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IT battle with Robotic Process Automation
From The Eponymous Pickle

IT battle with Robotic Process Automation

Was unaware this was an important issue,  for consideration.  With interesting usage statistics.  I later noted the quote that  " ... for RPA you needed to be very...

Siri and Shortcuts
From The Eponymous Pickle

Siri and Shortcuts

Just been asked to look at Siri shortcuts as a means of implementing knowledge for both the smarthome and business.   Apple  is starting to push their ‘shortcuts...

MIT Researches Detecting and Addressing AI Bias
From The Eponymous Pickle

MIT Researches Detecting and Addressing AI Bias

Good job of addressing the issues:MIT researchers show how to detect and address AI bias without loss in accuracy By  Khari JohnsonBias in AI leads to poor search...

AI Understanding Mega-Trends?
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Understanding Mega-Trends?

Some interesting visualizations of the results.  Always interested in seeing the future more clearly.  Prediction is powerful.Inception: AI understands Mega-Trends...

Copyrights Expire
From The Eponymous Pickle

Copyrights Expire

How important is this?   95 year ago.   What is the most iconically valuable thing from 1923 that could be repurposed, for free? Fascinating writeup.  From Motherboard...

Large Scale Tech Transformations
From The Eponymous Pickle

Large Scale Tech Transformations

Analysis of a survey of CEO's about transformations.The cornerstones of large-scale technology transformationBy Michael Bender, Nicolaus Henke, and Eric Lamarre...

Internet Pioneer Larry Roberts Obit
From The Eponymous Pickle

Internet Pioneer Larry Roberts Obit

We utilized some of his earliest work in the Darpanet.   Was impressed then by the basic simple architecture and noted even then how people quickly re-purposedNet's...

Building Trust for an AI Project
From The Eponymous Pickle

Building Trust for an AI Project

Sounds of interest, about to check this out.  But as often comes to mind, what is the risk involved?  How is it measured and addressed?The Right Amount of Trust...

Verge's Report Card for AI in 2018
From The Eponymous Pickle

Verge's Report Card for AI in 2018

Nicely put piece in the Verge gives it a B grade.   Refers to some its own writing.  Not enough about how internal company work is improving efficiency and thus...

Autonomous Freight Rail in Australia is Operational
From The Eponymous Pickle

Autonomous Freight Rail in Australia is Operational

Interesting application for 'largest robot', it seems to decrease use of human engineers for some networks.Mining company says first autonomous freight train network...

Artificial Bee Colonies
From The Eponymous Pickle

Artificial Bee Colonies

Examples to how we can build agents and simulate them.  Use them to understand better architectures and models for enhancing and supporting human work?Searching...

Collision of Demographics, Automation Inequality
From The Eponymous Pickle

Collision of Demographics, Automation Inequality

I previously referenced this Bain report when I spoke about automation and AI, thinking that might be the biggest influence.  Worth reposting it here.Labor 2030...

Bixby Assistant Speaker Imminent
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bixby Assistant Speaker Imminent

Notable because Samsung make many home appliance, connecting them naturally to the Smart Home.  I noticed last year that Samsung  was mentioning  their language...

Illinois Biometric Privacy Act and Google
From The Eponymous Pickle

Illinois Biometric Privacy Act and Google

Notable use of legal regulation against new AI applications. in TheVerge.    More details at the link, see also the link to the Illinois Privacy Act, which wasGoogle...

a16z Podcast on Talent Tech and Culture
From The Eponymous Pickle

a16z Podcast on Talent Tech and Culture

Broad look at tech and more:a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech Trends, and Culturewith Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz, and Tyler CowenThis episode of the a16z Podcast features...

Role of Context in Human Machine Interaction
From The Eponymous Pickle

Role of Context in Human Machine Interaction

Its always about context.  Every interaction has context, it can be deep or very simple.  Context also contains metadata, that is data that is required by the context...

Conversation on Explainable AI
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Conversation on Explainable AI

Ajit Joakar makes some good points...  in DSC.  Yes, explain-ability is often useful, but depending on context is not always a requirement.  One way its usefulWhy...

Toyota Wants to put an Assistant Friend in Every Home
From The Eponymous Pickle

Toyota Wants to put an Assistant Friend in Every Home

And more.   Must it be a robot, an android, a face, a smile or just a voice?  Healthcare also mentioned, and more.  Human Support Robot (HSR), new term to me. T...

Assistants as Homecare Help
From The Eponymous Pickle

Assistants as Homecare Help

Our devices are already something we much rely on.    So why not.   What does it mean to be a companion though?  Conversations probably, that include strong context...

Robotic Process Automation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robotic Process Automation

Based  On CIO Magazine on RPA- Robotic Process Automation ..Astute colleague Walter Riker writes:    ... Robotic Process Automation – not exciting but causes one...
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