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Stephen E. Arnold: Big Data vs Small Brain
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The statement that “we have too much data” underscores the individual’s inability to think about information in a way that is helpful. Both the craziness about Big Data and the too much to do approach to work are cover ups. The issue is rooted deep within many individuals who are unable to cope with the mundane activities of life in the 21st century. The fix is within individuals. Stated another way, there is no fix when there is little or no incentive or desire to take responsibility for work. Many professionals want a short cut and no responsibility.
Stephen E. Arnold: Computers Learn Discrimination from People — Algorithms Embrace Bias
IO ImpotencyComputers Learn Discrimination From Their Programmers
One of the greatest lessons one take learn from the Broadway classic South Pacific is that children aren’t born racist, rather they learn about racism from their parents and other adults. Computers are supposed to be infallible, objective machines, but according to Gizmodo’s article, “Computer Programs Can Be As Biased As Humans.” In this case, computers are “children” and they observe discriminatory behavior from their programmers.
Stephen E. Arnold: Algorithms Gone Wild…
IO ImpotencyAlgorithms Still Need Oversight
Many have pondered what might happen when artificial intelligence systems go off the rails. While not spectacular enough for Hollywood, some very real consequences have been observed; the BBC examines “The Bad Things that Happen When Algorithms Run Online Shops.” Read full post.
Robert Parry: It’s Official — NATO and US Lump Public Relations in with PSYOPS and Information War
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US/NATO Embrace Psy-ops and Info-War
The U.S. government and NATO have entered the Brave New World of “strategic communications,” merging psy-ops, propaganda and P.R. in order to manage the perceptions of Americans and the world’s public, reports veteran war correspondent Don North.
Stephen E. Arnold: Five Big Data Problems
IO ImpotencyOh, Oh. Big Data Has Problems. Impossible.
A happy quack to the reader who alerted me to “5 Problems with Big Data.” How can this be? Big Data is the new black, the new enterprise search, the new information management opportunity.
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Yoda: One Intelligence Database — A Snapshot of Possibilities and of Failure
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Try harder, must we.
The FBI Built a Database That Can Catch Serial Rapists—and Almost Nobody Uses It
For roughly 30 years the FBI has virtually ignored a system meant to help cops track the behavioral patterns of violent criminals.
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