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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.
Michelle
4/29/2017 8:23:58 PM
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Re: AI at work
@John !? I don't know what you're talking about. Of course I enjoy the ruling party of bots...
JohnBarnes
4/29/2017 6:42:03 PM
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Re: AI at work
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).
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.
JohnBarnes
4/29/2017 5:43:58 PM
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Re: AI at work
DCawrey, Michelle,
I for one welcome the opportunity to claim the reward for informing on both of you to our new cybernetic overlords.
elizabethv
4/29/2017 5:04:56 PM
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Re: AI at work
@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.
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.
Michelle
4/29/2017 3:26:48 PM
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Re: AI at work
@dc I'm with you, let's continue ruling the world. Machines can help, but only if they have very short cables...
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?
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.
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