Welcome to the Personal Artificial Intelligence Revolution
Like it or not, technology is everywhere. We have long ago passed a time where computers were relegated to men in white coats in distant rooms. It’s now in our pockets, in our faces,...
Category: Introduction
Decision Intelligence and the Tragedy of the Commons
Please take a careful look at the above diagram (it is a simple Causal Decision Diagram (CDD), as described in Link). It is, by my understanding, one of the most important patterns we face...
Why Causal Decision Diagrams are the Most Important New Development in Solving the Most Complex Problems (and what that has to do with dogs)
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,...
What should we do about “bad” AI?
OpenAI has built an AI that it suspects may be too dangerous to release to the public. What should it do? Sorry to say, but the technology train is hard to stop. Whatever OpenAI...
Machine Learning Classic Mistakes, Best Practices, and Epic Fails: experiences from over 30 years of applied projects
I and my teams have been delivering machine learning projects for about three decades, from work on the Human Genome Project in the 1980s through sensor fusion for the Department of Energy for hazardous...
Decision modeling together, to save the world
Organizations like the Millennium Project, certain government agencies, companies from the smallest to large transnationals, and the United Nations have recognized that, in a complex world, the risk of decisions that lead to unintended...
Has media reached a reality/complexity tipping point?
A landmark paper appeared last December in the National Science Review (summary). It describes the complex interdependencies between climate, consumption, population, demographics, inequality, economic growth, migration, and more. Written by an interdisciplinary team of...
Responsibility, authority, and insanity
So this is pretty basic. But it’s huge. Problem: You are working at a bank and have been tasked with developing a new customer care program. You’re making good progress, and reach out one...
Pulling Back the Curtain on #MachineLearning Apps in #Business
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...
Artificial intelligence and human limits
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...
