Yoga
class was packed with January newbies this morning. Everybody's a Yogi, no one
wants to be a Boo-Boo. Sad....
If
AI apps gray out news of dubious trustworthiness, the incoming president’s
tweets will tend to be the deepest shade of gray.
Need
curational AI that grays out fresh news in our feeds/apps based on the extent
to which it’s not been independently corroborated.
I
think the “fake news” issue is greatly exaggerated. When some BS story isn’t
corroborated on other news channels, most people realize soon
Things
I’m fine with normalizing: a relational database. Things I’m not fine with
normalizing: an irrational president.
President-elect
seems 2 B too much in love with one country. I don’t recall any prior getting
kissyface over any country other than the USA
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Folsom Prison Blues
by JC JK--1968. Never explains how shooting man in Reno (NV) lands U in Folsom
(CA) State prison
"[7]
Steps 2 Prevent Algorithmc Bias" (http://ow.ly/eSCg307YHAY )
JK--Awareness access accountblty explanation provenance auditability valid8n
How
Blockchain Can Offer a Secure Model for the Internet of Things http://bit.ly/2jrhcgE
Current
list of Kaggle cash-prize data-sci/machine-learning competitions: http://ow.ly/zwZW307YfyS .
$1M for improving lung cancer detection
"9
Deep Learning Papers U Need 2 Know About (Understanding CNNs Part 3)" (http://ow.ly/r6UY307YeYc )
JK--Extremely technical. Keeper overview
"JanusGraph"
(http://ow.ly/AuKy307Yem5 ) JK--New
Linux Fdn community project to build and maintain a distributed graph
computation system.
"The
Big Data Wave: 1980s Redux?" (http://ow.ly/MwHg307Ye04 )
JK--Draws Hadoop industry parallel to early days of commercial RDBMSs.
"Machine
Learning Is Bringing More Intelligent Things" (http://ow.ly/qVVj307YdHD )
JK--Highlights ML shift from deterministic to probabilistic
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp NIV by Lambchop from
FLOTUS JK--2016. Hyperanalog Kurt Wagner went hyperdigital, as has Bon Iver's
Justin Vernon
"Top
10 AI events of 2016" (http://ow.ly/2oFw307YcJv ) JK--Good
list. I'd put OpenAI's launch up top.
"Machine
Learning, Data Science, & Unicorns" (http://ow.ly/Ccha307Yclf )
JK--Huh?! ML is NOT about "mirroring data." It's illuminating reality
"What
I Always Wanted To Know About Big Data* (*but was afraid to ask)" (http://ow.ly/iayD307YbhG )
JK--Shows #IBM
infographic i created.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Robots by Flight of
the Conchords JK--2008. Future overlords commenting casually on how they've
vanquished humans.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp You Wanted A Hit by
LCD Soundsystem from This Is Happening JK--2010. Beat is a slightly slowed
B-52s "Planet Claire"
Not
sure which phrase expresses greatest urgency: "pedal to the metal" or
"balls to the wall." The 1st one sounds unhinged & the 2nd
painful
New
#IBM jk #TechTarget #ITKnowledgeExchange
column: "Neuromorphic chipsets shifting deep learning into overdrive"
(http://ow.ly/Fkz9307WPr9 )
Drafted
latest #IBM
jk #TechTarget
#ITKnowledgeExchange
column: "Neuromorphic Chipsets Are Shifting Deep Learning into
Overdrive"
Create
outstanding customer experiences through mobile and analytics with @IBMzSystems financed by #IBMFinancing
http://bit.ly/2jno66O
10
expert tips to boost agility with Hadoop as a service http://bit.ly/2jninxL
Taking
another look at in-database analytics http://bit.ly/2jnnHkF
"Pentagon
tested world's largest swarm of autonomous micro-drones" (http://ow.ly/X9h3307W9eL )
JK--Utterly lethal move toward micro-strafing
"3
tips on improving chatbot retention" (http://ow.ly/WcqJ307W8By )
JK--Aka abandonment: "about 40% of users never get past the first
text"
"Best
Data Visualization Projects of 2016" (http://ow.ly/5Y97307W8ku )
JK--Or worst. Visualizes how screwed we are (eg, global warming, Trump)
"You
know it's a Ferrari, but..." (http://ow.ly/Q4ge307W7Rh )
JK--Use cases for using convolutional neural networks to identify car models
"4
trends in security data science for 2017" (http://ow.ly/qonc307W7qO )
JK--Use adversarial machine learning for anti-spoofing.
