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Blockchain for Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Blockchain for Retail

Had conversation on this space recently and received some eye-rolling about the hype the space has received.  Its not the same thing as the get rich quick world...

Empirical Software Engineering
From The Eponymous Pickle

Empirical Software Engineering

Show us the numbers.  Our of the science should come the measurable value.Empirical Answers to Important Software Engineering Questions (Part 1 of 2)  By Bertrand...

Chief Marketers View of AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

Chief Marketers View of AI

A marketing-eye view of AI.   Again taking a very broad and limited definition of the term.   Some of the ways are clearly deeply embedded in the tech we use today...

Beijing gets an AI District
From The Eponymous Pickle

Beijing gets an AI District

In TechnologyReview:Beijing Is Getting a $2.1 Billion AI District:China is gearing up to build a technology park in Beijing entirely dedicated to the development...

Integrating Agent Models with Process Models
From The Eponymous Pickle

Integrating Agent Models with Process Models

In a conversation on modeling today the topic of 'Agent Based Modeling (ABM)' came up.     And it had come to mind that such ABM models could also be usefully integrated...

Learning from Failure
From The Eponymous Pickle

Learning from Failure

Think also, the After Action Review (AAR):How Coca-Cola, Netflix, and Amazon Learn from Failure  By Bill TaylorWhy, all of a sudden, are so many successful business...

Spoofing Voice to Text
From The Eponymous Pickle

Spoofing Voice to Text

Caution for towards a need for better Assistant security.AI learns how to fool speech-to-text. That’s bad news for voice assistants  by  Tristan Greene in Nextweb...

Drone Swarms Don't Need a Break
From The Eponymous Pickle

Drone Swarms Don't Need a Break

Powerful, yet also scary scenario.    At least now they run out of power.  Note the solution here is in the process of using a swarm this way by collaborating. ...

AI and Auto Companies
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI and Auto Companies

Further, Considering automotive as a channel for goods and servicesArtificial intelligence as auto companies’ new engine of valueWhat opportunities does AI open...

Virtual Dash Buttons
From The Eponymous Pickle

Virtual Dash Buttons

Recently sent to me, an announcement that Amazon dash buttons were going 'virtual', and have been for some time.  And I was sent virtual buttons for a number of...

Cheaper Chrome
From The Eponymous Pickle

Cheaper Chrome

Was reminded once again of the $100 laptop push of a decade ago that is aimed at schools.  Chrome Laptops are a natural next step, with much of the function needed...

Fake News Detection with AI?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fake News Detection with AI?

We connected with Enterra a few years ago about supply chain AI. Saw their ideas presented by Stephen DeAngelis , which were impressive for the application .  See...

Supervised, Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning
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Supervised, Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning

Nicely done piece, relatively non technical,  with comparison of approaches and visualizations.Machine Learning Explained: Understanding Supervised, Unsupervised...

Amazon Go Opening to Public
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Go Opening to Public

Don't plan to get to this anytime soon, but continue to follow automatic sensing and payment systems in detail here.   Would like to better understand the behavioral...

Challenges for AI Redesigning Healthcare
From The Eponymous Pickle

Challenges for AI Redesigning Healthcare

Six Challenges To Tackle Before Artificial Intelligence Redesigns Healthcare in Medical FuturistThe potential of artificial intelligence for making healthcare better...

Visualizing Uncertainty
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Visualizing Uncertainty

Much of this is well known in the data visualization space, but like to see it in one place.  Should be taught this way.  Uncertainty should always be includedVisualizing...

Lifeguards, Dogs and Light
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lifeguards, Dogs and Light

About models and the need to create transparency through understandable models.    With yet  another tip of the hat to Phyicist Richard Feynman.   To Save Drowning...

Robomart Brings an Autonomous Store to You
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Robomart Brings an Autonomous Store to You

Unlikely I think except for narrow markets.  Interesting follow though.Will retailers go on the road with self-driving mobile stores?   by Matthew Stern in Retailwire...

New Tech Altering Business Organization
From The Eponymous Pickle

New Tech Altering Business Organization

Interesting claim, though don't quite agree yet.   The tech is still valuable procedural and operational augmentation,  and not structural change.   Can see itAI...

Baidu China's Alexa
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Baidu China's Alexa

More on the elusive indications of what Baidu is up to.China Has Its Own Alexa, But It’s No Mere Knockoff  in FastcompanyUnlike Amazon and Google, Baidu’s DuerOS...
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