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FAQ for AI Customer Service
From The Eponymous Pickle

FAQ for AI Customer Service

In Customerthink.   Like this, a non technical look at typical questions asked, and reasonable answers:8 FAQs About Artificial Intelligence and Customer Service...

Designing Logos via AI?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Designing Logos via AI?

John Frazier of Velocity Broadcast Group sends this along:Can AI design a better logo than you?Logojoy is a new website that uses Artificial Intelligence to ‘design...

Robotics and Disability
From The Eponymous Pickle

Robotics and Disability

Correspondent Madelaine E. Sayko sends this piece she placed on Linkedin:"Robotics & Disability; Friend or Foe?"  by @CognitiveCompas on @LinkedInHer company is...

Bain on Real Strategy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bain on Real Strategy

Good piece, though I would look to more measurement.Strategic Planning That Produces Real StrategyFebruary 10, 2016 Bain Brief By Mark Judah, Dunigan O’Keeffe,The...

Great AI Awakening: Language Translation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Great AI Awakening: Language Translation

In the NYTimes Magazine, may require registration, in particular looks at language translation.     We followed this for years,  and at that time translation was...

Disrupting Elevators
From The Eponymous Pickle

Disrupting Elevators

Recall we worked on simulating operations of elevators, acting as an interactions of people and machines.   Made me note this piece.  In the CACM: Elevator Makers...

Brands Want more Insights from POS Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Brands Want more Insights from POS Data

In Retailwire: Makes much sense.  Includes expert discussion.Brands want more insights from retail POS databy Guest contributor Glenn TaylorThrough a special arrangement...

Social Trust Falling
From The Eponymous Pickle

Social Trust Falling

Podcast of interest, how can we address the falling of social trust?This week on Freakonomics Radio: Societies where people trust one another are healthier and...

Database Decay
From The Eponymous Pickle

Database Decay

In the CACM:Term was new to me, and am not an architect of databases.  But had heard it mentioned when dealing with the need to update systems.   And I have been...

Lindstrom on the End of Global Brands
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lindstrom on the End of Global Brands

 Interesting read.   Read the whole post in Linkedin: The End of Global Brands by Martin Lindstrom | Dec 14, 2016" ... If you were among those kids who had Kellogg...

AI is Understanding the 3D World
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI is Understanding the 3D World

In Technology Review.AI Begins to Understand the 3-D World   by Will Knight Research on artificial intelligence moves from 2-D to 3-D representations of the world...

Bridging Disparate Data Sources
From The Eponymous Pickle

Bridging Disparate Data Sources

Not always the case, but good to be ready for.  Especially when significant metadata is involved.Big Data: The Key is Bridging Disparate Data SourcesIsidre Royo...

Put an Assistant in Every Hotel Room
From The Eponymous Pickle

Put an Assistant in Every Hotel Room

This is first great marketing, position a voice driven assistant as an inexpensive luxury item for consumers.   And then:  Depending on the hotel, add skills that...

Mobile Employee Handbook
From The Eponymous Pickle

Mobile Employee Handbook

Like the idea of adding organizational expertise to any kind of complex 'manual' of rules, guides and regulations.  Reminds me of the tax code and internal corporate...

Packaging Sensor Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

Packaging Sensor Innovation

Ideaconnection sends a request.   If you have packaging experience, take a look at the idea below.  I don't have the time to participate.  An IOT connection?  Much...

Microsoft Launches Chat Bot
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft Launches Chat Bot

Now I want to see a real world application of this, beyond just an amusing interaction.   Bring on the contextual power and usefulness.   And something that can...

Semantic Technologies for Smart Services
From The Eponymous Pickle

Semantic Technologies for Smart Services

Have been involved with just such applications.  The potential value is to have smart analytics that provide clear value, and can be sustained under changing business...

Predictions for Jobs in Emerging Information Tech
From The Eponymous Pickle

Predictions for Jobs in Emerging Information Tech

Reasonable thoughts here.  But even more important, jobs that will deliver on these innovation areas and sustain the process of their use and value.  Its change...

Privacy and Listening Digital Assistants
From The Eponymous Pickle

Privacy and Listening Digital Assistants

Voice based listening assistants are attentive.  To what degree do they violate privacy? Alexa and Google Home Record What You Say. But What Happens to That Data...

Data Visualization for Machine Learning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Visualization for Machine Learning

Of interest.  The idea of dealing with many dimensions was rarely addressed in the usual business data, but it was always there in reality.  Now in machine learning...
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