Tag: artificial intelligence

Fleets of Automated Vehicles in 2020?

During Carl Eschenback’s talk last Friday, he discussed the major tech trends of the 20th century. In the 1960s it was semiconductors, 1970s systems, and moving forward to the 2010s the mobile boom. The question on his and everyone’s minds is: What’s the next tech trend? My hypothesis is what Lyft’s co-founder, John Zimmer, calls… Read more Fleets of Automated Vehicles in 2020?

Why is Machine Learning so Hard?

Machine Learning is a fascinating field that is rapidly emerging and heavily marketed as solution to many of today’s problems. Yet, the application of Machine Learning in a real-world production setting can be quite difficult to execute with promising results. In this post let’s examine what is Machine Learning and why it can be so… Read more Why is Machine Learning so Hard?

The Threat Of AI In The Workplace

Artificial intelligence is one of the most exciting areas of technology at the moment, with companies ranging from tech firms to banks investing billions into its development [1]. However, AI isn’t all good news. On the face of it, increased automation is hugely appealing. Increased efficiency, reduced operating costs and more make it very exciting… Read more The Threat Of AI In The Workplace

Reducing Healthcare Cost with Technology

The cost of healthcare worldwide is constantly rising. The United Nations World Health Organisations (WHO) calculates an increase in the cost of healthcare by 4.6 percent every year. This means by 2020, the world will spend 10 trillion dollars on healthcare annually. That is more than half of the GDP of the US. In many… Read more Reducing Healthcare Cost with Technology

The Evolution of Banking: AI

What is AI? The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was first coined in 1955, by Stanford Professor John McCarthy, as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines’ [1]. In other words, it is a branch of Computer Science, in which a machine mimics the cognitive functions that are associated with the human mind –… Read more The Evolution of Banking: AI

Montreal, Canada - The new AI super-cluster

For many people, this blog’s title might seem bold or crazy, but many key players in Montreal’s rapidly growing artificial-intelligence sector are working hard on transforming the city into a Silicon Valley of AI. Yes, you read it right, Montreal… For those who are already lost, I’m talking about Montreal, a city located in the… Read more Montreal, Canada - The new AI super-cluster

Diving through the layers of Artificial Intelligence

When reading about artificial intelligence we see terms like neural networks, deep learning, machine learning, reinforcement learning and more thrown about. Some of these terms are often interrelated and can be substituted to discuss the same subject matter, whereas others are mutually exclusive. In this post, I aim to provide clarity on the various subgroups… Read more Diving through the layers of Artificial Intelligence

The path of Artificial Intelligence

Cognitive computing or artificial intelligence (AI) was first idealized in the late 19th century through the work of George Boole in his literature The Laws of Thought. The british mathematician was also an educator and philosopher. Besides cognitive computing his energy was dedicated to comprehend the challenges of differential equations and algebraic logic. A few… Read more The path of Artificial Intelligence

The AI Apocalypse

Last week, the same headline was all over the news: “Facebook AI creates its own language”! This resulted in a lot of discussion and debate, bringing an old question to minds: is AI going to take over the world? With recent movies and prior cultural fear the power of AI is being questioned more and… Read more The AI Apocalypse

Artificial Intelligence helps create startups to solve different problems

Last week, I enjoyed hearing about how Machine Learning helped Pinterest start up and scale to support the needs for millions of users, by Jure Leskovec who is the Chief Scientist at Pinterest and an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. His talk inspired me to look at the current landscape of artificial… Read more Artificial Intelligence helps create startups to solve different problems