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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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Transforming Analytics to Core Business Model
Well done, having followed this the beginning of the career, I agree. We tried to make it in to a 'competency', but it always seemed that too few people wanted...
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A Measuring Pen
Once had a job where I had to do lots of measurements, and this would have been great. Still in progress.Smart pen measures the dimensions of virtually any object...
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China Rating Everyone
A plan to organize Chinese society by rating everyone. In the CACM: " ... Imagine a world where an authoritarian government monitors everything you do, amasses...
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More G Suite
Note also the integration with Slack. Putting together workplace capabilities. Thinking lists. Competing with Microsoft Google is turning spreadsheets, documents...
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Babbling Metadata
My favorite topic. Metadata. In the end it makes the data work. Hardly babble. Good piece. In the CACM.The Power of BabbleExpect to be constantly and pleasantly...
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Defining What Computers Can do, and the Implications
AI and analytic methods have expanded the realm of what computers can do, just like spreadsheets and word processors expanded computing skills to many office tasks...
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Implications of Agile Culture
I am teaching a course on leading analytics change at Columbia, and this Cisco blog post provided some interesting information about using methods like Agile. Worth...
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More on Staples Using Voice to Deliver Easy Button Assistant
An attempt to move the voice driven digital assistant, like Amazon's Echo, into the office. Brings back the 'Easy' marketing angle. Would seem that Amazon has...
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Wearables Reaching Saturation
Have Wearables reached a saturation point?" ... With the success of FitBit and the advent of the Apple Watch, the tech press seems to have taken it as a foregone...
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Surface Dial Examined
I have been a long time experimenter with alternative interfaces. From mice, to feet driven mice, to touch pens, speech and neural interaction and more. So IVerge...
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Turn a Smart Phone Into a Car Key
Another security issue? In the Verge: Toyota invented a box that turns your smartphone into a car keySmart Key Box will help make car-sharing easierby Andrew J...
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Context and Text Mining
Context always matters. Text mining or elsewhere. Good example here.Context Matters When Text Mining Posted by Dalila Benachenhou Many times the most followed...
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Deep Learning Changing Your Life
Like it says, the basic neural pattern recognition ideas have been around for decades. But improvements have led to deeper insights. Are these changing your life...
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Price Optimization Using Decision Trees
Interesting example, a technique I also experimented with for Retail. Good because it relates to specific business process, and be can tested in that context....
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Making it Easier for Happy Customers to Buy More
Yes. Amazon understands this with Prime and Dash and Echo. In the HBR: " ... You have great loyalty scores and low customer churn. But sales are flat – or...
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Neural Brain to Text Progress
Remember this topic being brought up for a long time, and often claims that is was close to happening. Have now been involved in the spoken interface for someFront...
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Considering Rebel Talent
Let Your Workers Rebel by Francesca GinoEmployee engagement is a problem. To fix it, encourage your workers to break rules and be themselves. We’ll show you who...
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Storytelling for Brands in CPG
In Adage:How Storytelling Training Helped Georgia-Pacific Build Sales Without Boosting Budgets ... Georgia-Pacific's creative overhaul of eight brands is rooted...
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IOT as an Integration of Things
Nicely done article. Clear it is an integration of things. But the how and details need to be closely considered.
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