autinomos future, will link to more sensors and the web. Also an early user of Blackberry devices...
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IKEA Smart Home
Have not seen too much of a move by IKEA as yet, especially in linking to other capabilities. But here is one example.IKEA's smart home system now supports scenes...
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Microsoft Teams to be Enhanced for Business Plays
Been looking for ways that the now numerous collaborative systems will really improve task and goal oriented business process. Its still mostly the basics. Very...
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