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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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Decision Making Science
New and of interest:Thinking: the New Science of Decision Making, Problem solving and Prediction.CONTRIBUTORS: Daniel C. Dennett, Philip Tetlock, Gerd Gigerenzer...
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The Missing V in Big Data
Often ignored after the 'volume' and 'variability' of big data, its velocity is becoming important. And it's not just about interacting in real time with customers...
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Battle of Basic Utilities
What utilities make a system complete for real work? What turns a tablet or a phone into a PC? I still have to drag around multiple systems and would preferIn...
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Seeking Delivered Aroma on Demand
One of our longtime interests. Can you deliver tailored aroma digitally? On demand and mobile? There have been a half dozen attempts, none very successful.Here...
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Big Data and Robotics
In Smart Data Collective: Robotics and their sensors gather data, real-time analytics aids their decisions, and AI can make them more autonomous. All adds to"...
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Disasters in Supply Chains
In Industry Week: On disasters in supply chains. We addressed this same question before and during Hurricane Katrina using supply chain architecture. More broadly...
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Robots Create Jobs
A Video: " ... Robots are at the core of manufacturing throughout the industrialized world. They are playing an even bigger role as robots enter service industries...
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IARPA: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Have been involved with DARPA in the past. I just recently had cause to look at IARPA, a much newer agency. Only since 2006. They describe themselves:" ... The...
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Making a Face Memorable
In MIT News: Never forget a face .... New algorithm uses subtle changes to make a face more memorable without changing a person’s overall appearance. .... Two...
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Interactive Story Telling and Decision Models
On interactive story telling:A paper I was pointed to that presents an expertise plus simulation based method for smart energy demand management ... With similarities...
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So What is Hadoop?
Forrester has a short video that explains, at a very general level, the technology behind the idea. Good as a broad description of the idea, but not something I...
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Classifying Data Scientists
How do you classify data scientists? A taxonomy of sorts. Which is usually a good thing to agree on if you can.
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AI as Our Final Invention
In the WP: A perhaps scary look at what AI can ultimately lead to. This has been discussed for a long time. I am inclined to be optimistic here. Sure there...
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Leveraging the Supply Chain
In Logistics Viewpoints:Ways to best leverage supply chain as strategy, cost center When collaborating with shippers, companies should first consider how they view...
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Four Words of Persuasion
More from Roger Dooley: " ... Want to double your success in persuading people to do as you ask? Four simple words, and even other phrases with the same meaning...
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Google and Robotics: iRobots view
In Mashable: Notably Google did not buy probably the best known MIT robotics spin off: iRobot. What is iRobot's take on that? " ... Why iRobot's CEO WelcomesAngle...
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IBM on Big Data
Following is interesting, just starting to ingest:Blueprints for Value:This is Part 1 in a 14 part series that is my attempt to present, in small easily consumable...
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Wiley Big Data and Analytics Title Sampler
Brought to my attention, you can get this for the usual registration information, usually the first several chapters of each book, which can be helpful:Data Mining...
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Neural Nets Maturing
In ComputerWorld: Very broadly biologically inspired, yes. Often replacing analogous statistcal methods. We used them in a number of useful applications in the...
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