"5
Things To Watch In AI & Mchn Learning In 2017" (http://ow.ly/9PSh307W6MN )
JK--"AI Czar"? Why not simply enterprise AI competency centers?
"The
Bitcoin Protocol: How It Works" (http://ow.ly/ZfqB307W65R )
JK--It's all written down in the sacred protocols of the elders of Bitcoin.
Trump
says Russian cyberhacking will stop after he's inaugurated. How in hell would
he know if not w/cahoots with them? The more U know...
There's
always something vaguely patronizing about bringing something "to the
masses." A short step toward hurling it into a rowdy mob.
"Facebook
is starting own journalism project" (http://ow.ly/4u5P307VYKn )
JK--New formats, media literacy push, & hackathons on news problems
Earbuds
and loud music are a wonderful tool for tuning out annoying conversations in
your immediate vicinity.
Contemplating
the hugely disruptive year ahead. Makes my head hurt. Best to sit cross-legged
letting life flow on within me and without me.
"300
million smartphones will have machine learning ability, says Deloitte" (http://ow.ly/kPFf307UaWh )
JK--That's 1/5 of those sold this year
A
day in the life of a data architect http://bit.ly/2j62pub
"
#IBM #Watson Health Announces
Collab to Study Use of Blockchain Technology 4 Secure Exchange of Healthcare
Data" (http://ow.ly/FNdf307TOqa )
"Mathematics
without history is soulless" (http://ow.ly/mwvC307TMRp )
JK--People have been refining the arts of calculation since dawn of time
"A.I.mpact:
Who’s On Yr Marketing Team o Tomorrow?" (http://ow.ly/9Hyd307TMd1 )
JK--Should be people who know just enough of AI to B dangerous
"The
Bright Side of Smart-Home Silly Season" (http://ow.ly/tUi1307TLYy )
JK--Of course, "silly" is mild pejorative for "unbridled
innovation"
"GPUs:
The Key to Cognitive Computing" (http://ow.ly/mrTd307TLIw )
JK--Mindblowing number of processing cores & amount of memory bandwidth
I'm
still waiting for advanced computers that can beat a world grandmaster in
Chutes & Ladders. Combinatorial explosion o childish merriment
"Reinforcement
Learning Using Quantum Boltzmann Machines" (http://ow.ly/UBAo307TJZA )
JK--Extremely abstruse edge topic in quantum analytics
"Deep
Learning on Resource-Constrained Embedded Devices" (http://ow.ly/FRIq307TJLc )
JK--Cornell research paper on DL model compression.
Podcast:
Rob High, #IBM
Fellow, Vice President, and CTO #Watson discusses
cognitive computing, deep learning, etc:
"Nvidia
shows self-driving-car supercomputer at CES" (http://ow.ly/bD39307TIrE )
JK--Octa-core ARM64 + Nvidia's new Volta GPU do 30,000 TOPS
"Maluuba’s
AI & Deep Learnng predictions for 2017" (http://ow.ly/kTz8307TI2X )
JK--Check out Trischler thoughts on NLP grounded in rules+stats
Just
to be a sport, Meryl Streep should perform at Trump's inauguration, perhaps in
her lovely Florence Foster Jenkins voice.
Plugging
gaps in my music collection. Bought/downloaded Moby's landmark "Play"
& "Play: B Sides." Hard to believe that's almost 20 years ago
"It’s
Not Just Altaba. Here Are the 7 Worst Company Name Changes" (http://ow.ly/ZHla307STWN )
JK--Alternative Alibaba? You kidding?
So
Yahoo! ends not with a bang but with a WTF?! Altaba? How to pronounce? Stress
could be any syllable. Each "a" could have various voicings
"Quantum
Computers Ready to Leap Out of the Lab in 2017" (http://ow.ly/lz4H307RSXm )
JK-- #IBM quantum
cloud here: http://ow.ly/hVnY307RT9S
"The
Conversational Economy — Voice & New Era o Multi-Modal Computing" (http://ow.ly/Q8nq307RRwa )
JK--Suddenly voice-recognition is super-hot
What
Is Fog Computing? And Why It Matters In Our IoT And Big Data World http://bit.ly/2jeg9kf
"At
LinkedIn, artificial intelligence is like ‘oxygen’" (http://ow.ly/9SG8307Rnig )
JK--Explosive gas?
