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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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Visualizing Sound
In the CACM:" .... In the movies, people often discover their room is bugged when they find a tiny microphone attached to a light fixture or the underside of aResearchers...
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Multi Sensory Computer
In Forbes, on the IBM Chip:Meet The Brain-Inspired Computer Chip That Can Smell, Feel And Hear By Dharmendra S. Modha, Ph.D., IBM ResearchBuilding a computer that...
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Storeless Generation
How can the 'storeless' generation be won back? Good thoughts important to retail." .... But can a big-box store truly be a third space in the classic Oldenburg...
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Japanese Hotel to Be Staffed by Robots
New robotic service application. Here in Japan. " ... This summer, a hotel will open in the Netherlands-themed Huis Ten Bosch amusement park in Nagasaki, Japan...
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Warning of a Digital Dark Age
Despite methods like the Internet Archive, in the BBC:" ... Vint Cerf, a "father of the internet", says he is worried that all the images and documents we haveCurrently...
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HBR: Data Scientist as Sexiest Job
Probably, but still on a wave of hype, as currently defined .... Is Decision Scientist next?Data Scientist; The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century. - HBR.https://hbr...
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Watson and Jeopardy at the Brink
Jim Hendler mentions how close Ken Jenning's came to winning the Jeopardy competition over Watson - very true - check out his TED talk about after the event and...
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Microsoft Launches Azure Machine Learning
Newly announced:" ... Microsoft officially announced at the Strata Conference today, the general availability of the Azure Machine Learning service for big data...
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Data Layers in Big Data
Bernard Marr on data layers that comprise big data. Very nice, instructive and non technical, this is the essential part of defining what Big Data is.
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What Does the Term Cognitive Assistance Mean?
A Linkedin Discussion started in the CSG group by Frank Stein, Director of Analytics Solution Center at IBM. I have added some additional examples and comments...
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NGrams, Data and Patterns in Human Culture
A data lens to human culture. As yet unread, but of interest. Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture Hardcover – December 26, 2013 by Erez Aiden (Author)...
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Liquid Metal Electronics
In Gizmag: Possible application to 3D printing, reminds me of a product development fabrication experiment long ago. Probably not useful in my realm, but fascinating...
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Simple Graph Plotting
Brought to my attention, a simple way to deliver plots. Not perfect or anywhere near complete, but I like to collect simple means. I have Tableau, Excel and half...
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Realtime Strategic execution
Trends in 2015, the need for real time" ... Project teams will deliberate less and plan in real-time more. Companies will recognize a cultural difference as a point...
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Shopping Through the Lens of IT
In the ACM " ... Pennsylvania State University (PSU) researchers are studying how smart cameras could eventually guide visually impaired shoppers to find the...
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Watson Preps the Data
A prediction that Watson Analytics will also prepare the data. Often a tedious and error prone activity. There are many aspects of preparing and scrubbing data...
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Simulating Architectures in a Game World
From today's CSIG talk. Slides at the link. The use of simulation and game technologies to understand the operation of alternative architectures. Here specifically...
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What Does the Term Cognitive Assistant Mean?
A Linkedin discussion on the topic, which includes some comments of my own on several systems we built that have been mentioned here. Assistance can mean to augment...
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Archiving the Internet and Searching it with the Wayback Machine
Many people think that everything that is on the net stays there. That is not entirely true, though it is a good idea to operate as though that is the case. A...
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