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Time Series and Deep Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Time Series and Deep Learning

A Considerable look at Deep learning and time series problems.   We did many of these kinds of problems in the enterprise.  And we did not consider DL because it...

Math: Truth vs Beauty?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Math: Truth vs Beauty?

Is Beauty the same as Truth?   Or are we seduced by Cognitive, group bias?  Is this the same in Computer Science?Lost in Math?   By Moshe Y. Vardi    Communications...

Wikidata and Assistants
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wikidata and Assistants

This was new and interesting to me, we looked at Wikidata early on, and there was little of interest to us. And it seemed that it was not being updated.   Now here...

Procter to Roll Out Laundry
From The Eponymous Pickle

Procter to Roll Out Laundry

Apparently profitable, have never used the service though several are nearby.  Nice leverage of the Brand Name equity.  .Tide to roll out laundry cleaning service...

Judea Pearl on Causal Inference
From The Eponymous Pickle

Judea Pearl on Causal Inference

 Back to the need for better integrated inference.   Its not enough to just find patterns,  we need to insert them in our cognitive work. "The Seven Tools of Causal...

Qualcomm Snapdragon to Connect Automotive
From The Eponymous Pickle

Qualcomm Snapdragon to Connect Automotive

Further looking at this, what are the kinds of connections that will be most useful, essential to the driver?  How will the home be connected?  What kinds of channels...

BMW Wants Natural Conversations with your Car
From The Eponymous Pickle

BMW Wants Natural Conversations with your Car

 As I read it this will not be built on existing assistant technologies.   Which I recall BMW has supported.  See for example an integration with with Alexa.   I...

Google Assistant Everywhere
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Assistant Everywhere

Some of the earliest AI work we examined was in using 'Assistant' tech to augment typical work.  So when an employee messaged or wrote documents they would getBuilding...

Digital Shelf Tags Influential
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Shelf Tags Influential

A method we studied for years in our innovation centers.Test Shoppers Find Kroger's New Digital Shelves 'Influential' on Purchase Decisions By Randy Hofbauer -Test...

Best Analysis with Ensembles
From The Eponymous Pickle

Best Analysis with Ensembles

Promoting multiple (aka Ensemble) methods.  New book. Have for years used what are now called ensemble methods.  This piece gives good motivation for its use. Ensemble...

Good Overview View of AI in Life Sciences
From The Eponymous Pickle

Good Overview View of AI in Life Sciences

From Nathan.AI, nice look at a number of things I had not seen.    Subscribe.6 Impactful Applications of AI to the life SciencesNathan.AI NewsletterA market intelligence...

Mail Processing with Deep Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mail Processing with Deep Learning

This should be carefully noted, sometimes the perceived sexiest technologies should be applied to the most mundane things.   first.  Note the spread of RPA as an...

Advances in GANS
From The Eponymous Pickle

Advances in GANS

To me one of the most interesting examples of neural neworks, a kind of mixture between nets and game simulation.    We did do something similar by generating process...

Assistant Infrastructure
From The Eponymous Pickle

Assistant Infrastructure

Good piece on assistant infrastructure.   Much broader than just the question asked in the title.   From my own experience, since nearly the beginning of assistants...

Hololens 2 to have Eye Movement Detection
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hololens 2 to have Eye Movement Detection

Good addition of detecting and I assume controlling with eye movement.   The control by gesture has never been good enough for many applications.  Need more general...

Skill Sample: Sauces
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Skill Sample: Sauces

How will this drive us towards the future of real assistance?New Alexa Skill Sample: Learn Multimodal Skill Design with Sauce Boss  By Franklin LobbASK  Alexa When...

Humanity and AI are Better Together
From The Eponymous Pickle

Humanity and AI are Better Together

People will work with AI like they ave worked with all forms of automation.In Andreessen HorowitzHumanity + AI: Better Together     By Frank ChenThis is a written...

Virtual Makeovers Improving
From The Eponymous Pickle

Virtual Makeovers Improving

Worked this space for some time.  L'Oreal has leading the pack.Virtual Makeovers Are Better Than Ever. Beauty Companies Are Trying to Cash In   By Rachel MetzAugmented...

Trends that Defined Google's Year in Search
From The Eponymous Pickle

Trends that Defined Google's Year in Search

A look at last year.    Notably interesting is the way people have changed how they search.The search trends that defined Google’s Year in SearchNatalie Zmuda December...

DeRisking Analytics?
From The Eponymous Pickle

DeRisking Analytics?

Risk exists in all kinds of analytics, from Regression to Optimization to 'AI'.   But it also increases with a number of factors.   Investments made, management...
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