Forbes reports that “most AI projects fail”; Techrepublic puts the number at 85%. How do we reconcile this reality with claims of AI as representing an “existential threat” such as those from Elon Musk...
In artificial intelligence, machine learning, decision intelligence, statistics, and science, we use the word “decision” to mean a lot of things. Let’s tease out some distinctions: Decision Type Name Question answered Primary information Source...
Are you thinking: “I’ve heard that AI can provide some value to my organization?” but wondering where to start? You might be a CIO or other technical leader, looking to avoid being left in...
I caught COVID19 in March, a few weeks after breaking my arm badly enough to need surgery. I made it through, but along the way, and with the perspective afforded by a lot of...
Lately, I’m surrounded by dogs: mostly service dogs, who are able to learn sophisticated behaviors and help their handlers in miraculous ways. And so I’ve been reading a bit of dog training theory. Surprisingly,...
As we look forward into 2017, intelligence augmentation (IA) will begin to take its rightful place alongside artificial intelligence (AI). Here’s one of my talks about this. Summary below.
Please enjoy this interview broadcast today with me and Daniel G. Faggella of TechEmergence. I touch on intelligence augmentation (IA), machine learning in vision, text, and other domains, the emerging decision intelligence ecosystem, the...
Are we getting dumber? Or is stuff just harder? Both are true. Between-silo problems are the new bottleneck. We’re inundated with information, so we take cognitive short cuts. And “wicked” problems keep getting...
Last month I received an intriguing email inviting me to an event at Kimberly Wiefling’s house. I’d met Kimberly before through Jonathan Trent, as part of the work I’ve been doing to help out...
Since thinking so much about levers in the last two posts, I’ve also been pondering the variety of levers I’ve built and seen, and the different purposes they serve in a decision model. ...
