21Nov
Predictions 2020: AI Winter Coming
Reading time: 1 minute 30 seconds — Through 2024, there is a 1 in 3 chance of a new âAI winter.â Big AI hides but survives, eventually thrives. When the âInnovators Dilemmaâ strikes again, who wins?
18Nov
Stop confusing AI with Intelligence
AI researchers don’t think of intelligence the same way other people do. On hearing that “an AI” can play GO better than human champions, ordinary people assume that those skills can generalize. After all, that’s what people do. AI has no generalized smarts.
24Oct
Artificial Intelligence: Fear Not!
Will AI redefine morality and religion with algorithms? This question generates fear among some congregantsâ religious leaders and theologians who believe AI eventually usurps centuries of philosophical and religious scholarship and worship experiences. As man seeks to explain his existence. AI becomes another competitor for his search. RenĂ© Descartes proposition âI think therefore I amâ…
17Oct
Pole-vaulting Unicorn Wins Olympic Gold
Reading time: 3 minutes. Don’t believe in fairy tales! Consider this story: “Today there is only a 4%-8% adoption rate of AI within the corporate world. Within the next 18-24 months we are likely to see this rate explode to 80%-90%.” Fortuneâs Demystifying Artificial Intelligence in the Corporation (9 October 2019) citing senior IBM executive,…
14Oct
Incredible Sample Bias and Deception in AI Market Penetration Reports
Reading time: 3 minutes 30 seconds Look at data from firms selling goods and services that involve advanced analytics, machine learning, deep neural networks, and other AI technologies. Do you trust all the numbers they use to pique your interest? Don’t. And don’t wake up on the naive side of the bed. Watch out for…
01Oct
Google’s Kozyrkov and Alexa’s moxie both impress me â what’s your take?
Should you believe any technology today is artificially intelligent? There’s a battle shaping up over standardized interfaces for voice interface technologies. Who’s going to lead the defacto standard? Two stimulating developments: Cassie Kozyrkov, the head of Decision Intelligence at Google, wrote another brilliant blog post: Artificial Intelligence: Do stupid things faster with more energy! According…
24Sep
How to hold off Amazon and other apex predators
Reading time: 2 minutes “Is AI needed to cure this existential business crisis?” explores several approaches to the relatively common existential fear many executives have of being obliterated by an Internet apex predator. The Wall Street Journal reported on 24 September 2019 that A âGrass Rootsâ Campaign to Take Down Amazon Is Funded by Amazonâs…
23Aug
Two questions on autonomous cars
The AI that drives autonomous cars can sometimes be deceived by minimal perturbations, such as graffiti on STOP signals or unusual objects coming into view. This is one of the problems facing the undergoing training of autonomous vehicles, which occurs largely via simulation.
08Aug
Stay out of the AI technology weeds
Reading time: 5:30 Core recommendation Focus primarily on enterprise business applications that address a strategic business need, built and supported by a leading supplier of that class of application. Three details: If there isn’t a commercial offering available, rethink your investment timing. Act when you find â in production and thoroughly vetted â real-life commercial…
08Aug
Artificial Intelligence: Reimagine Worship and Worshippers
Rev. Billy Graham once stated, “when used correctly tech could do wonderful things” Observer Technology is reimagining habits for worship and for the worshipper. Vendors now offer mobile apps, social media and websites for the faithful. For example, traveling Catholics can access apps or the Internet to locate nearby services. www.masstimes.org Vendorâs offerings, such as,…