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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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Interpreting Deep Learning Models
Interpretability via attentional and memory-based interfaces, using TensorFlowA closer look at the reasoning inside your deep networks.By Goku Mohandas April 12...
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Virtual Assistants of the Alexa Kind in the Office?
AI assistance in the workplace. Been thinking that since installing several standalone assistance of several kinds. This made me think of a number of focused...
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GE as a Software Company
Good direction. Working with GE Digital for our Summit meetings. More to follow.GE starts to make good on that 'software company' promiseEvery company is now a...
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Spatial Sound for Mixed Realitites
Recall this was also talked about sounds key in making virtual worlds realistic.In the Nextweb:" ... Fast forward to today, and it’s pretty clear there has been...
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Bots Providing Career Advice
Microsoft seems to very keen to deeply chatbot based solutions. Here to advise members with their careers. Seems to be a tricky place to apply the idea, given...
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Basic AI as the Cost of Prediction
Good thoughts below. I make only the plea that not all predictions are accurate, and how their accuracy matters depends upon how they are used. And cost includes...
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Truth About the BlockChain
Another good overview of the Blockhain. Here from the HBR, via O'Reilly.The Truth About BlockchainMarco Iansiti and Karim R. LakhaniFrom the January, FebruaryContracts...
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Cautions for Algorithmic Marketing
Cautions more that Perils. Not so much that the results are wrong, but how they are implemented. This gets back to understanding how they exist in a process, and...
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On Team Productivity
Microsoft acquires the company Intentional that's about software team productivity. Likely with interaction with Skype and the acquired Linkedin?
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Deep Learning Use and Best Practices
Very interesting introductory piece for the newcomer to using deep learning in a professional setting. Not quite for the novice, but if you have data manipulation...
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Samsung to Buy Harman Kardon
How does this change the imminent Microsoft-HK Cortana based assistant?Samsung buying auto and audio giant Harman for $8 billionIt's Samsung's largest acquisition...
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Dominos Shows a Way to Connect to Data
For me, linking Domino's pizza more directly to my smart home is not a priority, but the example here is interesting. Use IFTTT to link to a stream of data toPizza...
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Samsung Bixby Assistant is Rolling
Followed the Bixby for some time, the virtual assistant appears to be only on Samsung Smartphones for now. More at the link." .... Bixby starts rolling out in...
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Go for Growth
In the HBR:Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growthby Michael Mankins" .... Today’s era of superabundant capital rewards faster growth. To thrive in this...
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AI and the Creative Industries
Some of the earliest objections we got to AI were: Where is the creativity? Then and now it can come from from how elements of content and value are effectively...
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Appian BPM Goes Public
Have been a follower of BPM systems for some time. Now a well known provider of BPM as a service Appian is going public. Liked what I saw of them. We testedBPM...
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Thinking about AI Transparency and Risk
Have written about this, and in our AI days, dealt with it many times in real applications. Good overview with lots of useful references. Needs more thoughtIn...
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Promoting Mind Mapping
We were very active users of 'mind mapping', a much simplified form of 'concept mapping'. in the enterprise So I much like to promote the idea, its always useful...
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Tailored Video Messaging
We experimented with many kinds of interactive and tailored messaging in our retail store lab:Can tailored digital video messaging transform grocery end-caps?by...
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