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Intelligent Machine Link Roundup for July 29, 2015

July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 colleenmsullivan

First link of the day is a really fascinating interactive crib sheet to explain how machine learning works, from the design team at R2D3, aka Stephanie Yee and Tony Chu. I’m excited to see their follow ups.. Amazon is super … Continue reading Intelligent Machine Link Roundup for July 29, 2015

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Intelligent Machine Link Roundup for July 27, 2015

July 27, 2015 colleenmsullivan

Inadvertent spotlight on self-driving cars today, with a number of interesting takes: The L.A. Times on the competition to produce the hyper-realistic, 3D, HD maps necessary for self-driving cars (Tracey Lien). Daimler is planning to live-test self driving trucks on German … Continue reading Intelligent Machine Link Roundup for July 27, 2015

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Intelligent Machine Link Roundup for July 23, 2015

July 23, 2015 colleenmsullivan

Internet moderation isn’t usually a matter of life and death…unless your mods are the Secret Service (Josephine Wolff) If you virtually prick us, do we actually bleed? Mark Piesing in the FT on the potential for VR to heal things … Continue reading Intelligent Machine Link Roundup for July 23, 2015

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Roundup of intelligent machine links for July 22, 2015

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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 21, 2015

July 21, 2015 colleenmsullivan

Hollywood is forever coming up with new ways to terrify us with the power of smart machines, but this maybe one they haven’t yet hit on: It seems machine learning could make telemarketing more efficient, according to this profile of … Continue reading Roundup for July 21, 2015

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Roundup for July 17, 2015

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IBM wants to help teachers with its Watson tech, but they’re skeptical (h/t Mary Jo Madda). Meanwhile, it’s tryng to help the rest of us tone it down — or up, as the case may be, with a free app … Continue reading Roundup for July 17, 2015

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Roundup for July 6, 2015

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Car as a service: Used to be people would train their dog to bring them the morning paper. In a world of self-driving cars, could yours complete the Starbucks run for you? — Tech Cheat sheet has a run down … Continue reading Roundup for July 6, 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 July 2, 2015

July 2, 2015July 2, 2015 colleenmsullivan

If GM and Ford ran Animal Farm, the first law would be “Autonomous cars good, self-driving cars bad,” says The Economist, explaining the distinction between the two and why it matters a heckuva lot to automaker’s bottom lines. Harvard’s Judith … Continue reading Roundup July 2, 2015

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Roundup for July 1, 2015

July 1, 2015July 1, 2015 colleenmsullivan

Science is finally taking the need for robot ethics seriously, says Nature News’ Boer Deng On the other hand, it may be a little much to ask engineers to solve the kinds of problems that were whistling over Plato’s head … Continue reading Roundup for July 1, 2015

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