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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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Winning on the Digital Shelf
A look at winning on the digital shelf. On packaging e-content. Some interesting thoughts, but this is a promotion.
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Virtual Reality Emerges
Peter Fader, Wharton Marketing Prof, and others weigh in on the wearable-enabled, virtual reality marketplace. Lengthy detailed piece. Will this finally make...
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Google and Neural Nets
A look at what Geoffrey Hinton has been doing at Google with artificial neural nets. We examined his work in the 80s. Used it to mimic some things that had been...
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Managing Remotely
In the HBR. A classic problem. Increasingly common. " ... How do you overcome the challenges of supervising employees in different locations and time zones?...
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Data Visualization Playbook
Nicely thought out approach. Agree that data visualization is essential, and after obtaining the data should be the first thing that is done, to start understanding...
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This Blog as Knowledge Repository
I have often used this blog, and others I have run, as a knowledge repository. For both things I want to point out to people, and for my personal (but stillInternet...
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Smartstones Communicate by Gesture
I see that the startup SmartStones, which I have been communicating with for some time, has launched. More here and participation information. " ... Smartstones...
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Automated Story Generation
Will journalism ultimately be mostly automated? Some moves in that direction. People still set the parameters. Would like to see how the outlines of a story...
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Governance and Big Data
In SiliconAngle: Good introductory piece on the topic. How do you control the data and analyses you do with your big data?" ... The past week witnessed a number...
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Gershenfeld on a New Digital Reality
Interesting Edge conversation with Neil Gershenfeld of MIT. We connected with him there a number of times in the early days of remote manufacture. That world...
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Emotional Targeting Board
Mediabrix announces an emotional targeting advisory board. From the neuromarketing buzz connections. An interesting move. Though I note there is no one on the...
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Big Data Predictive HR
It has been common to use data analytics in HR for years. Here in Bloomberg, predicting when you are going to quit your job. Some interesting details.
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Machine Intelligence and Genetic Codes
Addressing the recipe's that convert codes to tasks.Machine Intelligence Cracks Genetic ControlsEvery cell in your body reads the same genome, the DNA-encoded instruction...
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Real Time Analytics is Critical
Says Cisco. I agree. I would slightly alter it and say 'as real-time as necessary'. But what is necessary is changing rapidly. Not too long ago data would...
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We Need to Control Our Data
Artificial Intelligence Is Doomed if We Don't Control Our DataThis model is why the discussion about individuals selling their personal data is missing the point...
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Tradeoff Analytics Services
Have been examining some of the Watson services announced last week. These are available free (with limited amounts of data) with registration on the Bluemix...
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Crowdsourcing with the Gamification of Tasks
Notes on Choosing Tasks in a Job to Improve or Replace with Gamification (Published elsewhere) When doing business process modeling (BPM) you connect a group of...
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Samsung Rolling out VR Demo
In Engadget: Another entry into the VR space. Available for demonstration this week. Head mounted displays that are not meant to be unobtrusive. Focused, perhaps...
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Teaching Data Visualization with Legos
Interesting means of teaching incremental representation of data. I have seen lots of bad visualization in journalism lately. I would hope they would be able...
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