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Watson from IBM: Why semantic text tech helps analytics
IBM Watson: dramatic potential or nothing new? There is a new type of software technology from IBM and others that has the potential to dramatically change how we work. In particular, certain types of workplace drudgery may be eliminated. The key is intelligent processing of unstructured text. You might remember IBM’s Watson technology from a few year’s back. It’s a natural language Q&A system named after IBM’s founder (pictured). (We’re guessing it’s also an allusion to the Sherlock Holmes character.) As a publicity stunt, IBM had Watson beat the reigning Jeopardy! champion. At least based on the material on IBM’s website it still isn’t too clearly technically what IBM is. There are other impressive systems for searching and processing unstructured text and answering human-language questions. (We’ll talk about them in a bit.) Aside from some glossy marketing materials, IBM seems coy about why Watson is better or cheaper than the competition.… Read the restGoogle Glass: Confessions of a New Cyborg
Google Glass, Cyborgs, and the Singularity Does Google Glass turn you into an awesome Terminator-like Cyborg with a web browser inside of your brain? Or does it just frighten the horses? Will you become a so-called “Glasshole”? Is the software still limited and flawed? Or is the built-in Chrome browser all the Cyborg software you need? In this article, we take a look at some of the pluses and minuses of Glass. #Glass turns you into an awesome Cyborg with an in-brain browser? #throughglass Click To Tweet Frequent readers of this blog will note our fascination with theory of the Singularity, as exemplified in Ray Kurzweil’s series of books. (We’ll note that the forthcoming science-fiction movie Transcendence is one way the Singularity might play out. That is, if it actually happens in the first place.) At least two decades ago, Kurzweil and others predicted Google Glass (“special glasses” as Kurzweil called them) would hit the market right about now.… Read the restMH370 Hunt: IoT Sharks with Laser Beams?
MH370 and Crowdsourced Sharks with Laser Beams? The disappearance of MH Flight 370 has revealed a major gap in the Internet of Things: most of the world is water and lacks decent broadband coverage due to the ocean’s relative inability to transmit radio waves. Austin Powers fans will recall Dr. Evil’s obsession for “Sharks with Laser Beams” and we’ll see what MH370 has to do with them in a bit. Crowdsourcing rapid technological innovation in emergencies During the hunt for the plane, innovative technological solutions were crowdsourced that later were used in the investigation (perhaps through independent discovery by very qualified experts or perhaps as result of the crowdsourced suggestions). Proposals such as using the doppler shift to fine-tune the Inmarsat data, combine Inmarsat data with radar data, and use military antisubmarine sonar buoys were all proposed in online forums, days or even weeks before they were official announced by investigators as novel techniques used in the investigation.… Read the restWhy the Singularity Might Not Happen: Predictive Apocalypse Analytics
Singularity or Apocalypse? We’ve mentioned the concept of the Singularity a few times in these pages, but it’s not a foregone conclusion that this is the destiny of humanity. The NYPost did a sensationally-titled review last week on Eric H. Cline’s book about the fall of ancient Egypt. (We can’t quite resist including this work of art of an article plug line: “Ancient civilizations fell almost simultaneously & it could happen again.”) The Singularity is not a foregone conclusion, here’s why. Click To Tweet Although Cline’s book (and the NY Post review of it) are interesting and thought-provoking, there are better ways, more analytical ways to think about the repeated suddenly collapse of past civilizations. Required reading for mathematical archaeologists … and predictive modelers We have two recommendations. The first off is physicist Geoffrey West’s classic Ted Talk, “The surprising math of cities and corporations.” Although Prof. West explains his observations on scale in a simple and straightforward way in a short ten-minute talk, his insights have profound importance on everything from: neuron speed in elephants vs.… Read the restRecent Comments
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