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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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New Ways to Build Assistant Voice Apps
Look forward to the details on this, any way you can create better intelligence is good. Note changes in training methods.Google Assistant Upgrades Action Developer...
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Getting Pay for Data
Another project with aim at paying users for their data. Links to our long term data as an asset view.Andrew Yang Is Pushing Big Tech to Pay Users for DataBy The...
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SAP and IBM Announce New Intelligence Offerings
Next steps between SAP and IBM partnership: Digital Transformation towards the intelligent enterprise.In Cision: PRNewswire https://www.prnewswire.com/IBM and...
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Hitchhiking Drones
And had mentioned this novel idea as well in a recent post. Also covered in considerable detail in IEEE Spectrum. As noted will require some considerable design...
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Spot Robotic Dog Now Available
It here, good piece on the rollout in IEEE Spectrum by Evan Ackerman. Been noting some application plans here over several years. Expensive, but if it effectively...
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A Domain-Specific Supercomputer for Training Deep Neural Networks
Good explanation of the phases of using computing power for these kinds of problems.A Domain-Specific Supercomputer for Training Deep Neural NetworksBy Norman P...
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Price of Personal Data
Looking for the full report mentioned here, will post when I get a reference. Back to the our long time looked at question of what the price of private data should...
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Is Slow Neuroinformatics Private?
I have worked with companies which used machine learning image analysis to determine, for example, if a person was 'of age' in various locations. To match with...
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IBM Research Director on Science and HPCC
Continued work with high performance computing by IBM.IBM's research director on how tech can push science beyond the pandemicDario Gil, who's been nominated to...
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Drones Changing Shape
An example of how defensive activities of Drones are also at play.Research Leads to Army Drones Changing Shape Mid-FlightU.S. ArmyJune 16, 2020Researchers at the...
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Segway's Done
We had a Segway very early in in our future stopping store. It turned lots of heads in those days. We taught incoming visitors to drive them. Were they just...
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Uber Crosses the road
A good example of the complexity of data mining / machine learning data. Via O'Reilly.Inside Uber ATG’s Data Mining Operation: Identifying Real Road ScenariosSteffon...
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Sketch to Realistic Image
Seen several attempts on this, but none that impressive. We used one to quickly map out possible process decisions. Implications of 'fake' are always there, but...
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Baidu Doing Drone Forestry Inspections with AI
Recall I worked with forestry management applications, so the need here rings true. Note the system mentioned PaddlePaddle is open sourced.Baidu’s deep-learning...
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Simple Economics of the Blockchain
Considerable and interesting piece, well worth reading if you are considering blockchain use. And a proposition of the Blockchain's value. Not very technical...
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Microsoft Relaunches Cortana without Alexa
Was initially impressed by the cooperation between Microsoft and Amazon, but admit I saw little from it. Why not not have a joint effort to provide assistant intelligence...
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The Nature of Visual Illusions
Always have been interested in visual illusions, and here a study of probably the most famous one. These gives us insight into how our brains and seeing apparatus...
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IBM Introduces Watson Works with AI
Newly introduced:Watson WorksWork safe, work smart, and ensure the health and productivity of your people in a changing workplace ... Watson Works is a curated...
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Marty the Robot at Stop&Shop
Good view of what they are doing with robots at Stop@Shop. Mostly to map and feed video images and alerts to spills. Will not talk to the shopper. ImpressiveMarty...
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