by david allan van nostrand | Jun 15, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Big Data
Neither would millions of people until Lee Lantz came along. A seafood merchant, he found a mild and flaky fish that tasted great. Its name, Patgonian Toothfish, was as unappetizing as its looks. He couldn’t change its appearance, so he made up a new name. He called...
by david allan van nostrand | Apr 13, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Items in the News
You’ve seen and heard many stories about toilet paper shortages. The stories seem real because shelves are empty. The reason shelves are empty is not due to any real scarcity (factories make more than enough for everyone), but instead to several very different...
by david allan van nostrand | Jan 27, 2020 | Artificial Intelligence, Items in the News, Misinformation traps
As a kid, when the arm was down at railroad crossings I would pay close attention to the freight cars as they went by. I made up a game where I held as many of the six-digit railcar I.D. numbers as I could in memory with the goal of finding consecutive numbers amongst...
by david allan van nostrand | Aug 19, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Misinformation traps
Question 1. How many jobs will Artificial Intelligence destroy? A. Futurist Thomas Frey says one billion. B. McKinsey says 800 million. C. McKinsey says 400 million. D. The International Federation of Robotics says zero. Why such different answers? Frey’s prediction...
by david allan van nostrand | Jul 8, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Customer Satisfaction, Using Information
I am an unabashed fan of Apple’s tech support. In my experience, theirs is the finest in all the land by a wide margin. When I submit a request, they call me within two or three minutes. It’s nice that their tech reps are invariably pleasant and courteous. What’s even...
by david allan van nostrand | Mar 25, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Items in the News, Using Information
Desk Set is a 1957 movie starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Tracy is an expert hired to modernize a television network’s research department. When the employees find out powerful new computers are coming, they are afraid they will lose their jobs to...
