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Prescriptive Business Models
From The Eponymous Pickle

Prescriptive Business Models

Another great piece from O'Reilly.  Have seen many business models done with simple spread sheets, and even complex analytics built on top of these spreadsheets...

Google Glass Based Augmedix
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Glass Based Augmedix

 Google Glass based, brought to my attention.  Good example of Glass usage.AugmedixRehumanizing Healthcare  .... Augmedix gives providers more time to focus onRegardless...

Amazon Healthcare Tech
From The Eponymous Pickle

Amazon Healthcare Tech

Amazon has skunkworks underway to look at healthcare technologies.   In SiliconAngle:" ... The lab is said to be working on projects including pushing and pulling...

Intel has its Ginger Assistant
From The Eponymous Pickle

Intel has its Ginger Assistant

Somewhat belatedly brought up, but Intel reported buying Ginger in 2014.   No reports of what has been done with it, but it was mentioned in a Intel sponsored Columbia...

An Overview of State of Virtual Assistants
From The Eponymous Pickle

An Overview of State of Virtual Assistants

In PC Mag looking at what you can do with virtual assistants.   A reasonable overview, for those who have not taken a deeper dive.

How Much Training Data is Required?
From The Eponymous Pickle

How Much Training Data is Required?

In Machine Learning Mastery.  Good place to start, but there is rarely a precise answer.  More is usually good.  A look at one of the most common questions to be...

Alexa Defies and Defines the Moment of Truth
From The Eponymous Pickle

Alexa Defies and Defines the Moment of Truth

From Wayfind, thought provoking.  No longer a moment of truth, but a moment of speech?  But isn't the cylinder now in control of the conversation?   Sure Brands...

P&G Cuts Digital Spending, Sales Rise
From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G Cuts Digital Spending, Sales Rise

So digital advertising not directly tied to sales here.   Stock is up.   Requires sign-in/subscription:In Adage:    P&G Slashes Digital Ads by $140M Over BrandNet...

IOT vs IIOT
From The Eponymous Pickle

IOT vs IIOT

Overview that is useful ...IOT vs IIOT   Do you know the difference?Not all Devices are IoT or IIoTPosted by Daniel Ehrenreich  in IOT CentralBusiness opportunities...

Development Workflows for Data Science
From The Eponymous Pickle

Development Workflows for Data Science

Nicely done free Book/PDF on the topic.  My experience is most people don't consider workflow at all, so even an overview of a resource like this is worthwhile....

Wayfind Research on Amazon and History
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wayfind Research on Amazon and History

Research pieces in Wayfind regarding Amazon and Customer ExperienceCurrent Issue- Alexa is Brand Agnostic- If it’s the Amazon Century, how did we get here?- Amazon...

Completion Obsession
From The Eponymous Pickle

Completion Obsession

Recall making some very informal observations in this space.    It also appears to be a particular obsession with some people.  A completion obsession?   Application...

Model Ensembling to Reduce Error
From The Eponymous Pickle

Model Ensembling to Reduce Error

Technical but nicely done piece, with code and intuitive arguments as to value.Via O'Reilly:An introduction to model ensembling by Jovan SardinhaModel ensembling...

Open Innovation at Fujitsu
From The Eponymous Pickle

Open Innovation at Fujitsu

Via Ideaconnection.comOpen Innovation Gatewayis dedicated to activating innovative practices — fasterOpen Innovation Gateway uses a collaborative approach to innovation...

Science of Brute Force
From The Eponymous Pickle

Science of Brute Force

A technical point, but with important implications.   Analysts look for Algorithms, or simplified statements of what will be solutions in specific contexts.   These...

Automated Machine Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Automated Machine Learning

Excellent piece on this topic. Am in the process of preparing a talk to a Columbia University Group on exactly this topic. Useful detail at the link. I think it...

Another China Smart Speaker
From The Eponymous Pickle

Another China Smart Speaker

But available only in China, and in Mandarin.  Still the considerable number and low costs are interesting.  Following Alibaba's entry.Xiaomi’s take on the Amazon...

The Flaw of AI Implementation
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Flaw of AI Implementation

Disagree with the 'fatal' part,  but it is a major problem.  Been talking this since the last AI summer. Its best to model or at least sketch out the business process...

Myth of the Machine Learning Black Box
From The Eponymous Pickle

Myth of the Machine Learning Black Box

Was unable to get to see this, but of interest.  Most all machine learning projects need to be updated,  maintained and reevaluated.   Maybe they are not blackThe...

Why AI Can't Write this Article
From The Eponymous Pickle

Why AI Can't Write this Article

We jousted with Roger Schank at the time of the first AI eruption, very well known at that time, and I continue to track his work.  Recognizing and understanding...
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