“Artificial intelligence, whether it’s an application of machine learning or some new technology altogether, is poised to shatter the global economy. Kai-Fu Lee, a venture capitalist who used to develop artificial intelligence for both Microsoft and Google, told CBS’ 60 Minutes that AI will displace 40 percent of the world’s workers within 15 years. “I…
Month: January 2019
40% of companies are adding jobs after deploying AI, not killing them
Within organizations, respondents reported the top use cases for AI to be analytics (62%), automation (52%), and data management (42%). Some 29% use the technology for improvements to back-end systems, and 23% use AI for consumer-facing chatbots, the report added. The demand for artificial intelligence (AI) jobs are still in high demand, with 40%of companies…
Can you believe this product launched at CES without AI?
Wait…was there a product announced at CES without AI? If so, I haven’t run across it. In fact, here are just a few of the announcements including an AI powered …toothbrush ??? Artificial intelligence, driverless vehicles in focus at Consumer Electronics Show Procter & Gamble shows off surprisingly cool tech in ordinary products Oral-B Genius…
We used AI to study the world’s toilets. This is what we found – weforum.org
Sure, I could have written about something glitzy and glamorous like CES. In fact, I can’t imagine anything less interesting than “toilet knowledge,” but how can you pass-up clicking on that headline. I’ll spare you the bathroom related double-entendres, because the article is insightful and thought provoking. It caught my attention because it’s a unique…
‘Less common sense than a house cat’: Why Facebook’s AI guru thinks the tech still has a long way to go
“Yann LeCun, who was hired by the social media giant in 2013 to oversee its AI operations, is widely considered one of the “godfathers” of deep learning, the breakthrough technology based on computer programs structured to work like the neural networks in the human brain. “AI is not solved. The techniques that we have at the…