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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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Healthcare Medical Virtual Assistant
An example of assistants for healthcare.Healthcare AI Startup Phelix.ai Raises $1M for Medical Virtual AssistantBy Eric Hal Schwartz in Voicebot.aiHealthcare AI...
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AI and Machine Learning DevOps
Aiming at a higher level of automation for quicker and more reliable for development and delivery. Really not all that different from the use of emergent analytical...
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IOTA Smart Contracts
Brought to my attention, the use of smart contracts as is foreseen in the IOTA system we have been examining for use. Most of the detail is at the link.Introduction...
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Gap Adding More Robots
Warehouse Robotics expands.Gap Rushes in More Robots to Warehouses to Solve Virus Disruption By ReutersGap Inc. is deploying warehouse robots more quickly amid...
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Searching Websites the Way You Want
Interesting for non-programmers, to use API's. At the link some technical examples.Searching Websites the Way You WantMIT CSAILAdam Conner-SimonsMay 18, 2020Researchers...
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Anti Wal-Mart Shoplifting AI by Everseen
Does it work? Am a frequent user of self checkout systems and am always thinking of the implications vs other methods. Here a piece from Wired.Walmart Employees...
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Why Consumers Are Willing to Share Personal Information on Smartphones
Intriguing difference between phones and laptops. Why Consumers Are Willing to Share Personal Information on SmartphonesWharton’s Shiri Melumad speaks with Wharton...
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Microsoft Builds Supercomputer for OpenAI
Some useful hints here about what is being contemplated. And, of course, big companies like MS, Google, Amazon, Apple, IBM .... have the access to huge amounts...
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Indoor Positioning for Retail Innovation
We worked on this problem for our own innovation center tests.A Smart Indoor Positioning System for Retail AutomationFor the last few years we’ve been hearing about...
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Algorithm Selection, Design, as a Learning Problem
Good way to look at it. Many good points, ultimately technical.Technical Perspective: Algorithm Selection as a Learning ProblemBy Avrim BlumCommunications of10...
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Alexa Monologues
Alexa is expanding the possibilities. Need more of this with clear understanding and response.Amazon Upgrades Alexa’s Long-Form Speech and Vastly Expands Custom...
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Why is AI so Confused by Language?
From the Elemental Blog, well worth reading through there:Why is AI so confused by language? It’s all about mental models. By David FerrucciIn my last post, ILet...
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Steve Gibson on Why Contract Tracing Won't Work
I have inserted links below to this analysis of Apple/Google attempts at generalized software based tracking. See also related Bruce Schneier article: https...
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Amazon Echo Look Experiment Ends
A look at the history of and now the end of fashion advice from Echo Look. Had some people look at it but it got only rare interest and the experiment ended quickly...
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Street Lamps as a Platform for the Urban Smart City
Considerable piece on using Street lights as a platform for the urban smart city. Have seen this posed a number of times, greet place to start, how often has it...
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Microsoft Buying its Way into RPA
Microsoft buys it way into RPA capabilities, announced last week. Late to the space it seems, but now a flurry of activity. With claim of AI capabilities.Microsoft...
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Simulating Loaded Dice
Intriguing. We spent lots of time updating ow we generated random numbers, sometimes laboriously checking internal random number generators. I can think of...
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AI Making Personality Distinctions via Images
Intriguing paper, but I have my doubts that you can determine useful personality distinctions this way.Artificial intelligence can make personality judgments based...
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Wearable Vitamin Sensor
Another wearable sensor example. Wearable Sensor Tracks Vitamin C Levels in SweatUC San Diego News CenterBy Alison CaldwellA team of University of California, San...
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