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Autonomous Vehicles: An Irresistible Business Model for High Tech

By Dick Weisinger

Amazon, Apple, Google/Alphabet, Baidu, FaceBook, Microsoft. Why are these tech companies companies so interested in creating autonomous vehicles? There are reports of more than 40 companies trying to break into this space. Dan Ives, analyst at Wedbush, said that “the…

AI Generalization: Can Algorithms Be Taught to Regret?

By Dick Weisinger

Been there. Done that. That’s how most AI algorithms to date work. The recipe is to collect as many examples as possible, maybe thousands or even millions of previous instances of something, and from those examples then teach the AI…

AI as Interviewer: Efficient and Fair or Biased and Opaque?

By Dick Weisinger

AI has become the preferred accelerator for automation and it is being applied now to the job interview, much to the chagrin of interviewees. As many as 83 percent of large businesses are using some type of AI within the…

Retail and Facial Recognition: How Much are You Willing to Give up for Convenience?

By Dick Weisinger

Your face is unique and AI is being perfected to recognize anyone’s face. As a biometric identifier, the capability of facial recognition is powerful, obsoleting the need for passwords, drivers licenses, and other identifiers. It makes things easier. It also…

Responsible AI: Doing it the Right Way

By Dick Weisinger

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being adopted by large numbers of organizations, governments and businesses and is being applied with great success to a myriad of types of problems. But many worry that if AI technology is not properly monitored, it…