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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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Stand Up Math
Will do anything to get math interest from kids.I have been asked if math and computing interest are really interchangeable? Having been a professional in both...
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Generative Neural Networks and Marketing
A good explanation of generative neural networks, how they work and their applications. There has been some conversation about their implications for video use...
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Best Buy Partners with Amazon, Google for Smart Home
Happened into Best Buy recently, for the first time in over a year, and saw this. Well done. Could have used some better live help provided with the display.Covered...
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Tertill Weeds Gardens
Really like the premise. From my IdeaConnection affiliation. I have decades of experience managing garden plantings, big and small, so pardon me for having considerable...
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Bezier Curves for the Grocery Shelf
A quite technical and visual point in O'Reilly. And just to note how such methods can interact with the mundane, we used Bezier Curves for designing packagingOverlaying...
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Amazon vs Wal-Mart
In Knowledge@Wharton: A considerable look at the question. Both now as omnichannel giants.Amazon vs. Walmart: Which One Will Prevail?Recent M&A deals by bothIn...
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AI as the Face of Your Brand
A useful informed survey. We attempted to use AI as brand equity. When does it work? Particularly in the case of assistants, we often anthropomorphize. Why...
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Bonsai AI Gears
Of interest, with somwhat different purpose it would appear, than approaches like Algorithmia. Gears seems to address the problem of having a Python based code...
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Algorithmia
Algorithmia (Invested in by Google)Build Intelligent APPSWe're a Common API for Algorithms, Functions, and Models that run as scalable Microservices. Developer...
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Tracking, Measuring AI Research
Very good effort. Much more detail at the link. Putting it on my alert list. From the EFF: Electronic Frontier Foundation, which I have little watched lately...
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Apple and Cisco in the Enterprise
Worked with Cisco in the innovation space, they are impressive for infrastructure. Saw this same goal for companies to take a look at their digital operations...
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Analog Brains
We tend to think of 'analog' as an ancient technology, long superseded by digital. So businesses are constantly figuring out how to 'go digital'. And thus become...
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3D Printing and Retail
Most interesting for the examples and discussions here. As I have suggested, still a niche market.How will 3-D printing take hold at retail? by Tom RyanAccording...
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Note Taking
Have been reexamining note taking systems. Had only briefly looked at OneNote before. Nicely done. The basic ideas should be fundamental, and easily connected...
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Models of China Ambitions and Directions
Wharton has published a special, multi segment piece on new China Strategy and Economics. We did lots of work trying to understand the direction of China using...
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Who Does Selfies?
Or perhaps the nature of derived meta data about self imagery. Selfies: We Love How We Look and We're Here to Show YouResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology...
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A Chat Bot for Company Knowledge
I got a note recently that I should try Obie as a chat bot based on corporate knowledge provided in Slack. I have now used Slack for several projects, fine as...
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Closer Look at Amazon Echo Show
A closer review of the Amazon Echo Show, essentially a full Amazon Echo with a screen added. As skills are built for it, should add a visual dimension to assistance...
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Bots Making up Languages
How might we be able to use this to teach and learn from Bot communications? As suggested below, this is probably not a formal language, as we understand it.What...
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