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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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Intel Corp and AI
An overview of Intel Corp's work in AI. The Artificial Intelligence Era Is Here.AI is the next big wave in computing. Like major transformations before it, AI is...
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Case Based Reasoning Driving Chatbots
I was reminded about the possibility of using, even powering chatbots using case based reasoning (CBR) methods and intelligence architecture. We had looked atEarlier...
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Idea Networking
Simple thought. Via Columbia B School.Get Ahead with "Idea Networking"When opportunity takes too long to arrive, it's time to go out and find it. ... by William...
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Achieving a Flow State
Examined the ideas of psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's 'Flow' way back. And now read a piece in medium by John Boitnott that points to work saying that multitasking...
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Watson goes Mobile
In ADTMag:IBM Goes Mobile with Watson By David Ramel For two years, IBM has provided the cognitive computing capabilities of its Watson Analytics service viaIt...
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Cleverbot Converses
Cleverbot was again brought to my attention. We had examined some of its predecessors in the 90s as a means for trialing conversational bot applications. And...
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Microsoft Chatbot Called Zo
More emergent chatbots. Another excursion into AI like capabilities. Still needs help.Microsoft takes another shot at an AI chatbot with ZoMicrosoft has fielded...
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More Smart Refrigerators
More (expensive) smart refrigerators are out there, and looking inwardly. Cool looking and a conversation piece.LG put Alexa in a refrigerator and it seems like...
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The Non Elegance of the Refrigerator Cam
Had seen the idea proposed many times, never successfully. Really a specific kind of sensor. Now add image recognition to it to get inventory. It was pointed...
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Bots Growing Up
Thoughtful piece. I agree, what I saw in integrated bots last year was not impressive. Far to easy to get the results to be poor or even highjacked. Context...
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Making Roads Smarter
Roads need to get smarter too. Infrastucture needs to act as part of an Internet of Things. An article from CACM:States Wire Up Roads as Cars Get Smarter by...
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Google Assistant: More Assistant Embedding
In this week's CES we saw lots of examples of the embedding Alexa in platforms and devices. But its not only about Alexa, Google Assistant, the brains behind ...
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Lego Extends into Games
Been a longer follower of Lego, its toys and its use as a thinking tool, for adults and children. This new piece In Knowledge@Wharton looks at the move forward...
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Predicting a Video Future
See this as a kind of proto advertising. Predicting purchase in the customer journey AI can create videos of the future An MIT lab algorithm can predict how...
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Secure Model of IOT with Blockchain
In Technology Review with link to paper:A Secure Model of IoT with BlockchainThe Internet of Things is a fast-growing, increasingly complex network of connected...
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Baidu's Little Fish Assistant
In Yahoo News: Las Vegas (AFP) - Chinese internet colossus Baidu is out to make a splash with 'Little Fish,' a family robot that is a voice-controlled virtual valet...
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Age of Analytics for Strategy
In the McKinsey Global Institute:The age of analytics: Competing in a data-driven worldBy Nicolaus Henke, Jacques Bughin, Michael Chui, James Manyika, Tamim Saleh...
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Kuri Moving Home Robot
I attended an introductory presentation on Bosch's Kuri home robotic system today. This is a two foot high moving robot with eyes. The eyes it have an embedded...
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Retail Brands Leveraging Foundational AI
Good overview, nothing very unexpected. Starbucks, IBM, Amazon, Lowes and Cosabella are highlighted. Following these for years. More about what is being done...
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