"Designing
chatbot: male, female or gender neutral?" (http://ow.ly/v8KM307RnaL )
JK--IMHO, all of the above. Personalize gender to your needs
"Brain
actvty too complic8d 4 humans 2 decipher. Machines can decode 4 us" (http://ow.ly/K2GG307RmYy )
JK--Consciousness in statistical mirror
"What
AI needs is a dose of realism" (http://ow.ly/qSDk307Rmh7 )
JK--Measured approach that refrains from utopian/dystopian bipolarities.
"How
a Machine Learns Prejudice" (http://ow.ly/BCSe307RiYz )
JK--Data sourcing, feature engineering, & stat modeling rife w/bias
opportunities
"Making
telecommunications infra smarter" (http://ow.ly/GSpr307RiwH )
JK--Predictively recognizing & responding to complex traffic patterns
"'AI
as co-pilot': The state of autonomous driving, from ...Detroit" (http://ow.ly/Roy7307Ri9C )
JK--"We want to build a better driver."
Considering
all the self-driving & connected car innovations demonstrated at CES, you'd
half-believe Las Vegas hosted the Detroit Auto Show.
"Data
Could Be Next Tech Hot Button for Regulators" (http://ow.ly/cNTd307Rh6T )
JK--Concerns about market power, entry barriers, anti-trust.
"The
big takeaway from this year’s CES" (http://ow.ly/Qyo4307QvR0 )
JK--Virtual personal AI-powered voice assistants. Heeding your every word
If
you don't watch it with that pinot grigio, you'll end up sounding like Topo
Gigio!
'How
to build an all-purpose big data engine with Hadoop and Spark" (http://ow.ly/o6SX307QudO )
JK--Authored @andrea_braida
Today's
#InfoWorld
column performed an important public service. I boosted the salience o
"transfer learning" in the data science discussion
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Stupid Girl by
Garbage from Garbage JK--1995. One of the composers was a woman: singer Shirley
Manson.
WGBH
visits IBM’s Cyber Range to experience a cyber attack firsthand: http://bit.ly/2iJnsmi
#infosec @wgbhnews http://bit.ly/2iUHkAQ
"Coming
to Carnival Cruises: Wearable Medallion That Records Yr Every Whim" (http://ow.ly/GqV7307OYS6 )
JK--Does it also track yr seasickness?
"This
AI will battle poker pros for $200,000 in prizes" (http://ow.ly/NIhq307OYwl )
JK--Yet another example of tech as a literal game-changer
"GGL
AlphaGo AI secretivly won more than 50 straight games against wrld’s top Go
players" (http://ow.ly/7z3Q307OY7Z )
JK--Effectively stops Go
"Apache
Spark: ...." (http://ow.ly/Xykl307OWyP )
JK--"Spark isn't perfect but what is these days?" "These
days"? When were things perfect?
"Gecho
Loopsynth: Theremin for 21st Cntry" (http://ow.ly/r9vO307OVH0 )
JK--And who among us hasnt been tempted to use a cat as set o bagpipes?
"The
best tech at CES you probably cant afford" (http://ow.ly/HUpa307OU3a )
JK--And if you have to ask th price, you definitely can't (loser!)
New
#IBM jk #InfoWorld column:
"'Transfer learning' jump-starts new AI projects" (http://ow.ly/T9GG307OQxz )
U
know yr video rental’s a dog when U spend as much time looking at th sys clock
as th movie. “Oh God, still 53 more minutes o this crap?!”
No,
I have no intention of watching the inauguration. Thanks for not asking.
Social
media is jumping tonight discussing an awards show I don’t care about giving
trophies for movies and TV shows I haven’t seen.
RIP
Nat Hentoff. Prolific longtime liberal journalist, jazz critic, &
intellectual provocateur. Tentpole pundit of Village Voice. Mensch
The
streets around our place look like they’ve been whitewashed with road salt
overkill.
Oddly
for a January at the fitness club, not many other members working out. I have
my choice of the equipment. People resolving to wimp out
I’m
sure that Trump will continue the tweeting in his presidency as a way to bark
out orders & opinions without having to explain himself.
It’s
better to think of nothing than not to think.
Caught
"The Man Who Knew Infinity" on DVD. Dev Patel good as Indian math
genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. Helps to check Wikipedia while watching
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Little Acorns by The
White Stripes from Elephant JK--2003. Spoken intro is by former Detroit
broadcaster Mort Crim
“Hungry
like the wolf”? One specific wolf? The entire species? Cultural archetype?
Platonic ideal of wolf? Waiting for Simon Le Bon’s reply
I
prefer the LA Fitness next to the Army base over the one in the shopping mall.
