The Challenge of Crafting Intelligible Intelligence | June 2019 | Communications of the ACM
Modern AI approaches often work like black boxes: nobody really knows why things work the way they work.
Month: May 2019
Opinion: Data isn’t the new oil — it’s the new nuclear power | ideas.ted.com
Interesting thoughts by James Bridle on data which is often compared with oil: Data is a valuable, powerful commodity — but unlike oil, it is unlimited in quantity and in its capacity for harm. Source: Opinion: Data isn’t the new oil — it’s the new nuclear power
Hidden Heroines of Chaos: Ellen Fetter and Margaret Hamilton | Quanta Magazine
The untold story of two women who played an essential part in developing chaos theory [1]. While a lot has changed since 1960ies still many programmers…
Almost 80% of AI and ML Projects Have Stalled, Survey Says – Robotics Business Review
Doing an AI project is hard. The main obstacle is the volume and quality of the training data, so Nathaniel Gates, CEO and co-founder of Alegion While…
Consumers Who Use Mobile Are In-Store Shoppers | PYMNTS.com
social-sharing-top Encourgaing your customers to use their mobile on the premesis is good for brick and mortar stores [1].
Progressive Web Apps make you independent
The HUAWEI ban of the US government has illustrated how volatile the Android App distribution system, i.e., Play Store, really is.
How Aldi, a brutally efficient grocery chain, is beating Walmart on low prices – CNN.com
Interesting CNN [1] article about Aldi driving changes in the US supermarket industry. Walmart regards Aldi as “fierce,” “good” and “clever” competitor.
To Queue or not to Queue
If you need to know how important a good customer experience is, recent research from Ayden and Adobe [1, 2] provides you with concrete numbers.
The New Mall Tenant Is Your Office – The New York Times
Interesting NYT article on how shopping malls are converted into offices giving them a second life. If you think about it for a minute, it makes actually…
Fallacies and Pitfalls in building (hybrid) Progressive Web Apps
We’ve rolled out our first wave of (hybrid) Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) to our customers during the last couple of weeks.