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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 […]

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, […]

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 If technology is outdated and/or data […]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 […]