Jay van Zyl @ ecosystem.Ai

Jay van Zyl @ ecosystem.Ai

President Reif urges “farsighted national strategy” to address China competition

New York Times op-ed by MIT president says a national focus on innovation and research is more effective than only playing defense on trade practices.

Google photos has evolved and can now digitally recognize memes

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Machine Learning’s Awkward Era – Science Magazine (blog)

Machine Learning’s Awkward Era
Science Magazine (blog)
The whole machine learning field has a huge amount to offer chemistry, medicinal chemistry, and biomedical science in general. I don’t think that anyone seriously disputes that part – the arguing starts when you ask when this promise might be realized.

Taking the pulse of machine learning adoption – ZDNet


ZDNet

Taking the pulse of machine learning adoption
ZDNet
The survey reported that interest was more than latent, but there’s little question that the bulk of the action today is in the (relatively) better understood confines of machine learning (ML). So on this go round, O’Reilly jumped into the shallower

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How to squeeze value out of machine learning from the start… – The Register

The RegisterHow to squeeze value out of machine learning from the start…The RegisterAnd if you want to move to the next level, stick with us for day three, and our four deep dive workshops, covering TensorFlow, Machine Learning with Pyspark, Machine …

Shiggy Challenge and Dangers of an In-Motion AI Self-Driving Car

By Lance Eliot, the AI Trends Insider I’m hoping that you have not tried to do the so-called Shiggy Challenge. If you haven’t done it, I further hope that my telling you about it does not somehow spark you to go ahead and try doing it. For those of you that don’t know about it […]

AI in Edmonton: Home to Reinforcement Learning

Edmonton, Home to Reinforcement Learning, now a Foundation of AI, is Retaining AI Talent, Attracting Investment Including DeepMind The capital of Edmonton in the Canadian province of Alberta, like its counterparts in Toronto and Montreal, has a number of strengths in AI research that are attracting engineering talent and private investors. These include: — The […]

AI Tiptoes Into the Workplace, in the Beginning of a Wave

There is no shortage of predictions about how artificial intelligence is going to reshape where, how and if people work in the future. But the grand work-changing projects of A.I., like self-driving cars and humanoid robots, are not yet commercial products. A more humble version of the technology, instead, is making its presence felt in […]

Fluid Data Strategy Needed to Keep Tech Mapped to Business Plan

By Mahesh Lalwani, Vice President, Head of Data & Cognitive Analytics at Mphasis In today’s world, it should no longer be acceptable to have merely adaptive data. To win customers and market share, an organization must do far more and predict which strategy will unlock the potential its data has to offer. A company must envision […]

Machine Learning To Automate Routine Tasks For Our Storytellers – Forbes

ForbesMachine Learning To Automate Routine Tasks For Our StorytellersForbesLast month we officially released Bertie, a streamlined custom CMS for our contributors. This is an enormous leap forward from having to customize and hack WordPress to suit our…