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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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Cooperation of Humans and AI
A key element of neear future tech. How do we work with AI? Will it be able to solve 'societal' issues? Or is that something we have to do ourselvesThe Partnership...
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Microsoft Wants Linkedin's Algorithms?
What is more important for Microsoft, the data from its huge member base, or the algorithms that Linkedin has developed to utilize that data? Have never noticed...
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Being a Change Agent via Analytics
Like the simplicity angle ....How to be a change agent using analytics By Lisa BodellWhat does it mean to be a change agent in business today? When I spoke to the...
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IBM Watson and Cisco to Build a Workmate
Another potential commercial example of virtual assistants ... Natural extension for Cisco who is already providing advanced business technologies. IBM and Cisco...
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The Rise of Social Bots
In the July issue of the Communications of the ACM. The cover article is "The Rise of Social Bots"Good background, future, value and cautions. Not very technical...
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On the Digital Potential of Europe
Interesting McKinsey overview with statistics. Having dealt with regulatory data issues in the EU, had always thought they were forced to be more digital as a result...
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Measuring the Current State of AI
Nicely done talk today by Ken Forbus of Northwestern. Sobering view of what AI can do today. So what is intelligence? I was always somewhat unsatisfied by the...
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Forces that Shape our Decisions
Podcast: In his new book, Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces That Shape Behavior, Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger takes us inside the conscious and...
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Emergence of Legal Robots
Have examined related problems, like the legal examination of contracts. So not unexpected we are seeing attempts for legal AI to replace elements of expensive...
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Sensing Computer Data
We tested related methods, so this research recalled some of the ideas. How do you extract data from unconnected computers? By sensing other things computersIN...
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A Hand that has an Eye
In CACM: More on robotic touch out there. Here an eye is added to a hand. Don't remember seeing something similar. " .... Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers...
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Intelligent and Secure Learning Hub for the Smart Home
Hubs should learn ... " .... With the emerging ecosystem of connected devices – often dubbed the “Internet of Things” – consumers are rightly worried about theAt...
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Cisco on Digital Transformation
Cisco blog looking at the basic elements of digital transformation. The details still need lots of work, and they need to be forward forecast against likely technology...
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AI Replacing Executive Decision Making?
It remains a big question what kinds of decisions AI will be able to replace in the short and longer term. For the executive, it is not too much different than MIT...
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Software Social Organisms: Implications for Measuring AI progress
" ... Just a reminder about our Cognitive Systems Institute Group Speaker Series on Thursday June 30, 2016 at 10:30 am ET US (9:30am CT, 7:30 am PT). Our presenter...
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Ask for A Skill You Need
You can now enable an Amazon Echo skill by just asking for it. Makes lots of sense. Does assume you know the name of the skill and how it works. More important...
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The Value of Bots for Banks
We were closely involved in the knowledge architecture for bots for consumer interfaces, so this is a very interesting development. How does this adapt to the...
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Numerical to Categorical
From DSC, my comments: Converting Numerical to Categorical variables. Simple, largely non technical piece on the topic. Whats nice about this approach, when...
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Project Tango Video
Video of project Tango, using a smartphone, here used to map and discover contents of a Barcelona complex museum floor. Consider retail applications to make navigation...
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