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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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All Models are Wrong, some Useful? Numbers are Suspect Too.
Based on the classic statement, that I often gave to execs seeking my help. Most often about the forecast, which they were too quick to accept.All numbers are...
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BBC Reports Amazon is Offering Checkout Tech to Other Stores
Makes sense, Amazon has developed means for automatic checkout tech. Which requires data and AI methods for its use, Amazon and AWS is an expert at that. InAmazon's...
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Robot Arm for Frontline Medicine
Taking up front information, saving it in context, sterilizing equipment, could save lots of time when dealing with large groups. Training in context, as it is...
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Competing Pricing Algorithms
In HBSWK, interesting article on competing pricing algorithms, below the intro, reading:Warring Algorithms Could be Driving Up PricesCompanies increasingly useThe...
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Amazon Advances Checkout-free
Reuters report on further work by Amazon Cashier-free applications. The claim is that major problems with the approach have been resolved.Amazon launches business...
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Envision Glasses: AI Augmentation for Vision Impairment
Had been expecting smart glasses to address visual impairment problems, now finally an example.Envision brings AI to Google Glass to help visually impaired users...
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Geofencing Warant Policing
Had not heard the term 'Geofence' in law before, passed this along to lawyers I know to get their opinion on the current uses of this idea.Google location dataThe...
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Trends in AI/ML
Fairly good broad view of trends in progress. All worth understanding in more detail than is presented here.3 important trends in AI/ML you might be missing ...
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Monitoring a Complex System Over time for Patterns
Brought to my close attention because this is in the astronomy space. A long time academic interest. But then it came to mind that any system be observed in this...
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MIT Center for Deployable Machine Learning
Was just reminded of CDML, recently established. Would further continue to like to see more about the practical deployment of related and integrated processes for...
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Recidivism Prediction
An example of comparison between human and machine solution.Algorithms are Better Than People in Predicting Recidivism, Study SaysBerkeley NewsEdward LempinenA...
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Case for Open Data in Fight Against COVID-19
The case for open data for AI in the fight against COVID-19Posted by ajit jaokar in DSC ....COVID-19 2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Data Repository...
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Leveraging with Sensitive Metadata
Its all about the metadata, that is the context, of information being gathered.MIT NewsRob MathesonFebruary 26, 2020Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)have...
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AI as Workplace Disrupter
Expected for jobs that require high skills, but these same jobs will morph to related tasks as well. Being better skilled usually means you have the ability to...
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Generating Random Numbers
A new means I had not head of, how random, repeatable is the result?Scientists Use Crystals to Generate Random NumbersPopular MechanicsCourtney LinderFebruary 19...
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Honeywell Introduces a Quantum Computer
Somewhat unexpected, but the announced major client makes it seem serious. Trading strategies are a kind of process and decision making approach that will be good...
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Industrial AI Enabled Devices
Informative look at AI uses in Industry.Which brought to my attention a number of companies involved in manufacturing. More detail at the link.SparkCognition and...
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Apparel Blockchain Tracking
The application here looks at tracking in the supply chain. Linking to RFID efforts is also interesting.Nike, Macy’s Run Blockchain Trial With Auburn’s RFID Lab...
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Responsible Virus Charting
Click through for an interesting links to data visualization of virus data:Responsible coronavirus charts via FlowingDataStatistical Visualization / coronavirus...
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