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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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Self Study Machine Learning
Jason Brownlee writes about machine learning, worth a look:" ... You need a structured approach. A framework for self-studying machine learning will focus yourI...
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Estonia as E-Society
In the CACM: A survey of the use of electronic systems for commercial, social and government interactions in Estonia. We can learn from small country experiments...
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Social Media Influencing Companies
This question came up recently. Do we have rough numbers about how much social media influence companies? Of course it depends upon how you define influence and...
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Cognitive Miser Theory
The Cognitive Miser, applications to consumer engagement? : " ... an umbrella theory of social cognition that brings together previous research on heuristics and...
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Intel in Your Autonomous Car
Intel chips for automobiles. A big market, so the reach is obvious. Specifically the mention of autonomous is interesting. What are the specific needs of such...
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Trucks Tethered by Computer Control
In Technology Review: Would have fit right into some of our fleet simulation work. This has the potential for saving fuel. But also appearing frightening "...
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IARPA Sharp Meets Big Data
I was reminded of the IARPA Sharp project again. To which I have a loose connection. Some of the statements below are certainly how we define intelligence ......
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Visualization Making Big Data Meaningful
In CACM: Includes some videos of data artists at work." ... Until recently, a good spreadsheet or perhaps a pie chart might have been sufficient to get a firmThat...
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Algorithms That Dominate the World
A fun example list of how algorithms are being used today in just about everything we do. At first I thought these were detail level examples, but they are more...
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Consumer Goods Visionaries: Procter's 1,Consumer Place
I see that Steve Aaron, former colleague, has been identified in Consumer Goods Technology as the architect of P&G's revolutionary 1, Consumer Place. See an interview...
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Content Aggregation by Retailers
In Retailwire: Interesting thought, but also check out the comments at the link, which points out some problems. The piece points to this article. ' ... What...
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You as an Idea Machine
The Ultimate Guide for Becoming an Idea Machine, by James Altucher. A long piece that looks to be worthwhile, just reading. Ideas are the fodder of innovation...
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Educating the Big Data Generation
In Fortune: Educating the 'big data' generation ... Classes—and even degree programs—focused on data analytics are cropping up all over the U.S. Behind them?With...
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Supermarkets and Social Media
In SupermarketNews:" ... Supermarkets should expand their online presence and include more recipes and meal ideas to connect with consumers beyond coupons and promotional...
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Comparing and Contrasting Analytics Types
In Smart Data Collective: I have heard this debated a number of times. Descriptive, Predictive and Prescriptive. Some even add additional types, but I think"...
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Taxing Enjoyable Work, and Uncanny Valley of Work Related Social Events
Taxing new things, like work satisfaction. I am sure this is all being thought of today. And how do we determine if something is fun, or just engineered to be...
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History and Re-Emergence of Artifical Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence appears to be starting to fuel a new industrial error. Here a nice history of the not too long ago emergence and recession of AI. Course...
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The NYT on Innovation
Mashable expands on the recent NYT Innovation article. Includes Mashable's takeaways. And a good summary of the challenges related. My only further thought would...
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A Laboratory for Innovation
In Innovation Excellence: Another interesting example of a corporate innovation lab. I have reported here many times on the value and direction of the idea. I...
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