By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider During the Cold War era, the Soviet military doctrine was one of strict control by the central Soviet command. All decisions about the use of military force had to be first approved by Soviet commanders at the highest levels of the hierarchy, and there was little if any […]
By Dr. Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider I am very active in my alma mater. I serve on several alumni boards and committees, and try to support the youth of today that will soon be the inventers and innovators of tomorrow. As a mentor for our campus start-up incubator, it is exciting and refreshing […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new technological frontier over which companies and countries are vying for control. According to a recent report from McKinsey, Alphabet invested roughly $30 billion in developing AI technologies. Baidu, which is the Chinese equivalent of Alphabet, invested $20 billion in AI last year. Companies aren’t the only ones investing time, money and […]
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider There is an ongoing joke among Southern California drivers that when the rain comes along we freak out and don’t know what to do (this might be as much a local joke as it is an East Coast view of those “crazy” drivers on0 the West Coast). With […]
When my children were in their teens, I used to shuttle them all around town for various before-school and after-school activities. My son would need to get over to the baseball field for practices and games. My daughter was in a performing arts program as a lead actress and would need to get to her […]
By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider Years ago, I did some computer consulting work for a chemical company. It’s quite a curious story and one that went into the record books as a consulting engagement. The way it began was certainly an eye opener. An executive at a company that I had been doing […]
By Michael B. Eliot Foreword by Dr. Lance Eliot: As the AI Insider and a regular columnist for AI Trends, I am pleased to provide you with a posting that was written by a guest author, Michael B. Eliot. In his article, he discusses several key aspects about Expert Systems, a long-time and formative topic […]
By Dr. Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider When my son was very young, he and I played a board game that he seemed specially to enjoy. It required concentration and dexterity, and a bit of imagination along with a dose of excitement. If you made a mistake during the game, there would be a […]
By Dr. Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider The fish in the aquarium tank were going round and round the inner edges of the glass surface that encased them in water. Humans watching the fish were likely wondering whether or not the fish knew they were in water. There is an ongoing philosophical debate about […]
ALMOST HALF OF Americans will hop in their cars for a Thanksgiving trip this year. But if you were being very precise—if you were a team of Massachusetts of Technology researchers who study human-machine interactions—you wouldn’t say that all those Americans are “driving,” exactly. The new driver assistance systems on the market—like Tesla’s’s Autopilot, Volvo’s’s Pilot Assist, and Jaguar […]
