by Angela Guess In a recent article by Shivon Zilis and James Cham, both partners at Bloomberg Beta, the pair write, “Almost a year ago, we published our now-annual landscape of machine intelligence companies, and goodness have we seen a lot of activity since then. This year’s landscape has a third more companies than our […]
Artificial Intelligence and the Future: Should We Worry About Our Data Jobs?
Speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Smart Data Online 2016 Conference, Adrian Bowles, industry analyst, recovering academic, and founder of STORM Insights, and Steve Ardire, Merchant of Light, both talked about the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI). They addressed the question: “Will robots take my job?” The short answer could be summarized as: “Maybe.” Lower level jobs […]
Artificial Intelligence at the Inflection Point: Experts Weigh “A Revolution in the Making”
by Angela Guess A recent press release states, “More than 120 leaders from business, government and academia met to discuss the impact and promise of artificial intelligence at an evening “knowledge salon” held recently at the headquarters of Earley Information Science (EIS) in Carlisle, MA. The gathering was hosted by Seth Earley, founder and CEO […]
Numenta Releases HTM Studio
by Angela Guess According to a new article out of the company, “Numenta, Inc., a leader in machine intelligence, today announced the release of HTM Studio for anomaly detection, a desktop tool that makes it easy for businesses to experiment with advanced machine intelligence algorithms to uncover anomalies in their streaming data. Simply add numeric, […]
A Comparative Roundup: Artificial Intelligence vs. Machine Learning vs. Deep Learning
A 1969 McKinsey article claimed that computers were so dumb that they were not capable of making any decisions. In fact they said, it was human intelligence that drives the dumb machine. Alas, this claim has become a bit of a “joke” over the years, as the modern computers are gradually replacing skilled practitioners in […]
Distributing Machine Intelligence to the Foggy Edge of the IoT
Click here to learn more about author James Kobielus. Machine learning is beginning to sink roots into every node of the Internet of Things (IoT). In this new era IoT endpoints will increasingly be powered by statistically driven algorithms that process real-time sensor data and drive autonomous decisions right then and there. I recently published a […]
The Singularity: Why Humans Need Not Fear
by Angela Guess John Markoff recently wrote in the New York Times, “Misconception: Computers will outstrip human capabilities within many of our lifetimes. Actually: You won’t be obsolete for a long time, if ever, most researchers say. In March when Alphago, the Go-playing software program designed by Google’s DeepMind subsidiary defeated Lee Se-dol, the human […]
Machine Intelligence Supports Data Scientists
by Angela Guess Scott Howser recently wrote in Smart Data Collective, “Having the technology, team, and overall support in place at the onset will only help data scientists succeed and further augment results. Data scientists rely on software like machine intelligence—focused on human-interpretable results and quick iteration—to create models. If technology is outdated and/or data […]
Artificial Intelligence in 2016: Are You Ready for What It Will Bring?
It’s been a big year for Artificial Intelligence, and its related terms like Cognitive Computing, Machine Intelligence, and Intelligent Machines, and for all its associated branches, from Machine Learning to Neural Networking and Natural Language Processing. IBM, for example, has continued making strides with Watson in verticals such as healthcare and financial services. The vendor […]
Machine Learning v. Machine Intelligence v. AI
by Angela Guess Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky of Numenta recently wrote, “We are frequently asked how we distinguish our technology from others. This task is made difficult by the fact that there is not an agreed vocabulary; everybody uses the above terms (and other associated terms) differently. In addition, the commonly understood meaning of […]