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A $9 million deal for the use of artificial intelligence technology has fractured the internet giant’s work force and risks driving away top engineering talent. 
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From robotic process automation to machine learning algorithms, many of today’s most influential companies are deploying artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to drive business results. While m…
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It’s that time of year again, when Mary Meeker unloads her highly anticipated internet trends report for the Code Conference crowd in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. This year, the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner released 294 slides in rapid succession, covering everything from smartphone behavior in the U.S. to tech company competition in China.
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On Toronto's Eastern waterfront, a new digital city is being built by Sidewalk Labs - a firm owned by Google's parent Alphabet.
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The Coca-Cola Co. is set to unveil the newest innovation – the Coca-ColaFreestyle 9100 – at the National Restaurant Association tradeshow in Chicago. VIDEO
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Interesting by itself but also because it lays out some of the "implications" of the innovation.
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Thousands of hourly workers at companies like American Airlines and Kroger Co. say employers are saving millions of dollars using time-tracking systems that automatically deduct pay for breaks and meals.
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A WSJ "Paywall" story but important to note -- a good topic for exploration.
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The first rung is Association, the level for current machines andmanyanimals; on that rung, Pavlov’s dogs learned to associate a bellwithfood. The next is Intervention: What will happen if I ring a bell,orraise the price of toothpaste? Intervention is differentfromobservation; raising the price unilaterally is different fromseeingwhat happened in the past. The top rung is Counterfactual, whichmeansthe ability to imagine results, reflect on one’s actions andassessother scenarios. This is the rung that machines need to reachtoevaluate and communicate about responsibility, credit, blameandself-improvement. Imagine giving a self-driving car this ability.Afteran accident, its CPU would ask itself questions like: What wouldhavehappened if I had not honked at the drunken pedestrian?
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May 21, 2018 8:26 PM
We are at a stage with #decisionintelligence where it is so rapidly crystallizing that every week a new facet to this field emerges. Judea's new book popularizing causal inference is this week's development. DI implements the intervention phase that has yet to be broadly achieved by machine learning. And counterfactual reasoning as I have covered in my blog is an important future direction for DI as well
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Philosophically, intellectually—in every way—human society is unprepared for the rise of artificial intelligence.
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Robots are taking tasks, not jobs, so make sure you have the most in-demand human skills when you apply for your next job.
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Transit X’s plan would set up fast-moving, solar-powered personal transit units to whisk you anywhere you wanted to go.
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Like the "Land Airbus" exploration we used as a great example, this could be an interesting center for an Implications Wheel exploration.
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A new report paints a grim picture for financial services jobs.
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A three-part test announced Monday by the California Supreme Court has far-reaching implications for who in the state can be classified as an independent contractor. The 7-0 decision in a case brought by drivers working for a delivery company squarely
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Major issue -- needs full exploration on these "broad implications."
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Experts question whether declining U.S. birth rates will mean fewer workers in the future.
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No one said building a company is easy. But it's time to be honest about how brutal it really is -- and the price so many founders secretly pay.
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The booming trend of entrepreneurship is personally interesting to me -- early professional years studying entrepreneurship!
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As intelligence infiltrates our software, our relationship with it will change. Emerging intelligence tools will work to kick us out of the interface so that we actually do our jobs.
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Then there's the future of work, which is changing rapidly, thanks to the internet.
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It will be a good number of years before we get AI doing everything for us, but here's what you can do to prepare for AI in the meantime.
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Both technologies are enabling us to do or design new things. Examples here include AI-based pattern recognition in very big data, prescriptive analytics, or blockchain based smart contracts.
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The limitations of Google Duplex are not just a result of its beingannounced prematurely and with too much fanfare; they are also a vividreminder that genuine A.I. is far beyond the field’s currentcapabilities, even at a company with perhaps the largest collection ofA.I. researchers in the world, vast amounts of computing power andenormous quantities of data..
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May 19, 2018 11:19 PM
Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis are right:AI is much more limited than a lot of hype would have us think (although that being said, there area an amazing amount of single-link systems out there). DI gets us to the next level.
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Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is transforming CX and customer care. The ability to automate the repetitive, tedious tasks often occupying personnel in back offices and customer-facing contact centers can provide meaningful benefits:
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It’s not often that a new piece of technology causes so much controversy, but Google’s AI-powered Duplex system, which can book appointments over the phone by mimicking a human voice, has led to a backlash over the potential ethical questions…
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Article clearly identifies "implications" both positive and negative -- but also suggests there are more!
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A food fight is brewing that could take a big bite out of restaurant waiters, customers and owners.
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An interesting article identifying some both positive and negative implications on the issue. A good question, however, is: "are there other positive and negative implications, particularly 'what might happen next?' for some of the implications identified?"
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As more workers clock in to on-call temp jobs, low-wage employees could feel a squeeze.
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Some, both positive and negative, implications identified but clearly a call for more exploration.
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Acknowledging who is ultimately responsible for product innovation — and ensuring they have the tools to succeed — can dramatically improve a company’s innovation success rate.
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