“’I am generally in favour of regulating a particular application rather than a technology’ in general, Yann LeCun, said in an interview. ‘We could possibly also develop robots that are somewhat intelligent and autonomous: machines that we give a task to but don’t explain how to do it,’ LeCun said.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/sg.style.yahoo.com/amphtml/facebook-ai-guru-says-regulate-161515005.html
Tag: AI
All the tech that went into turning Columbus, Ohio into a ‘Smart City’
“Columbus hired local smart embedded software company Pillar Technology, which was acquired by Accenture in 2018, to further develop the existing Smart Columbus operating system. The $15.9 million open source platform that hosts the city’s mobility data, including over 2,000 datasets and 209 visualizations, launched in April 2019. Smart Columbus’s event parking management program built…
Walmart’s new AI predicts grocery substitutes for shoppers
“Big-box retailer Walmart is using artificial intelligence (AI) to aid customers and personal shoppers and better handle still-surging online demand for groceries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. ‘Walmart’s solution was to use artificial intelligence to help both customers and Personal Shoppers choose the best substitute for an out-of-stock item,’” https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/walmart-artificial-intelligence-grocery-substitutes-shoppers
Foresight Research: Consumer Resistance to Banking AI in Georgia
“Bank of America reported about 20 million or about 30% of their customers arere using ERICA – their chatbot. For chatbots or AI a low 51% of consumers are comfortable using this technology for routine questions. For gathering information or for asking for advice on loans, retirement planning or investments only 44% would be comfortable…
The Data Paradox: Artificial Intelligence Needs Data; Data Needs AI
“‘A new generation of enterprise analytics is emerging, and it incorporates some degree of both automation and contextual information,’ according to Tom Davenport and Joey Fitts, writing in Harvard Business Review. AI-enhanced analytics systems ‘can prepare insights and recommendations that can be delivered directly to decision makers without requiring an analyst to prepare them in…