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More on Kroger Fashions, Marketplace Experience
From The Eponymous Pickle

More on Kroger Fashions, Marketplace Experience

Toured and Wandered the Kroger Marketplace experience yesterday.  Impressive, my only argument was against the sheer sizeof it.  Everything seems to be there, but...

AI Conversation with Chris Eliasmith
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI Conversation with Chris Eliasmith

Another good conversation about AI.  I don't always report these but they are all out at the link.Voices in AI – Episode 58: A Conversation with Chris Eliasmith...

Interpretability Testing Examined
From The Eponymous Pickle

Interpretability Testing Examined

Testing machine learning interpretability techniques  In O'ReillyBy Patrick Hall,Navdeep Gill,Lingyao Meng The importance of testing your tools, using multipleThis...

Open Source, Code, Tech and Decentralized Control
From The Eponymous Pickle

Open Source, Code, Tech and Decentralized Control

Interesting and considerable piece. What is ultimately the meaning of open source?     Also the architecture of data and code and how it is controlled by just a...

AI, Automation and the Future of Work
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI, Automation and the Future of Work

Succinctly put: what and why should we address these problems with new tech?  We struggled with  the same thing when we started with this in the 90s. We were already...

Augmented Reality in e-Commerce
From The Eponymous Pickle

Augmented Reality in e-Commerce

Its here, useful, especially in smart phone delivered Apps, but I still don't see it as ubiquitous except in some specific contexts.   A survey of examples:Howugmented...

Walmart Testing Cashierless
From The Eponymous Pickle

Walmart Testing Cashierless

Our future, an expectation?Inside Walmart’s journey to cashierless retail by Suman Bhattacharyya in DigiDayWalmart is testing the waters of cashier automation,It...

The Logic Of Logistics
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Logic Of Logistics

I was reminded of this book through a recent modeling effort.  A very complete look at classic supply chain problems. Not a how to, or pointer to codes to use,The...

End to End Supply Chain talk
From The Eponymous Pickle

End to End Supply Chain talk

Upcoming IBM talk on The combination of AI and Blockchain is interesting.   Attending." .. In the age of the start-up disruptors, existing businesses are challenged...

Generating a voice Driven Westworld Maze Skill for Alexa
From The Eponymous Pickle

Generating a voice Driven Westworld Maze Skill for Alexa

Was wondering what could be done beyond the very simplistic interactions in most Alexa skills.  This Adage article show how some more creative things can be done...

Connecting AI to Mind Mapping
From The Eponymous Pickle

Connecting AI to Mind Mapping

Plan to attend.  Some of the description below is what we tried to use as a method of building a knowledge map that described interaction and process.How AI Will...

GDPR and Better Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

GDPR and Better Marketing

Intriguing point,  if we fully understood the GDPR fully in its application as yet. How GDPR Can Lead to Better Personalized MarketingBy Michelle Chiantera in the...

Kroger Goes Fashion
From The Eponymous Pickle

Kroger Goes Fashion

About to get a tour of a local Kroger Marketplace.  Impressive new additions, including in-store restaurants.   The fashion angle was new to me.Kroger set to roll...

Survey: Retailers Missing the Mark
From The Eponymous Pickle

Survey: Retailers Missing the Mark

Results of a survey:How Retailers are Missing the Mark with Shoppers    by Sara Spivey in ChiefMarketerConsumers are continuously changing the way they shop. They...

Wharton Customer Analytics Accelerator Challenge
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wharton Customer Analytics Accelerator Challenge

FYI much more detail at the link.ANALYTICS ACCELERATOR CHALLENGEData problems? We can help.The Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative is looking to provide implementable...

Digital Persons Emerge Again
From The Eponymous Pickle

Digital Persons Emerge Again

Recall our long look at using digital personas to represent brand equities, including integrating a chatbot to represent useful information to the consumer.   Our...

New Parallel Sampling Algorithm for Speed
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Parallel Sampling Algorithm for Speed

Nice to see all of the algorithm research does not have to be AI based.    Note the sampling approach.  A sort of computationally-crowd-sourced idea?   The below...

Potential AI Disruption in Industries
From The Eponymous Pickle

Potential AI Disruption in Industries

A good set of examples in industries.  Not very much detail, in fact speculation as to direct use in many cases.  Still useful to think about their implications...

Amazon Moving on Pharma
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Moving on Pharma

The next step, the next category, in this case a very big one.  With expert comments.Amazon lowballs CVS and Walgreens on OTC med prices    by George Anderson in...

Another look at the IFTTT Platform
From The Eponymous Pickle

Another look at the IFTTT Platform

Remain intrigued by the broader potential for using IFTTT as a broader intelligence platform.  Anyone looked at that?  An editable rule base?  Driven learning from...
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