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clrmoney
4/28/2017 10:27:00 AM
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AI at work
I thought AI was already at work and they say the have three portfolios that will make it work like Data Refinery,Monetizer and Fastermine. All three of them are very intersting and important and will bring value in their own unique way.
dcawrey
4/28/2017 2:22:23 PM
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Re: AI at work
It's actually kind of scary to think about what all of this stuff could potentially do.
Will humans even be running the world at some point. I get we need technology as tools. But let's not let the machines take over, shall we?
Michelle
4/29/2017 3:26:48 PM
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@dc I'm with you, let's continue ruling the world. Machines can help, but only if they have very short cables...
JohnBarnes
4/29/2017 5:43:58 PM
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DCawrey, Michelle,
I for one welcome the opportunity to claim the reward for informing on both of you to our new cybernetic overlords.
Michelle
4/29/2017 8:23:58 PM
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@John !? I don't know what you're talking about. Of course I enjoy the ruling party of bots...
elizabethv
4/29/2017 5:04:56 PM
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@dcawrey - I personally limit my kids access to technology for this reason. There's almost a nostaligia to not using technology. But at the same time, realistically, if we have the means to create programs to make our lives easier, I think people will continue to create and buy those programs. It's just like "Alexa." I personally don't care for getting anything of the sort, because the idea creeps me out. But I know many people who have one. There's an appeal to it, whether we like it or not.
JohnBarnes
4/29/2017 6:42:03 PM
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ElizabethV,
I'm very seriously wondering about how much resistance, ultimately, there will be to the personal assistant apps/algorithms. I'm wondering if there's a psychological equivalent of the Uncanny Valley, where people will be creeped out by having the machine "know" them but still feel like a machine, in the same way that the Uncanny Valley of animation is a big problem for movies at the moment (e.g. that it's easy to believe the toys are real in Toy Story but not that the people are -- the "human" characters like Andy and his mother are enough like people to prompt some human reaction but not enough like them for us to be comfortable).
dcawrey
4/30/2017 11:37:44 AM
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Re: AI at work
@JohnBarnes I don't think there will be much resistance at all.
That is, of course, if the AI products are good. Right now we are indeed seeing friction because these things aren't saving time.
Someday they will.
JohnBarnes
4/30/2017 4:03:31 PM
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DCawrey,
Well, we appear to be in the middle of the experiment at this point, so I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Many things have been very smoothly adopted because their advantages (acknowledged or not) were obvious; but also many things that would make total sense have been delayed, perhaps forever, because fundamentally people just don't like them (many forms of modular housing construction, videophones and 3D movies in their earlier construction, etc).
elizabethv
4/30/2017 8:31:01 PM
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@dcawrey - I think you could be right. For some people maybe "Alexa" saves time. They like not having to pick up their phone and type in what they want to search for on Google, or they don't want to program their phone to just respond when you say "Okay, Google...." which my 2-year-old knows he can do...... At least for me, I like to actually look at the Google search myself, because I don't always just want the top response. But I happen to know for a fact, I'm a bit of an oddball..... So Alexa doesn't save me enough time to warrant the invasion of my limited online privacy. Now a robot that would make me dinner? Go shopping for me, literally, I want their robot body at the store, that could be a while different story.
afwriter
5/3/2017 12:24:14 AM
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@Elizabethtv I understand what you are saying. I personally use my Echo for all of the stuff that you mention, but I also use it to control smart devices in my house and you can do some shopping from Alexa, you can ask it to order stuff for you to be delivered to your door.
batye
5/3/2017 1:43:38 AM
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@afwriter I try to create smart home... but Echo not available in Canada... I could only set up Nest/Wink/GoControl Premium Home Security Suite but still have integration problems and have to reboot Wink hub often... I do hope one day I could controll everything creating smart home with Echo :) attached to it :)
batye
5/3/2017 1:58:08 AM
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@dcawrey for now technology get developed and like everything else it does take time to mature... but you are right we are not here yet :)
elizabethv
4/30/2017 8:33:52 PM
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@JohnBarnes - I think there will likely be an Uncanny Valley equivalent, but not enough to stop AI in its tracks. I think there are some people like me, who will always prefer a bit of their own autonomy (though I can be bought if given the right price.) Even my husband knows I will only accept so much help before I just want to do it myself. And if there are tasks I don't trust a human to do for me (including my husband,) there are certainly tasks I won't trust a robot to do for me.
mpouraryan
5/2/2017 11:39:06 PM
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dlr5288
4/30/2017 2:53:32 PM
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I was going to say the same thing! I'm totally up for new advancements and creating awesome new devices, but when will it go too far? Haha definitely don't want the machines taking over..
batye
5/3/2017 1:45:32 AM
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@dlr5288 it depends on the point of view... plus the way technology will develops... you never know the future - until you live it and see it...
dlr5288
5/30/2017 3:11:36 PM
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True point! I guess you never know what'll happen in the future until it's here.
batye
6/4/2017 7:54:58 PM
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@dlr5288 yes, but you do must plan ahead and make inform desigion about future or what you want... in the future...
dlr5288
6/28/2017 12:48:34 PM
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I completely agree. It's important to plan ahead and make plans in case the first one fails. Most of the time you won't get it right the first time.
batye
7/3/2017 2:21:36 AM
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@dlr5288 thank you :) - How I see it it also a good process of learning what will work for the future... or not :)
dlr5288
7/31/2017 4:54:30 AM
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True. Having multiple plans from the beginning will make it easier for when you're starting the next project.
batye
8/4/2017 10:26:22 AM
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@dlr5288 yes, proper preparation is a must... as it always better to plan ahead and be prepared... as most of the IT projects never go as planed...
dlr5288
8/30/2017 11:50:00 AM
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To have multiple plans and have scenarios on what can go wrong will only help if they need to be used.
batye
9/3/2017 6:34:19 PM
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@dlr5288 yes, as this day too many thing could happens and you need not only one plan... but plan A,B, C and e.t.
dlr5288
9/28/2017 11:42:49 AM
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Exactly! I think it's the only way for any company to survive.
batye
10/2/2017 4:38:42 AM
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@dlr5288 yes preparation and planing should be never overlooked...
dlr5288
10/30/2017 2:21:52 PM
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In many ways I think planning is more difficult than actually going through with the plan.
elizabethv
4/29/2017 5:02:24 PM
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Brilliant.... and a little bit sneaky.
Mostly, I'm captivated by the idea of offering a discount that they have determined by analyzing the likely hood of a customer purchasing the product with that discount. Because as long as they offered more than a 10% discount - I know that will get me just about every time! (I personally hate 10% discounts, because they really aren't worth it. But then that information would have already been available through my past purchases.) Computers have really allowed retailers to up their selling game.
JohnBarnes
4/29/2017 6:21:02 PM
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Re: Brilliant.... and a little bit sneaky.
ElizabethV,
Again, optimizing the discount offer mix is something that is now a routine problem in a mid-level (about 2nd year grad) data science class, something that might make a good midterm exam for a 2nd year grad student in machine learning or optimization theory. It's not just a possibility; it is shortly going to be routine.
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