Guys at the former approach fitness with professionalism.
“Game-changing”?
How many games we changed in 2016? How many games do they predict will be
changed this year?
Reviewing
the mini-mansions in the Washington Post real estate section. Wondering how
many come equipped with mini-butlers.
Yoga
training has helped me hold a wide-legged lotus pose longer. All the better to
have a place to situate my laptop while I surf the web
I
usually try to keep an intellectually stimulating meditation in the background
of my consciousness. If it's front & center, all the better
Per
our incoming CiC, I've decided to forgive & extend warmest wishes to all my
enemies by writing this tweet declaring them my enemies.
Before
I forget, I'd like to remind all my followers on social media to like
everything I've ever posted and to keep doing so in perpetuity.
End
of the work week. I got more done this week than I expected. Sitting at Panera
now, sipping coffee, reading about stupidity in the world
Don't
people live in "places" anymore? "What geography are you
from?" Ummm....a continent surrounded by oceans (?!) I dunno.
The
older I get, the more millennial I become. Literally. Feels like I'm pushing
1,000 years old.
No
snow fell overnight in our vicinity. It's still a naked winter in northern
Virginia. Unadorned by the crystalline stuff.
The
extent to which Watson ‘thinks' http://bit.ly/2iJnAC3
"CES
2017 Connects with AI" (http://ow.ly/hqSJ307KtMI )
JK--Assumes consumers will pay to be reminded & coached by AI-driven
gadgets 24/7.
"How
We Built Successful Influencer Mktg Strategy" (http://ow.ly/YBPO307KthQ )
JK--"Brands cede partial control o message"? Hav2hav great msg!
"Battle
to Bring Smart Home Assistant to Mainstream Dominates CES" (http://ow.ly/BSuf307Kt1E )
JK--Huge market potential.
"Panasonic
Automotive and #IBM
Partner to Develop Cognitive Vehicle Infotainment System with Watson" (http://ow.ly/o0A3307KsUv )
"Intel
Announces ‘Go’ for Cars, Aiming to Gain in Self-Driving" (http://ow.ly/5DfL307KsJl )
JK--Chips used in 100s of autonomous test vehicles
"BMW
Deploying Self-Driving 7 Series Fleet to Roads This Year" (http://ow.ly/eU4a307KsC4 )
JK--Goal is fully autonomous driving by 2021.
Deep
learning is a fascinating set of techniques of longer vintage than many
realize. It gets more engrossing the deeper I delve into it.
Hollywood
should test plot confusion on audiences. Ask viewers every 10 minutes if they
have a clue what's going on. If they dont, deep-6 it
Flake
news alert. They say we may get some tonight. Looks like Russia orchestrated
it. All the telltale signs of a Siberian vortex.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Don't Look Back by
The Remains JK--1966. Short-lived garage rockers did 2 awesome singles: this
plus "Why Do I Cry"
"2016
Was a Bad Year For Predictions" (http://ow.ly/WJ8b307IN5A )
JK--On th upside, those who bet on Dylan snagging a Nobel cashed in bigtime!
"Transforming
Travel Experience With Cognitive Techs" (http://ow.ly/C2Dh307IMoC )
JK-- #IBM S. Kumar.
Me in Dec 2014: http://ow.ly/PdbZ307IMvE
"Hyperledger
Project Enters 2017 with Major Momentum" (http://ow.ly/BaZ3307ILOh )
JK--CRG's Kanaracus on blockchain progress & case studies.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Sheela-Na-Gig by PJ
Harvey from Dry JK--1992. Ancient Celtic architectural grotesques o nakd women
w/exagger8d vulvas
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp North American Scum
by LCD Soundsystem frm Sound of Silver JK--2007. Sez Europe is "old
buildings" peopled by "mimes"
Noticing
new "data scientist" stock character in Hollywood films. Invented
"algorithm" that "calculated" something & made them
"super-rich"
Algorithms
are statistical muscles. Machine learning is like physical conditioning. You're
only as (predictively) fit as yr (data) training
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Name For You by The
Shins from Heart Worms JK--2017. New Shins LP forthcoming. Now you've got me
new-year hopeful.
Another
tech event organizer dangles an "early-bird discount." If in fact
it's a worm, I'm not biting.
