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AI and Seismology
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI and Seismology

 An area we consulted on early and continue to follow.   Some comment here on why current, otherwise excellent pattern recognition techniques do not predict earthquakes...

WalMart Competing with Geek Squad
From The Eponymous Pickle

WalMart Competing with Geek Squad

Done well and priced well could attract and engage many consumers.   Has Walmart come up with an answer to Best Buy’s Geek Squad?  In Retailwire by George Anderson...

Microsoft says its AI can describe images 'as well as people do'
From The Eponymous Pickle

Microsoft says its AI can describe images 'as well as people do'

 Recall some portion of this claim being made, but had not heard much new from Microsoft,  Know sight impaired people who could use the capability.     We alsoMicrosoft...

Google Duplex Books Haircuts.
From The Eponymous Pickle

Google Duplex Books Haircuts.

Fascinated by 'booking' as a simplistic form of contextual conversational.   And it is interesting that Google Duplex took so long to get to this variant.  ButGoogle...

Improving Amateur CGI with iPhone AR
From The Eponymous Pickle

Improving Amateur CGI with iPhone AR

Quite an interesting thought ... positioning you in  your real world.iPhone AR tech can improve amateur CGICamTrackAR uses iOS' AR know-how to make adding effects...

Ceiling Mounted Home Robotics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Ceiling Mounted Home Robotics

 An areas we looked at closely to augment smart home studies.  Placing robot arms in key positions was a common solution to ambulatory examples. Note unpredictability...

Reinforcement Training is Supervised Learning on Optimized data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Reinforcement Training is Supervised Learning on Optimized data

 My long time background is in systems optimization.  Quite intriguing claims made that could be very useful.  Ultimately very technical.  .Reinforcement learning...

McKinsey Articles on the Next Normal
From The Eponymous Pickle

McKinsey Articles on the Next Normal

 Pointers at the link to a number of articles and surveys on the topic:The Next Normal How companies and leaders can reset for growth beyond coronavirus: COVID-19...

Army Testing AR Goggles for Commanding Dogs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Army Testing AR Goggles for Commanding Dogs

Had not seen the idea before.    For remotely sending commands to dogs.The Army is Testing AR Goggles for Dogs A military dog wearing augmented reality goggles....

Towards a Digital Euro
From The Eponymous Pickle

Towards a Digital Euro

More experiments in the space.  Why is the ECB eyeing a 'digital euro'?  by Florian Cazeresin TechxploreA digital euro would complement, not replace cashThe European...

IBM Enables AI Debate
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Enables AI Debate

This could lead to AI being able to make 'arguments' as parts of business process.  Could be used broadly, for example in courts and as parts of smart contractIBM...

Classifying Quantum Sources
From The Eponymous Pickle

Classifying Quantum Sources

An interesting kind of classification.  Perhaps  determining it origins.   And as suggested, a faster way to do the classification.  This is another example atML...

Code Can Now be added in arXiv Manuscripts
From The Eponymous Pickle

Code Can Now be added in arXiv Manuscripts

Code is often very important in current research, so it makes sense to include it.   But code of any non trivial amount is difficult to prove correct. so it adds...

Sometimes Deep Learning Needs Help
From The Eponymous Pickle

Sometimes Deep Learning Needs Help

Have had a long time interest in language, and as to how and why AI/DeepLearning, can serve in practice  a means of (mostly) recognizing via an learned taxonomy...

An Internet of Plastic, Wireless Things?
From The Eponymous Pickle

An Internet of Plastic, Wireless Things?

 Now here is something quite different.  Thinking packaging applications. Others? Here Comes the Internet of Plastic Things, No Batteries or Electronics Required...

Fully Driverless Ride Hailing Begins in AZ with Waymo
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fully Driverless Ride Hailing Begins in AZ with Waymo

In Arizona.  Could be a lead in to broad use of fully driverless vehicles.  Consider the data being gathered an leveraged for use.Waymo Begins Fully Driverless ...

AI in  Cybersecurity Attacks
From The Eponymous Pickle

AI in Cybersecurity Attacks

 We don't often think of this way, but tech like AI can be turned on us as well. Here a broad set of examples to consider as threats.3 ways criminals use artificial...

Voice vs Touchscreen at McDonalds
From The Eponymous Pickle

Voice vs Touchscreen at McDonalds

I note below the role of touch in spreading COVID, driving touch technology, but still a matter of public perception.COVID-19 may push retailers to use voice assistants...

Views of Future Risks
From The Eponymous Pickle

Views of Future Risks

We rarely look at risks well.   Thoughts and directions.  A Holistic View of Future Risks  By Peter G. NeumannCommunications of the ACM, October 2020, Vol. 63 No...

Future of Grocery is Omnichannel
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future of Grocery is Omnichannel

 Clearly, but the how the sculpted elements of the supply chain, from supplier to store to door will require much technology and behavioral experimentation.The ...
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