The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Image Search: Getting Better and Better [Not Really]
Image search means having software which can figure out from a digital photo that a cow is a cow. In more complex photos, the software identifies what it can. I recall one demonstration which recognized me as a 20 year old criminal. Close but no cigar.
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In The Globe and Mail
Unearthing big myths about big data
Myth 01: Big data is big
Myth 02: Big data needs to be applied right away
Myth 03: The more granular the data, the better
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Three human qualities technology can't replace in the future economy
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In this article I’ll go a little further to explore why human decision-making and understanding are based on more than intelligence; they are based on experience and values. I’ll also explore what would be required to ever get to the point at which computers could acquire a similar level of sophistication, and why I think it would be misguided to pursue that goal. In contrast I’ll suggest how we could look instead at human experience, values and judgement as the basis of a successful future economy for everyone.
Humanitarian UAV Missions in Nepal: Early Observations
Phi Beta Iota: Worth a full read. We are reminded of DARPA's STRONG ANGEL and note with interest that the Internet being down in Nepal makes a lot of the UAV collection irrelevant — sort of like NSA's global collection that is not processed and 99% of “big data” not being processed (per Mary Meeker). The lack of bandwidth, lack of processing, and lack of open source sense-making tools continue “The Big Disconnect.”
Big Data Debunkers Arise, Unite, Question Value
I enjoy reading the “analyses” of Blue Chip consulting firms. I have had a brush or two with the folks at these outfits over the years. I seem to recall working for one of them and doing consulting for a couple of others. At age 70, who knows? Read full post.
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America Goes Large: Obama Wants Huge Budget for His Anti-Russian Troll Army
While issuing scary revelations about the alleged ‘Kremlin Troll Army’ operating online, ‘perpetuating a pro-Kremlin dialogue’, the US government's international broadcaster RFE/RL somehow forgot to disclose it is prepared to spend as much as $15.4 million of taxpayers’ money on its own digital media forces to battle phantom Russia in the media
