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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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Bots are Coming
Fun history and thoughts of our attempts as bot, past and presesent. I agree, things will be very different. How much will they be models of ourselves? How soon...
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Mr Clean's New Backstory
My colleague Larry Paul points me to a new backstory of Mr Clean brand equity character published for the Superbowl ad. This is amusingly far different from the...
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Apple, IBM and AI for the Enterprise
Following, the details will be interesting, especially for enterprise applications. Have seen relatively few AI driven applications in the enterprise. As part...
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Gamification and Sales Effectiveness
From Bunchball, who we talked to, of interest, requires registration:Using Gamification to Optimize Sales EffectivenessEvery company's survival depends on the effectiveness...
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Signing on for Alexa Data
In AdAge: Epsilon and Others Scramble for Alexa Data from Amazon By Kate KayeAmazon, not unlike other retail giants or the web's walled gardens, is notoriously...
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Procter Call to Digital Ad Economy
In Adage: Will P&G's Forceful Call to Arms Reform the Digital Ad Economy? By Nat IvesProcter & Gamble Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard has unleashed a broadside...
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Managing With Immature AI
Good thoughts here, it is not mature yet. Yet still has value to pursue. Not quite enough shown about how and with which suppliers.In MIT Sloan, may require registration...
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Tell me a Story
Data visualization expert Stephen Few makes a point I have made for a long time. And does not take it far enough. Telling a story is great, powerful, expressive...
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Disruption Through Design
In UXMatters:How IBM Is Embracing the Future Through DesignBy Atul Handa and Kanupriya Vashisht February 6, 2017 IBM has chosen to create disruption throughKarel...
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Predictions about AI Assistants
Some reasonable thoughts about near time directions. Who will really want to own the space? What will it take to do that? Deeper AI is still some time away,In...
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Mayfield Robotics
Now known for Bosch's effort with the beta Kuri home robot.We Make Helpful Home RobotsOur robots bring joy to your house. Our small team of engineers, roboticists...
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Future of Interaction
We looked at interaction starting with light pens. Later on to smart mice, VR googles, eye direction, gestures and voice. The Verge examines the state of the...
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Voicebots Blog
Newly discovered blog on one of my favorite topics, AI voicebots, and pointer to post on Alexa advertising: " ... There are now more than 5,000 Alexa skills which...
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The Last User Interface? Towards Intelligent Generalization.
Nicely put piece I just reread.. A good look at why Google should win the the voice assistant interface. By being able to efficiently figure out what we need,...
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Is there a Master Algorithm?
Interesting question. Though I suggest there is always a focus to such a 'master'question. And ultimately the question directs you towards some process of direction...
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Living Your Best Life with Math
Inspiring, non-technical look at Math and living Life, perhaps a way to get kids inspired? in Quanta Magazine:To Live Your Best Life, Do MathematicsThe ancient...
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Detecting Trouble, Predicting Maintenance
Been involved in methods of detecting and predicting maintenance issues for some time. Nice thoughts here.Deep Learning AI Listens to Machines For Signs of Trouble...
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Spotting Fake Info in Data
Would add to beyond 'fake', tags like, 'expired', 'contradictory', 'signals of bias', ' unstable metadata', 'evidence of value', 'risk of use (or non-use)' .....
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Stories Configure Human Nature
Configuring human nature using stories. I agree, but also believe this needs to be controlled. Stories also often contain strong elements of confirmation bias....
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