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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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Salesforce Chatbots
Another example of cognitive AI delivered for service in chatbot tools.Salesforce debuts chatbot building toolsThe new LiveMessage service helps with automated...
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Need for Common Sense
In New Scientist: Basic common sense is key to building more intelligent machines ... An unfashionable old technique that helps modern artificial intelligences...
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Target Piloting AddStructure
Retailers responding to devices like the Amazon Echo with natural Language interaction. Looking for more details. In Retailwire: Target piloting Amazon Alexa voice...
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Worry over Superintelligent AI
Good piece in Technology Review about worry over 'Superintelligent AI'. I do think this is worth talking about, but not likely to become a direct problem very...
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Emerging Machine Translation
Had heard of some improvements in machine translation in the recent Google announcements. Here are some of the technical details about how this being done at production...
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Concise Algorithms for Machine Learning
Nicely done piece by Ronald van Loon, The 10 Algorithms Machine Learning Engineers Need to Know . I like these concise descriptions of useful techniques. From...
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From Shallow Nets to Beyond Deep Learning
We called this 'artificial neural nets' (ANN) and since we used them actively, but shallowly. These have been deepened to be called 'Deep Learning'. And very...
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Graphs and Machine Learning
Instructive piece in the Google Research blog about how they use machine learning methods that are integrated with graph architectures.
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Technology Trends in Automotive
In McKinsey: Mattias Ulbrich, CIO of Audi, discusses technology trends in the automotive industry and how his team is enabling next-generation manufacturing practices...
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Nature Reviews the State of AI
Nature's good overview of current versus future AI, its emergent history, challenges and where it is going. Good largely non technical view with cautions. Rightly...
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Samsung Buying Viv
Apparently Samsung's 'Otto' assistant needs more intelligence to compete. The forces are gathering for consumer AI everywhere.Samsung to buy Viv Labs to challenge...
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Machine Learning as Service, Stealing the Model?
Interesting thoughts on constructing models. Algorithms for hire?Stealing Machine Learning Models via Prediction APIsFlorian Tramèr, Fan Zhang, Ari Juels, Michael...
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Executive and Digital
Interesting thoughts. Our own work with executives showed that the good approaches were to give execs direct access to the capabilities that are part of digital...
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Leadership and Behavior
In McKinsey: Leadership and behavior: Mastering the mechanics of reason and emotionA Nobel Prize winner and a leading behavioral economist offer common sense and...
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Your Own Personal Google
More comments on yesterdays Google assistant announcements, from the Verge:Are you ready for your own personal Google?A Google to hear your prayers, a Google that...
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Khan Academy on Virtual Cameras
An introduction to virtual cameras. How they use them to teach. With influences by Pixar and others. See also, Pixar in a Box.
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Visual Survey of Data Visualization Tools
Just discovered from From DSC. Nicely done with many things I have not seen.A Visual directory of 339 tools. Posted by Laetitia Van Cauwenberge Fantastic resource...
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Bots Fighting Online
The Growing Problem of Bots That Fight OnlineThe way software agents interact on the Web is poorly understood. Now evidence shows that they fight each other for...
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Combining Machine Learning and Game Theory
With an unusual application. In the CACM: " ... Technology that integrates machine learning and game theory, called Protection Assistant for Wildlife Security...
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