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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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AI and Seismology
An area we consulted on early and continue to follow. Some comment here on why current, otherwise excellent pattern recognition techniques do not predict earthquakes...
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WalMart Competing with Geek Squad
Done well and priced well could attract and engage many consumers. Has Walmart come up with an answer to Best Buy’s Geek Squad? In Retailwire by George Anderson...
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Microsoft says its AI can describe images 'as well as people do'
Recall some portion of this claim being made, but had not heard much new from Microsoft, Know sight impaired people who could use the capability. We alsoMicrosoft...
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Google Duplex Books Haircuts.
Fascinated by 'booking' as a simplistic form of contextual conversational. And it is interesting that Google Duplex took so long to get to this variant. ButGoogle...
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Improving Amateur CGI with iPhone AR
Quite an interesting thought ... positioning you in your real world.iPhone AR tech can improve amateur CGICamTrackAR uses iOS' AR know-how to make adding effects...
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Ceiling Mounted Home Robotics
An areas we looked at closely to augment smart home studies. Placing robot arms in key positions was a common solution to ambulatory examples. Note unpredictability...
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Reinforcement Training is Supervised Learning on Optimized data
My long time background is in systems optimization. Quite intriguing claims made that could be very useful. Ultimately very technical. .Reinforcement learning...
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McKinsey Articles on the Next Normal
Pointers at the link to a number of articles and surveys on the topic:The Next Normal How companies and leaders can reset for growth beyond coronavirus: COVID-19...
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Army Testing AR Goggles for Commanding Dogs
Had not seen the idea before. For remotely sending commands to dogs.The Army is Testing AR Goggles for Dogs A military dog wearing augmented reality goggles....
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Towards a Digital Euro
More experiments in the space. Why is the ECB eyeing a 'digital euro'? by Florian Cazeresin TechxploreA digital euro would complement, not replace cashThe European...
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IBM Enables AI Debate
This could lead to AI being able to make 'arguments' as parts of business process. Could be used broadly, for example in courts and as parts of smart contractIBM...
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Classifying Quantum Sources
An interesting kind of classification. Perhaps determining it origins. And as suggested, a faster way to do the classification. This is another example atML...
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Code Can Now be added in arXiv Manuscripts
Code is often very important in current research, so it makes sense to include it. But code of any non trivial amount is difficult to prove correct. so it adds...
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Sometimes Deep Learning Needs Help
Have had a long time interest in language, and as to how and why AI/DeepLearning, can serve in practice a means of (mostly) recognizing via an learned taxonomy...
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An Internet of Plastic, Wireless Things?
Now here is something quite different. Thinking packaging applications. Others? Here Comes the Internet of Plastic Things, No Batteries or Electronics Required...
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Fully Driverless Ride Hailing Begins in AZ with Waymo
In Arizona. Could be a lead in to broad use of fully driverless vehicles. Consider the data being gathered an leveraged for use.Waymo Begins Fully Driverless ...
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AI in Cybersecurity Attacks
We don't often think of this way, but tech like AI can be turned on us as well. Here a broad set of examples to consider as threats.3 ways criminals use artificial...
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Voice vs Touchscreen at McDonalds
I note below the role of touch in spreading COVID, driving touch technology, but still a matter of public perception.COVID-19 may push retailers to use voice assistants...
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Views of Future Risks
We rarely look at risks well. Thoughts and directions. A Holistic View of Future Risks By Peter G. NeumannCommunications of the ACM, October 2020, Vol. 63 No...
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