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European Nations Agree in AI Deal
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European Nations Agree in AI Deal

European nations agree AI deal   In Innovators Mag.A number of European nations today signed a declaration of cooperation on artificial intelligence (AI) as part...

Fear of Evolving AI Technology
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Fear of Evolving AI Technology

In Think with Google.    On the future role of marketing.AI and machine learning have many wondering about marketers’ future role. GroupM’s Rob Norman says ‘fear...

Advertising on Amazon
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Advertising on Amazon

New to me: Digiday, with some interesting thoughts. Amazon owns some increasingly important channels, need to understand them‘We are competing against them’: Some...

US, China Innovation
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US, China Innovation

It has been about innovation for some time,  saw it starting in our visits to China in the late 90s.   We saw their innovation work and we presented ours.  Impressive...

HPe Sponsors a Science Fiction Writers Look at Robotics, Assistants
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HPe Sponsors a Science Fiction Writers Look at Robotics, Assistants

Eminds me of an era past.   Yes, the predictions look similar some are starting to work out.My friend, the robot, Hugo- and Nebula-winning science fiction author...

BioMimicry in Robotics
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BioMimicry in Robotics

Like the fact that this is being looked at broadly.Festo's New Bionic Robots Include Rolling Spider, Flying FoxThe latest in weird and potentially useful robots...

Barnes & Noble Crowdsources Reading with Browsery
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Barnes & Noble Crowdsources Reading with Browsery

Been a while that I have heard much from B&N, so this is interesting, can it recreate the bookstore virtually?   Can this alter the nature of reading, book selection...

False Choice Between Automation and Jobs
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False Choice Between Automation and Jobs

On Automation vs Jobs.  We are seeing the need for some adaptation.  Well put, in the HBR.  What we need to consider:The False Choice Between Automation and Jobs...

Stricter Regs for Small Drone Operators
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Stricter Regs for Small Drone Operators

Just completed a book that looks at how tech like drones are used to interact with process.  Changing regulations will change the longer term value of their use...

Zanzibar Scans Objects and Brings them into VirtualReality
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Zanzibar Scans Objects and Brings them into VirtualReality

For games and toys, certainly,  but also for design of objects and how they live in spaces.Microsoft’s object-detecting playmat brings toys to lifeProject Zanzibar...

Wal-Mart Adding Pickup Towers
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Wal-Mart Adding Pickup Towers

Makes sense,  See also comments in Retailwire.   The in-store location of the towers are criticized.Walmart Is Adding Hundreds More Pickup Towers to Its Stores ...

Free Talk on How Small are our Big Data
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Free Talk on How Small are our Big Data

The 27th Annual E. Leonard Arnoff/Milton J. Schloss Memorial Lecture on the Practice of Business AnalyticsWednesday 04/18, 2018, 6:00-6:45PMKingsgate Marriott Conference...

Marketing Mix Optimization Using Bayesian Networks
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Marketing Mix Optimization Using Bayesian Networks

A long time challenge in the enterprise.  I note this seminar on the topic.  I am about to review.  Remember very well the causal assumptions applied and challenged...

Datasets for Teaching Data Science
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Datasets for Teaching Data Science

Useful to have for testing and teaching concepts.  With sample code.Some datasets for teaching data science By Rafael Irizarry  2018/01/22In this post I describe...

New Kinds of Brain Maps
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New Kinds of Brain Maps

Unique tagging and looking for patterns to determine interaction among the brain cells. Other ways to use this method?New Brain Maps With Unmatched Detail May Change...

Microsoft's Next Act
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Microsoft's Next Act

From McKinsey, a Podcast:CEO Satya Nadella talks about innovation, disruption, and organizational change.In 2014, Satya Nadella was appointed CEO of Microsoft,...

How to Think about Machine Learning
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How to Think about Machine Learning

Nicely and non-technically put:How to Think About Machine Learning  Intro:   by Jason Brownlee  Machine learning is a large and interdisciplinary field of study...

Radiologist Case Study of AI and Professional Jobs
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Radiologist Case Study of AI and Professional Jobs

Useful thoughts about how professional expertise might or might not be replaced.  Augmented, but not replaced?  With good detail.    We examined similar professional...

Level K thinking in Auctions and Assistants
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Level K thinking in Auctions and Assistants

How we also model interaction in any kind of interaction.   Adversarial or CollaborativeLevel-K Thinking in Auctions  (Page 11)  By David Banks, Duke University...

Designing and Testing AI Microservices
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Designing and Testing AI Microservices

Thought ultimately this would be a key aspect of delivering intelligence applications.   The architectural design and selection of what each service looked like...
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