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CEO Values: Technology to Become More Important than Workers?

By Dick Weisinger

“Every company is a technology company, no matter what product or service it provides. The companies that embrace this fact are the ones that shape our world,” wrote Stephenie Stone for Forbes, CIO at M+W Group. CEOs are getting the message.…

Artificial Intelligence: Smart Machines Pose Both Threat and Opportunity for Workers

By Dick Weisinger

Robotics and new Artificial Intelligence technologies like Deep Learning may mean that jobs with many repetitive tasks that are currently being done by humans will be replaceable by machines in the not too distant future. Stephen Prentice, vice-president and Gartner analyst, said that…

Artificial Intelligence: Creation of the GPU Open Analytics Initiative (GAOI)

By Dick Weisinger

GPU (Graphic Processing Units) are specialized computer chips that are revolutionizing the area of artificial intelligence (AI).  Their original purpose may have been for speeding up graphic displays on monitors, but applications of GPU chips have become far reaching.  GPU…

Natural Language Generation (NLG): Enabling Computers to Speak Up

By Dick Weisinger

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being applied to enable two-way interactions between humans and computers. Natural Language Processing (NLP) is the ability of computers to parse and interpret human speech and writing in order determine what question or directive a human is posing.…

Artificial Intelligence: Businesses that Don’t Invest in AI Risk Being Left Behind

By Dick Weisinger

84 percent of businesses say that they are already using artificial intelligence and 62 percent said that investment in AI is crucial to remain competitive by 2020.  But digging deeper, a report by Tata Consultancy Services. found that there are…