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...
Category: Machine Learning
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...
AI and IA: What the future holds
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.
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...
From maker space to solver space
Conferences are for meetings. Project teams build deliverables. Data is for data scientists. Online communities are for social contact. Until now, when a new mix is emerging. Can we solve difficult problems in a...
Miracles and wonders: deep dreams, label machines, and my new super-super-super computer
2015 was a turning point year for machine learning. Check it out:
How to hire a machine learning consultant
More and more organizations are realizing the tremendous benefit of machine learning to their bottom line, yet many are not ready to hire a full-time machine learning expert. So a machine learning contractor/consultant/freelancer makes...
Machine learning tools of the trade
Like any maturing discipline, machine learning is splitting into specialties. And just as a surgeon uses a scalpel, and a general practitioner prefers a stethoscope, different tools are appropriate for different use cases within...
What is machine learning, and why you should care (in 500 words)
It’s critical that you understand machine learning, even if just a little bit. Why? Machine learning is at the heart of the most common artificial intelligence systems today. It’s an important new technology that’s...
