How Smart is an AI Anyway?
Researchers at the Allen Institute have hit an artificial-intelligence milestone: a machine that is ready for high school science. Maybe even college. Source: A Breakthrough for A.I. Technology: Passing an 8th-Grade Science Test – The New York Times Five years ago, the late Seattle billionaire Paul Allen, the 1975 co-founder of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates, […]
Robot Attitude Preface
The “It’s All About Attitude” Series just grew by one. I am working with Amazon to create a Series page with links to all the versions of all the books. Getting everything linked properly may take a week or so. In the meantime, I would like to share the Robot Attitude Preface with you. This […]
The Library 100
One of my affiliations is as a board member at OCLC Inc. in Dublin, OH. I am very proud of the work OCLC does as a global library cooperative. The organization supports thousands of libraries in making information more accessible and more useful to people around the world. OCLC provides shared technology services, original research, […]
Taking Care of The Environment
IBM research publishes an annual five year look at key trends it sees around the corner. There are many of them, but this year its report focused on related to innovations in the food supply chain – “from seed to shelf”. At a recent conference, IBM researchers made presentations about a variety of food-oriented initiatives […]