Category: Extreme Automation

Ever since artificial intelligence has entered mass culture, IBM and Google have been scheduling Man vs. AI exhibition matches, in various disciplines to test the progress of machines. The most famous match of all was in 1997, when IBM’s Deep Blue chess algorithm beat the world chess champion Garry Kasparov, in a rematch from the… Continue reading IBM’s AI can win Jeopardy, but it can’t win a debate

DNA and genealogy tests have become an absolute cultural phenomenon in the past few years. They’ve provided the news with shocking celebrity heritages. They’ve given average people the thrill of finding out they’re part Neanderthal or a slim percentage of Cherokee Indian. Ryan even mentioned to me that Ancestry.com helped their family bring up stories… Continue reading Taking a DNA ancestry test may put you on the FBI’s radar

There’s a level of public fear that arises when we hear that the government is using AI in some way. In the past I’ve covered the collapse of Digital Privacy thanks in part to Palantir Technologies and their government contract to end terrorism. This week I talked about the racial biases encoded in AI and… Continue reading The IRS bought a $99 million AI tool that will catch all tax evaders through social media

We’re on the brink of bringing intelligent automation to nearly every facet of our lives. However, baked into many of the algorithms is the ugly racial bias that has plagued humanity forever. “If you don’t fix the bias, then you’re automating the bias” said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, on the subject of an IBM facial recognition project… Continue reading Online dating profiles are being sold by the millions. And this might resolve AI’s racism

The first major viral Internet meme of 2019 caused us all to dig ten years back in our photo albums and see how much we’ve changed since then. You’d think it was a harmless trip down memory lane. But one journalist proposed a theory about Facebook’s involvement in this, and it’s both genius and dubious.… Continue reading Facebook Can Predict How You’ll Look in 10 Years All From Memes

The Rundown: Brick-and-mortar retail stores must find a way to incorporate valuable consumer data into their shopping experience in the same way that data usage is a given in e-commerce. One way of bridging this gap between is with intelligent shopping assistants that recognize repeat customers and can tap into their purchasing behaviors. By 2031,… Continue reading AI in Marketing: Intelligent Shopping Assistants & Personal AI Replicas

Every company, no matter the size or industry, must have a sense of urgency in finding ways to bring AI into their organization. While some companies – most large banks, Ford and GM, Pfizer, and virtually all tech firms – are aggressively adopting artificial intelligence, many are not. Instead they are waiting for the technology… Continue reading AI in Marketing: Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs)

Almost all companies using AI are deploying their AIs in an invisible way. Whether it’s the automatic playlist generation on Spotify or the suggested route on Google Maps, we as consumers are completely unaware when the AI is operating. Ignorance is bliss, right? Yes, it is. But that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily the right thing… Continue reading Who will be the first company to brand their AI algorithms?

The Prediction:  Annual economic damages from climate change could add up to nearly $700 billion by 2090, if nations fail to make meaningful changes to address the dangers.– MIT Technology Review You don’t have to look far for a climate change article aimed at your heart – deterioration of beautiful coastland, destroying the magnificent coral… Continue reading This 2090 prediction teaches us about climate change’s impact on the future of work