Devangshu Datta: At the dawn of the AI age

Devangshu Datta: At the dawn of the AI age What happens to society at a point when computers – artificial intelligences – become more intelligent than their creators? This question is often referred to in science fiction. Science fiction...
School ditches junior exams

School ditches junior exams

School ditches junior exams Students from Hobsonville Point Secondary School. Photo / Dean Purcell An Auckland high school is skipping NCEA Level 1 to reduce assessment stress for its students, giving the teenagers an extra year before facing exams....

Will This Be an Apple Watch Christmas?

Will This Be an Apple Watch Christmas? Whose artificial intelligence are you going to believe, Google’s or IBM’s? The No. 1 most-talked about gift this holiday season, according to IBM Watson Trend IBM , is the Apple Watch AAPL —pinning the scale at 100...

Communism is the key to luxury for all

Communism is the key to luxury for all It’s time to start thinking about a post-work society In a speech last Friday at Imperial, shadow chancellor John McDonnell outlined his ideas on a new form of socialism where “technology liberates rather than...

The Big Switch and Mobile Security

The Big Switch and Mobile Security The Big Switch is a book by Nicholas Carr, first published in 2008, that – while making many arguments about the social and moral implications of the modern digital world – drew a strong comparison between cloud...

Machine learning is the new SQL

Machine learning is the new SQL This is a guest blogpost by Oleg Rogynskyy, VP of Marketing & Growth, H2O.ai Before the emergence of today’s massive data sets, organisations primarily stored their data in relational databases produced by the...
Great brands 'thrive on wastage'

Great brands 'thrive on wastage'

Great brands ‘thrive on wastage’ It’s official. Science is squeezing out the art in advertising. Well, it’s not quite official, but during a debate held by Thinkbox and The Debating Group in the House of Commons on Monday the votes...

From the physical to the intangible

From the physical to the intangible Fri 27 Nov 2015 The winners of this year’s Lloyd’s Science of Risk prize have suggested innovative solutions to two of society’s biggest challenges: food and cyber security. Detailed understanding of risk is...

Manager, Data Science

Manager, Data Science This position is open as of 11/27/2015.Manager, Data ScienceIf you are a Manager, Data Science with experience, please read on!This is an opportunity to manage a Data Science team within a Fortune 500 Holdings Company. This team will...

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