Tag: artificial intelligence

The Rise Of The (Self-Replicating) Machines

This article was originally posted on Forbes.com By now, it’s a truism that automation will replace certain careers while leaving others intact. Experts believe the most vulnerable are jobs that require routine, rote tasks: a bookkeeper, a secretary or a factory worker. Each of these involve highly repetitive and predictable duties easily taught to machines. By that logic, roles that require abstract thinking should be… Read more →

Would You Trust An AI To Look After Your Business Finances?

This article was originally posted on Forbes.com Artificial intelligence is on the rise. I write and read extensively on AI, and one gets the impression that this is a zero-sum proposition: Either everything improves and we will live in a Utopia — or we face an imminent apocalypse. Thankfully, things are not so black and white. Automation, long seen as a killer of… Read more →

What’s Stopping Small Businesses from Adopting Machine Learning?

This article was originally posted on ScoreNYC Machine learning is, without a doubt, the future. From Amazon’s recommendations engine to Google Photo’s smart albums, the rise of the algorithms promises us a more streamlined, convenient world. For businesses, increasingly complex and capable algorithms also promise more profits. Yet for now, it seems that big corporations, such as Alphabet, Amazon, or Facebook… Read more →

Three Tech Innovations Leading The Smartphone To Its Grave

This article was originally published on Forbes The rotary phone. The beeper. The fax machine. These communication devices were revolutionary upon invention, but they’re now all but extinct. Is the smartphone next? The smartphone is the most widely used mobile technology in the United States — as of 2018, 77% of U.S. adults own a smartphone, according to Pew Research Center. It’s created swift… Read more →

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We need small players to help shape the future of AI

This article was originally posted on VentureBeat.com Google, Alibaba, Facebook, Baidu, and other tech giants are leading the charge in developing and acquiring AI companies and talent. Many observers have expressed concern that the big players are dominating what will be one of the most important fields in technology. Unlike past waves of technological development, the AI boom could shut out startups… Read more →

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How AI could create a world of haves and have-nots

This article was originally posted on VentureBeat.com Artificial intelligence is all over the news, with tech titans arguing over whether it is a force for good or bad. An equally important question is whether AI will further stratify society, creating a world of haves and have-nots. AI is already impacting multiple industries and will take over many blue collar and white collar… Read more →

How AI and IoT must work together

This article was originally posted on VentureBeat.com As artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) become more commonplace, it is both useful and important to understand how these two important trends work together to benefit specialists and the average person alike. How can AI control and potentially improve the rollout of IoT? For starters, IoT creates a tremendous amount of data.… Read more →