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Intelligent Machine Links Roundup for August 4, 2015

August 4, 2015August 5, 2015 colleenmsullivan

Interesting look from Bloomberg on how the insurance industry is tackling the threat from driverless cars. (Noah Buhayar, Peter Robinson). Here’s one interesting little paragraph that jumped out at me: Allstate already offers a device that tracks driving behavior so … Continue reading Intelligent Machine Links Roundup for August 4, 2015

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Roundup of intelligent machine links for July 22, 2015

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 colleenmsullivan

A case for evolutionary algorithms as A.I.’s next big thing A new study on robot surgery says it’s unclear how many complications — and deaths — it contributes to, says Keith Wagstaff. (Link to the full study). A new startup … Continue reading Roundup of intelligent machine links for July 22, 2015

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Roundup for July 10, 2015

July 10, 2015July 10, 2015 colleenmsullivan

What happens when you teach a drone to tail a submarine? Really interesting article on the strategic implications of drone tech for the Navy from David Blagden Those whacky kids over at DARPA are also hoping that A.I. can replace … Continue reading Roundup for July 10, 2015

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Roundup for July 3, 2015

July 3, 2015 colleenmsullivan

Belated roundup today — but I seem to have found my theme: The End. The Economist on big data and the end of insurance as we know it. Don Draper is Dead, or Michael Wolff on the end of advertizing … Continue reading Roundup for July 3, 2015

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Roundup for June 25, 2015

June 25, 2015June 25, 2015 colleenmsullivan

Artificial intelligence research is crossing the Rubicon of getting computers to read and understand novels, essays, and other written-by-human-for-humans natural language text, writes Cade Metz in WIRED, with Facebook coming up with an app its says can answer reading comprehension … Continue reading Roundup for June 25, 2015

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Roundup for June 22, 2015

June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 colleenmsullivan

IBM’s Watson not only wants to help companies stop hurricanes, (per Chris Ciaccia), it will also read your palm…well, your posts, anyway, with a new web app that generates an instant  personality profile based on an excerpt of your writing. Amazon is using … Continue reading Roundup for June 22, 2015

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Roundup For June 11, 2015

June 11, 2015June 17, 2015 colleenmsullivan

It definitely says something about the zeitgeist when even the glossies are getting all existentialist on you, but such is the case with Vanity Fair UK, who are co-sponsoring a Digital Summit today with pundit-mongers Intelligence Squared. The main panel topic … Continue reading Roundup For June 11, 2015

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