AI for Dummies- John Mueller, Luca Massaron
Insights and Notes:
Chapter 1: Introducing AI
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AI is currently in a hype phase due to the development of Machine Learning, where computers
learn from data. You can think of the data curators as the “teachers” of the machine. If bad data
is provided, aka careless teachers, then the computer will learn to do things the wrong way.
Garbage in, garbage out.
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Idea: AI usage for machine efficiency. Allowing AI to choose correct cloud solution based upon
computing requirements of the task at hand.
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Human Augmentation through AI:
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolemartin1/2019/02/08/did-a-robot-write-this-how-ai
-is-impacting-journalism/?sh=45d9f6497795
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Media companies are already utilizing AI to tip and que their reports to write reports;
Bloomberg news was one of the first companies to implement this approach. Their
software, Cyborg, sorted through financial reports and turned them into news stories.
The Washington Post’s Heliograf produced ~850 articles by detecting trends in finance
and big data to alert reporters to imminent stories. “The AP estimates that AI helps to
free up about 20 percent of reporters’ time spent covering financial earnings for
companies and can improve accuracy. This gives reporters more time to concentrate on
the content and story-telling behind an article rather than the fact-checking and
research. All in all, this could truly benefit journalism.”
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How do they accomplish this? How do they sort and visualize the data? A similar
approach could be utilized to consolidate the INT’s and que the Intel prof to
begin analyzing developments in theater.
Chapter 2: Defining the Role of Data
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Data Storage
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Integrated Circuits
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Moore’s Law: Transistors in affordable circuits double every 2 years
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Correlation to data = smarter devices = more technology diffusion =
lower prices
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http://www.mooreslaw.org/
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Quantum Computing
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Optical Computing: photons move at the speed of light, faster than electrons in a wire
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Fiber optic channels.
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There is a hybridization of electronics and optics- the vast majority of
communications data is channeled via photons, while almost all computation
and logics is performed by electrons. Reason? Less energy is needed to transmit
information in the form of photons. The waves associated with the electrons are
smaller; that is, the higher speed of photonic devices has as its counterpart a
larger size.
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https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/technology/future/optical-computing-solv
ing-problems-at-the-speed-of-light/