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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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Emotional Marketing Driving Growth
Something we looked at in some detail, starting long ago.How Emotional Marketing Can Drive Business Growth in K@WAn image of an elegant Vermicular-brand Japanese...
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DigitalOcean
Have an idea? plug it into a Cloud. Anything that simplifies things is good.DigitalOcean: Very interesting idea, pointed out to me ... Meet DigitalOceanWe'reTell...
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ISSIP Speaker Series: Digital Workers and Role of Meta in Digital Services
Via Sorin Ciornei, Series Chair, Cisco Systems___________________________________The digital worker and technological implications: The critical role of "meta"Speaker...
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Small Robotics for DARPA
Continue to watch the robotics of the very small. These were predicted long ago, and now emerging.DARPA's insect-sized SHRIMP robots could aid disaster reliefMeet...
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SIGAI: ACM Updates its Code of Ethics
ACM has updated its code of ethics, and published this on their newsletter/blog. Of considerable length, breadth and depth. Below a short heading excerpt,AI...
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Managing Teams of Robots with Brainwaves and Hand Gestures
Is this the way we will control and work with teams of robots? In the MIT News.How to control robots with brainwaves and hand gesturesComputer Science and Artificial...
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Microsoft Releases all US Building Footprints
Reported in Flowingdata, fascinating dataset. Architectural and building industry studies? An Exmple of open dataDetails in Microsoft Github." ... This dataset...
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Doorstep Photography
Another example of transparency in the supply chain.Are photos of packages on doorsteps helpful? by Tom Ryan in RetailwireAmazon’s drivers are increasingly taking...
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Detecting Bots
Not very useful, but an interesting look at how Twitter bots might be detected. This implies you will very carefully consider every tweet and its context. Most...
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Grocers Partner for Digital Growth
Some interesting data on the value of digital in grocery. In particular big investments in leading edge technologies. Also the relatively rare use of the term...
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Causality and Data Science
Of interest, reviewing.Causal Data Science By Adam KelleherPhysicist; Data @ BuzzFeed; Adjunct Prof. at ColumbiaI started a series of posts aimed at helping people...
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Announcing Chatbox for Talking to the Customer
Pointed out to me. Closer to a real continued, intelligent conversation with the customer. What we hoped to gain in past approaches.Chatbox launches messagingChatbox...
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How to Come up with Great Ideas
Broadly useful thoughts. Still think there is use for a 'startup' inside a company.How to Come Up with Great IdeasThink like an entrepreneur. By Kate Matsudaira...
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Conversation with J Doyne Farmer
I recall following the work of J Doyne Farmer when we were interested in economic models that included arguments about complexity, at the Santa Fe Institute. Here...
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Oracle Rolls out a Blockchain Service
Everybody is looking to get involved with Blockchains. With mention of Smart Contracts.Oracle rolls out its own blockchain serviceOracle joins IBM, SAP, and Microsoft...
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Sensors for Earthquakes
We did a short test in this area:Tiny Sensors May Help Avert Earthquake Damage, Track Sonar Danger, 'Listen' to PipelinesSimon Fraser UniversityMarianne Meadahl...
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Need for More than Autonomy
Fascinating piece on installing better integration of business process and discovery into devices and systems we build. Then driving the autonomy with interim...
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Augmentarians
And on the same topic. How much is it augmenting, diminishing, replacing jobs and how much is the replacement of component skills?On AI and Jobs, We Are All Augmentarians...
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Skills that are Hard to Automate
A thoughtful piece, that also creates a challenge for those looking at these kinds of things.I found myself thinking in each case. Why and then How? Think also...
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