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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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On the Future of Work
In McKinsey:" ... A group of economists, tech entrepreneurs, and academics discuss whether technological advances will automate tasks more quickly than the United...
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History and Future of the Smartphone
In Computing Now: Good view of the history of the smart phone. Where is this now so common device going? How will it fit into the needs of the future? " ...
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Hershey Wants to Share Big Data
In Fortune: " ... Hershey turns Kisses and Hugs into hard data ... Hershey and its peers see data analysis from Palantir as an industrywide golden ticket......
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Hyperspecialization
The recently mentioned concept of microservices led to a conversation with Jim Spohrer of the Cognitive Systems Institute. He pointed me to a related idea of hyperspecialization...
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Big Data Must Go Causal
Correspondent Stefan Conrady of Bayesialab writes about the need for big data to go causal. I have been reading much about the topic recently See theCausation...
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Amazon Private Label Diapers
In Retailwire: Amazon competing with major CPG. Amazon has the consumer data to compete with Pampers. Amazon has sold P&G products directly for years. This"...
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Service Sector Productivity
Productivity and competitiveness. In McKinsey. " ... Service-sector productivity largely determines a nation’s ability to compete in today’s global economy....
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Real Time Medical Wearable Updates
On wearable biosensors. A continuation of additional data gathering sensors and the implications for the need for new analytics and the skills to apply them. ...
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The Reality of Retail Beacons
A useful look at the practical reality of retail beacons. In RetailWire. George Anderson writes:" ... It's time for a reality check when it comes to beacons.Beacons...
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Watson Analytics Ready to Test
Sign up here. Saw early demonstrations of and have used it for a while now. See my posts on this. Impressed by how they have implemented interactive and wellIn...
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Grocery and Mobile Innovation
Mobile evolves in grocery:Grocery is poised for mobile innovation, expert says The grocery category is well-positioned for mobile innovation, as most existing grocery...
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Wearing Our Intelligence
In Wired: Not exactly a 'how to' as the article title suggested, but a good view of why intelligence can also exist in our bodies and what we choose to wear and...
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Pre Disaster Planning for Transportation Networks
Good presentation today via the Cognitive Science Institute. About the integration of cognitive methods with mathematical optimization and database integration...
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Linkedin Data Science Secrets
In Fastcolabs: Linkedin has a huge amount of data, 97% of the Fortune 500 has a presence there. That data can be refashioned into a number of useful models and...
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Google Rethinks the Captcha
From CWorld: In attempt to get away from the often annoying Captcha interaction to prove you are not a robot. With a far simpler subtle approach. Will this be...
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Hawking Fears AI
In an interview with the BBC. It is right to be concerned, given the malleability of humans. Look how dumb things like smartphones can control us. But we still...
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Toward Cognitive Business Process Modeling
An excellent talk today in the Service Sciences Innovation series. This about a favorite topic: How to manage business process in the modern enterprise. Business...
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Browsers Getting to Know You, Quickly
In Radar O'Reilly: A description of the interaction between user and browser. And a form of real time analytics at work. The auction interaction is interesting...
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Big Data and Patents
How Big Data Impacts the World of Patents .... Patents and Intellectual Property are gradually gaining significance around the world. This is leading to a bottleneck...
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