Category: Week3

AI: misconceptions and myths

  Artificial intelligence has been the biggest trend in startups in the last years, it has gotten into a point that AI is no longer a differentiator between competitors.  Carl Eschenbach from Sequoia Capital even joked in his talk at our class that whenever they listen to a pitch that does not mention AI or… Read more AI: misconceptions and myths

What AI is Not

According to a recent survey, 43 percent of respondents in the U.S. and 46 percent of respondents in the UK answered that they have no idea what AI is about1.  Of those who answered that they did have some idea of the definition of AI, according to Craig Martell’s lecture, they are likely incorrect.  There… Read more What AI is Not

AI and AR/VR

I would to blog this week on combining AI and VR (Virtual reality)/AR (Augmented Reality). I would like to ask myself 2 questions and attempt to answer them with available articles out there that discuss about the questions. How AI relates to VR/AR? How AI helps create more powerful VR/AR enabled devices and businesses? On… Read more AI and AR/VR

The danger of biased algorithmic systems and how to solve it

What you give is what you get. This saying seems to be perfectly applicable to the realm of AI systems as well. Or as IBM puts it (3), artificial intelligence is only “as effective as the data it was trained on” and, therefore, machine intelligence is “accurately reflecting the prejudices of the people it drew… Read more The danger of biased algorithmic systems and how to solve it

Twitter’s Magic Pony

One of the most annoying things about clicking on an image or video online is finding out that it is extremely blurry or low-resolution. I never really knew how to deal with those low-resolution videos, other than waiting and hoping that my internet connection would somehow get better. But it seems that a more timely… Read more Twitter’s Magic Pony

How essential is big data analytics gonna be in manufacturing ?

As manufacturing businesses are increasingly on the lookout for opportunities to boost automation, it is clear that big data and machine learning are set to revolutionize the future of production. Companies are already collecting huge amounts of data from various resources, including industrial machinery, and monitoring precise details of the production process in the hope… Read more How essential is big data analytics gonna be in manufacturing ?

Even Teleportation is possible?

  Quantum particles can move back and forth in time, exist simultaneously in two states and can even “Teleport”! I first got to know about the concept of teleportation through Harry Potter books. I loved the series but never believed that things that were a part of it would ever be possible in real life,… Read more Even Teleportation is possible?

Swarm AI

    Groups are smarter when they think together. Individuals would be on their own. Natural species like birds, bees, fish, ants and many other organisms work together as an organized system to hunt, build homes and survive as a pack. Scientists call the swarm intelligence which is a combining many minds into one. People… Read more Swarm AI

What China is doing with Artificial Intelligence: A case study of Ping An Technology

Ping An Insurance is the second-largest insurance provider in the world after Berkshire Hathaway, with offshoot investments into artificial intelligence technology underlying healthcare and startups.  Artificial Intelligence: “Making predictions under uncertainty so that humans don’t have to, that previously only humans could do.” In China’s technological playing field of multi-billion conglomerates, Ping An competes with… Read more What China is doing with Artificial Intelligence: A case study of Ping An Technology

What do Assets mean in 2018 ?

When we look at company assets, we usually look at it from a scope that’s decades old. In this historic lens – Things and money are the most valued asset’s and people with ideas and its incubation was deemed as an expense. This is exactly the reason why investments in a certain industries like –… Read more What do Assets mean in 2018 ?