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Job Losses and Automation
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Job Losses and Automation

Basically, we don't know the numbers, the complexity of the system involved is large.Statistics on job losses due to automation are sensationalist: Anthony Schofield...

A Tensorflow Tutorial
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A Tensorflow Tutorial

Have now seen several tutorials, this one starts simply   I will be following the other parts and give some commentary as I can.   For a definition of TensorFlow...

How China is doing Digital
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How China is doing Digital

Quite a good piece, with statistics of interest. Updated details here.China’s digital economy: A leading global forceBy Jonathan Woetzel, Jeongmin Seong, KevinChina...

Kroger Tests Kitchen 1883 Restaurant Concept
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Kroger Tests Kitchen 1883 Restaurant Concept

Had seen this done on the west coast, apparently with some success.  Gets more people to the physical site.   Comfort food makes sense, with regional and ethnic...

Neato Maps Rooms
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Neato Maps Rooms

More cleaning, mapping.  Other applications in the smart home?Neato Adds Persistent, Actionable Maps to New D7 Robot VacuumBy Evan Ackerman in IEEE SpectrumTheVacuums...

Age of Digital Assistants
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Age of Digital Assistants

Not a bad view, but the longer term potential is greater than implied. The Age of Digital Assistants – What and when to expect?       By Shishir Kathurwar  in CustomerThink...

Transitioning to Industrial AI
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Transitioning to Industrial AI

Some quite useful thoughts here, about work flow and production versus testing, retesting and retraining systems. Ultimately we learn this, but sometimes painfully...

Waymo Training Cars
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Waymo Training Cars

Inside Waymo's Secret World for Training Self-Driving CarsAn exclusive look at how Alphabet understands its most ambitious artificial intelligence projectAlexis...

Airbags for Robots  (To protect the Humans they Work With)
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Airbags for Robots (To protect the Humans they Work With)

From Idea Connection.  Includes a video.  Via Ideaconnection. Airbags for Robots Protect Co-Workers Inflatable airbags for robots could help to protect their fragile...

Watson Analyzing Social Tone
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Watson Analyzing Social Tone

Instructive Watson Example, via O'ReillyHow can I use IBM Watson to analyze the tone of social media posts?Learn how to use IBM Watson's APIs and natural language...

Apple on Virtual and Augmented Reality
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Apple on Virtual and Augmented Reality

Saw these presentations today.  Relatively little was presented on AR and VR, except in the game space.  But apparently it will be presented live in their visitor...

Reshaping Business with AI
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Reshaping Business with AI

Good executive view.Reshaping Business with Artificial IntelligenceClosing the Gap Between Ambition and Actionby: Sam Ransbotham, David Kiron, Philipp Gerbert and...

Privacy of Home Robotic Data
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Privacy of Home Robotic Data

Thoughful piece that follows up on the use of home robots building models of homes, and potential  sharing of that data.     More broadly we will see this kindInterview...

Clearpath Moderizes TurtleBot
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Clearpath Moderizes TurtleBot

Clearpath Modernizes TurtleBot With Intel Euclid and iRobot Create  By Evan Ackerman in IEEE Spectrum Clearpath Robotics, in partnership with Intel and iRobot,For...

Mapping Sound Environments
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Mapping Sound Environments

We experimented with managing sound environments in retail.  Perhaps a more rigorous way to look at the problem?   See my tags on this. A New Mobile Application...

Alexa as Companion for Hospital Stay
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Alexa as Companion for Hospital Stay

An example of AI and chatbot digital assistants being tested for hospital patient interaction.  See the tag below: 'Hospital Virtual Assistants'  for more diverse...

Robotics in Hospital Operations
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Robotics in Hospital Operations

Continuing my look at Hospital Operations and AI/Robotics/Assistants,  especially with regard to patient interaction and comfort.Adoption of Robotics Into a Hospital's...

Machine Learning Resources
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Machine Learning Resources

Good list, mostly courses, on these topics.Writing about AI/ML, growing @YupTechnologies. Previously @Upstart, @Yale, @TrueVenturesTEC.    By Vishal Maini The Best...

Choosing Better Passwords
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Choosing Better Passwords

Just started to rethink the effective use of passwords here ....Choose Better Passwords With the Help of Science in The ConversationLorrie Cranor; Blase Ur; Lujo...

Webinar on AI Fueling the Retail Supply Chain
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Webinar on AI Fueling the Retail Supply Chain

A.I.’s role in fueling the retail supply chainRetail operators are at a Darwinian crossroads, facing a future in which evolution equates to survival.  Many retailers...
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