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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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Rodney Brooks on AI
Famed robotics innovator, we linked with for home applications with IRobot, talks AI and related robotics." .... On how far along artificial intelligence actually...
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Book: Algorithms to Live by
Interesting idea, not read yet, but having worked with many algorithms and I think we are a considerable way from doing this ..... But we are working with business...
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Changing Sketches to Artistic Images
I recall this being proposed for generating advertising or architecture art images from sketches. It is an example of providing artistic imagery skill to nonIn...
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Wal-Mart Tests Robotic Shopping Carts
In Bloomberg. This is different from the 'smart cart' idea heavily prototyped previously. Now including self powering and navigating features. Previously self...
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Making Computer Chips
Early on had an introduction to the optimization of computer chip making. Fascnating piece here on the state of the art of chip making today. In Bloomberg.
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New Watson Analytics Experience
New piece on how to get started with Watson Analytics, worth a closer look. Good user experience in place. Question remains how autonomous such systems can be...
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Linkedin Open Sources Machine Learning Library
Can't say I have been following Linkedin in the machine learning space, but a correspondent says they are doing some very interesting things there. So now that...
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Facebook Measuring Store Visits and Ad Views
Much more at the link. Very interesting new measure. What will it be able to accurately predict? Privacy issues? Further linking to loyalty information. Could...
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AI Generating Realistic Sounds
We looked at the ability to create soundscapes in environments. And then inserting sounds to create changes in context. This is different, but signiticant for...
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Microsoft Buying Linkedin
An interesting play, for a mere 26 Billion dollars. I was involved with looking at Linkedin as an enterprise package for sharing internal connections and expertise...
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Coding with Swift Playgrounds
Saw this demonstrated at the Apple development conference yesterday. Nicely done. An App for the iPad. I can see some kids getting excited by the step by step...
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Can Procter & Gamble Find its Way?
In Fortune. Fascinating piece on my former career manager Procter & Gamble. Which includes changes on their innovation process and management influence. Largely...
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Talk on Using Retail Beacons
In Retailwire: " ... There is hope for in-store beacons yet, but the primary ways retailers have been implementing them thus far have been the wrong ones. ThatIn...
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Recency Bias in Big Data
In the BBC: Good points made. " .... There’s a counter-intuitive downside to collecting vast amounts of information about economics and human behaviour: it This...
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Amazon Audible Team
Have examined various kinds of audible experiences, including book reading online. Here is the Audible team from Amazon.
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Adding AI to the Development Mix
Now have been involved in several 'next generation' examination of AI and development systems, and understanding is itself still lacking.DevOps increasingly embracing...
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Addressing Cognitive Overload
Via David Ing, in CSIG. We are all expeiencing overload, produced in part by the very systems that are meant to augment us.Cognitive overload as business opportunity...
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Case Studies for the IOT
This from IOT Central. These are fairly obvious examples, and lack much depth regarding the specific issues each industry involves. But is worth a scan forJoin...
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Tele Cooking, Personal Learning
Teaching Italian cooking using telepresence. As a long time amateur cook, nice to see the example. We have had seen visual expertise delivered for a long time...
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