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Protein Folding with Alphabet Deep Mind
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Protein Folding with Alphabet Deep Mind

A big, big deal we took a look at for industry, even suggested a neural net possibility, but methods were still too primitive at the time, here looks to be a step...

AI Will Make You Smarter Through Augmentation
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AI Will Make You Smarter Through Augmentation

Course that is what we are aiming at,  it augments us.   Conversation is a great start.Artificial intelligence will make you smarterPeople plus machines will surpass...

Alibaba has a Better Intelligent Assistant than Google's
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Alibaba has a Better Intelligent Assistant than Google's

In particular the claim that it is more conversationally powerful is interesting.  Such advances could lead to deeper interaction with humans and further engagement...

Wal-Mart Mobile Out of Stock App
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Wal-Mart Mobile Out of Stock App

We developed a similar mobile App on a Blackberry , and tested it in multiple retail settings, but before home ordering/shipping was common.  The idea has been ...

Operations 4.0: Pilots
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Operations 4.0: Pilots

From McKinsey.  Thoughtful examination of essence and value of pilotsThe Operations 4.0 podcast: Productivity and ‘pilot purgatory’The value from Operations 4.0...

An Architecture for Intelligence?
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An Architecture for Intelligence?

Is there an underlying model for intelligence?    Is it a structurally simple enough one that we could readily convert into code, we could create something that...

Prove Your Algorithms are Fair
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Prove Your Algorithms are Fair

See some previous work on this,.   Proofs in specific goals and context.To Build Trust In Artificial Intelligence, IBM Wants Developers To Prove Their Algorithms...

Game Theory and Society
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Game Theory and Society

A favorite topic is how game theory can be made practical   We tried that and got little out of it beyond descriptive rather than prescriptive models.   Is this...

Foundational Barriers for AI
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Foundational Barriers for AI

Agree, and real feedback from surveys is interesting ... AI adoption advances, but foundational barriers remain, results from surveys.Survey respondents reportThe...

Brand Loyalty Changing for Natives
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Brand Loyalty Changing for Natives

Never liked the term Digital Native.    We are all more like digital tourists now, using the convenience and intelligence of it more or less.   .........Marketing...

AI Is Watching Employee Expenses
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AI Is Watching Employee Expenses

A classic approach to look anomalies in streams of data.AI Is Watching Employee Expenses   in Bloomberg  By Olivia CarvilleAppZen has developed an artificial intelligence...

Can Amazon Scale up GO?
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Can Amazon Scale up GO?

Scale up is very likely, what are the implications for in store marketing?Has Amazon figured out how to scale its Go cashier-free tech to bigger stores?by George...

Difference Between Business Intelligence and Data Science
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Difference Between Business Intelligence and Data Science

Nicely done piece.  Good charts at the links below.   Though in some ways I have to ask if there should be a difference in practice?   Depending on Goals and potential...

Morse Code for Acccesibility
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Morse Code for Acccesibility

Most interesting.  Clever idea that has been developed further. Nice idea Google with GBoard!Google’s Morse code-powered games aim to serve kids with limited mobility...

The Farm is the Grid
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The Farm is the Grid

Intriguing partnership for data.  Need more of this.   Metadata and data.   Data has value.Airbus, John Deere connect tractors, satellite dataBy Lawrence Specker...

Immortalizing Ourselves as a Chatbot?
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Immortalizing Ourselves as a Chatbot?

We are still far afield from this.  Will we be able someday to chat with long gone people?   Made me think of TheBrain, this blog, Brand equities like Mr Clean?...

Power and Digital Surveillance
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Power and Digital Surveillance

In HBR Big Idea: private data and targeted advertisement.How to Exercise the Power you Didn't ask for    By Jonathan ZittrainI used to be largely indifferent to...

Data Non Normal
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Data Non Normal

A challenge we often encountered, good examples of how to address it in this article   What if your Data is not Normal? in Towards Data Science  I Add:    A lot...

People's Attitude Towards Algorithms
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People's Attitude Towards Algorithms

Though humans have broad concerns of the use of computer algorithms, it is inevitable they will be used ...Public Attitudes Toward Computer Algorithms  By   Aaron...

Delta Biometric Atlanta Terminal
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Delta Biometric Atlanta Terminal

Thought this was only in China, but its here now.    A needed use for security.Here’s a look at Delta’s all-seeing, face-scanning, biometric airline terminalBy ...
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