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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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Talk: Vendor Agnostic Voice Assistants
Invitation to the ISSIP Cognitive Systems Institute Group WebinarPlease join us for this call and invite your contacts - e.g., at universities, partners & clients...
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Caution About Nets
Wildly successful in narrow domains recently, where will it take us?On Neural Nets By Vinton G. Cerf I am only a layman in the neural network space so the ideas...
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Digital Nudging
From the July 2018 Communications of the ACM:"Digital Nudging: Guiding Online User Choices through Interface Design," by Christoph Schneider, Markus Weinmann, and...
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Convolutional Neural Nets
Nice intro to one of the most useful net architectures for classification today. Direct implementation:Convolutional Neural Networks from the ground up in Towardsdatascience...
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Risk and Models
Always an issue with complex models, especially ones that are not very transparent. We always did risk models in parallel.Managing risk in machine learning models...
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CPG Product Personalization
We tried this with coffee, with no success. Some movement in snacks. Includes expert comment.Frito-Lay scores by personalizing consumer experiences Dale Buss...
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Google Home now Speaks Spanish
A big plus. Also some localized versions of Spanish.Google Home now speaks Spanish By Jacob Kastrenakes @jake_k in theVergeThe Google Home finally has the ability...
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Microsoft and Kroger Edge
Saw early versions of this in Microsoft innovation spaces. Look forward to seeing it in place.Kroger’s smart shelves ditch the paper, drop the lights and delight...
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L'Oreal on Advanced Digital Experience
Much more at the link regarding what they are thinking of. Note the mention of the use of voice assistants. In Think with Google:“New technologies, such as voice...
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AI Algorithms Beat Humans in Complex Game
Yes, quite an interesting inflexion point. Also note that OpenAI is involved. Also, the game uses collaboration, which AI based automation will require.Intelligent...
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Dollar General Tries Scan and Go
Retail continues the move to automating labor-intense retail process. What other interactions will be enabled?Dollar General pilots scan & go tech by Tom Ryan...
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CoNFoMa - The Future of Food and The Role of Technology
MIT Colleague Shoumen Datta Writes:" ..... Would you please spread the word? The context of food is vast - from software to sensors and robotics to sewers!Please...
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Chat Apps with Sentiment
Nice example, technical. Most interesting is the introduction of sentiment. We did this for 'Mr Clean', before there were easily integrated sentiment analysis...
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How to Read a Privacy Policy
Thoughtful piece worth reading ...How to read a privacy policy By Ashley Carman @ashleyrcarman in TheVergeWe haven’t been able to avoid privacy policies in...
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The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers ....
Just reading. Excellent, non technical view. More to follow ...The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity by Byron Reese...
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Designing Meaningful Conversations
Back to conversations. Can they be designed? Goals are good. Will our systems become intelligent only when they can carry on a meaningful conversation?Designing...
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IFTTT Platform
Continuing to follow IFTTT. How can you connect a stream of data from a device, app or brand to generate data and alerts for your business? The idea is here:...
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Deep Learning at Your Desk
Have not yet read the white paper, of interest. Linked to below.NVIDIA DGX Systems: Run Deep Learning at Your DeskIDC offers their analysis on the market trends...
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Leading with Agility
Leading with inner agilityBy Sam Bourton, Johanne Lavoie, and Tiffany Vogel in MckinseyDisruptive times call for transformational leaders with a knack for addressing...
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