Don't Trust Artificial Intelligence? Time To Open The AI 'Black Box' Despite its promise, the growing field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is experiencing a variety of growing pains. In addition to the problem of bias I discussed in a previous article, there is also the ‘black box’ problem: if people don’t know how AI comes up with its decisions, they won’t trust it. In...

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Can AI and IoT work together to make the right choices? CA Technologies is participating in scientific research to discover how internet of things (IoT) applications can use deep learning to imitate human decisions. The research will also explore ways of ensuring that AI-based decisions are not producing biased results. This three-year research project is named ALOHA (adaptive and secure deep learning on heterogeneous...

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How IoT Is Changing The Science Of Medicine Less than a century ago, medicine transformed from an art to a science. The methods used in medicine became standardized. The scientific approach made it easier to tell what worked—and what didn’t. A standard method for researching, testing and reporting on results developed. Fortunate accidents occurred (think penicillin)—but weren’t implemented until their effectiveness was demonstrated...

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IOT'S IMPACT ON BIG DATA IoT-connected devices generate a vast amount of data. The biggest impact of the internet of things (IoT) for businesses in the future will be how to manage big data. The future will see companies being forced to upgrade their processes, technologies, and security to align with this need. Big data and IoT are entwined. How? Every device around us...

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The 4th Industrial Revolution: How Mining Companies Are Using AI, Machine Learning And Robots In an industry such as mining where improving efficiency and productivity is crucial to profitability, even small improvements in yields, speed and efficiency can make an extraordinary impact. Mining companies basically produce interchangeable commodities. The mining industry employs a modest amount of individuals—just670,000 Americans are employed in the quarrying, mining...

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HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION AIMS TO USE BIG DATA TO SPOT BIGGER TRENDS The New Jersey Hospital Association is launching a new program, CHART, to utilize big data in hopes of spotting the underlying problems behind the medical issues its members tackle. Are there gaps in New Jersey’s healthcare coverage? One of the state’s medical groups is turning to big data to find out. The...

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IoT Technology Market Growing Steadily, But Privacy and Security Concerns Remain Widespread The number of smart speakers/home assistants has doubled and seems to be powering ownership of other devices, but the appeal of the smart home in general has stagnated Ownership of Internet of Things (IoT) smart speakers and home assistants has doubled since last year, with the number of households owning more than...

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Approach Intelligently – How to Make a Success of Artificial Intelligence “TensorFlow is by far the most popular tool among our respondents, with Keras in second place, and PyTorch in third. Other frameworks like MXNet, CNTK, and BigDL have growing audiences as well” As if businesses today didn’t already have enough to worry about, then along comes a new wave of game-changing technologies that they must master quickly if they are not...

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