Can AI Help Voice Recognition by John R. Patrick?
Can AI Help Voice Recognition? Written: May 2023 Word Count: 1,042. Reading time: 3.9 minutes Artificial intelligence and facial recognition have the potential to offer many benefits. Travelers will be very happy to have a faster process for boarding a flight. Citizens may feel more secure knowing criminals can be apprehended. Business transactions may […]
Is AI Facial Recognition Good or Bad? by John R. Patrick
Is AI Facial Recognition Good or Bad? by John R. Patrick Written: April 2023 Last week, I explained the basics of how facial recognition works. There are many pluses and minuses about use of the technology. I would now like to share a couple of examples of my personal encounters with facial recognition. One use case […]
Do We Need the Interstate Highway System?
Do We Need the Interstate Highway System? Written: 2002-07-01Edited: 2021-08-12 America’s roads are critical for moving a growing number of goods and people. However, these vital lifelines have been underfunded for years. More than 40% of the system is in poor or mediocre condition. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), which gave overall […]
Do We Need A Vaccine Passport?
I started working at IBM Corporation on June 1, 1967. Two years later, in 1969, I received a letter from President Nixon. It said, “Greeting: You are hereby ordered for induction into the Armed Forces of the United States”. I entered the U.S. Army on May 29, 1969 weighing 225 pounds. Two years, six months, […]
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I am learning a lot from Zoom webinars. Thursday night I attended one hosted by the Ridgefield, CT library. The subject was the impact of AI in health sciences, presented by an IBM PhD researcher. The library will host another fireside chat on July 14, “How to Strengthen Our Democracy in Troubling Times”. Unfortunately, there […]