"IBM
and The New York Times Company's T Brand Studio Unveil New AR Experience
Inspired by "Hidden Figures" Movie" (http://ow.ly/zvvK307ItYi )
#IBM Reveals 5 Innovations
that will Help Change our Lives within 5 Years (http://ow.ly/xpOG307ItzS )
JK--Macro to micro, AI, ML, & sensors
IBMVoice:
The Dawn Of A Cognitive Era: How To Evolve Analytics To The Next Level http://bit.ly/2iFmlnp
How
to build an all-purpose big data engine with Hadoop and Spark http://bit.ly/2hUWnZn
#makedatasimple
I'm a host and featured chatter on this. Please join us and share your
thoughts. http://bit.ly/2iF5265
“The
Power of Thinking Big: IBM Research’s ‘5 in 5’” by @IBMResearch
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Figured You Out by
Elliott Smith from Either/Or JK--1997. Remastered re-released 2017. Deeply
beautiful melancholy
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Alone Again Or by
Love from Forever Changes JK--1967. I too think people are the greatest fun.
Puppy dogs a close 2nd
Ah
yes, another day, another round of strangers on social media imagining that I'm
some resource to help them find jobs at my employer.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Signs of Love by
Moby from 18 JK--2002. His best work transports the listener into stratospheric
frames of mind.
Twenty
degrees colder tomorrow than today in northern Virginia. A steep thermal
gradient. Moist air mass. Slippery slope to slippery slopes.
Caught
“Age of Adaline” on DVD. Good performances from Blake Lively & Harrison
Ford. Fantasy premise makes U appreciate aging w/fresh eyes
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp If I Needed You by
Karl Blau from Introducing Karl Blau JK--2016. A beautiful Townes Van Zandt
cover.
"It’s
Aye Robot as Driverless Cars Finally Steer Near Showrooms" (http://ow.ly/ZMEB307G9YG )
JK--Most of us will encounter 1st in "robo-taxis"
IBMVoice:
Learn About The Top Five Trends To Watch In Cloud Computing During 2017 http://bit.ly/2hQqn8H
"Generative
Adversarial Networks will change world" (http://ow.ly/g7Gf307G7sj )
JK--Neural nets designed to ace Turing test on pattern recog
"Google
teaches 'AIs' to invent own crypto & avoid eavesdropping" (http://ow.ly/HtbB307G6yL )
JK--Will future AI botnets fashion adhoc crypto?
Excellent
overview of hot DL R&D. Summary of last month's Neural Information
Processing Systems conf in Barcelona: http://ow.ly/SkA6307G4Kx
RT
@kexpplaylist#kexp Rooting
For You by London Grammar from Rooting For You JK--2017. Big, bold, dramatic.
Adele-ish.
"Deep
Learning 2016: The Year in Review" (http://ow.ly/T87k307G1Z7 )
JK--Comprehensive. I'd like GANs that translate tech specs into images
“17
Big Data Predictions for 2017” by @IBMBigData
"How
blockchain can create the world’s biggest supercomputer" (http://ow.ly/wCNd307FXvo )
JK--Ancient dream of distributed compute brokering
"Data
breaches through wearables put target squarely on IoT in 2017" (http://ow.ly/ykPZ307FW86 )
JK--Risk the security death of 1000 cuts.
"Think
Like a Futurist 2 B Prepared 4 the Totally Unexpected" (http://ow.ly/JQar307FVLF )
JK--Scenario-building for business risk mitigation.
Join
me & other experts on #MakeDataSimple
Crowdchat "2017 Outlook for CIOs and CDOs," Thurs Jan 26, 1pm EST:
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Cool Kids by Shana
Falana from Here Comes The Wave JK--2017. Great. Feels like Cyndi Lauper
fronting Dum Dum Girls.
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@kexpplaylist #kexp 29 #Strafford APTS by Bon
Iver from 22, A Million JK-2016. Critics raved about this. Must give it a
listen.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Amputation by The
Jesus and Mary Chain from Damage and Joy JK--2017. Great new one from
post-hiatus indie pioneers
"How2Make
Better Predictions When Dont Have Enuff Data" (http://ow.ly/nD8u307E5lk )
JK--Transfer learning IDs relevant other-domain knowledge
"How
to Train AI to Do Everything in Digital Universe" (http://ow.ly/egQX307E48M )
JK--Best discussion I've seen of how OpenAI Universe works
"Race
for AI Chips Begins" (http://ow.ly/ovft307E2uk ) JK--Will
be big tech story this year.
"Statistical
analysis of art on convicts’ bodies" (http://ow.ly/ol7v307E16u )
JK--"Tattoos are unreasonably effective predictors o recidivism"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp '02 Be True 2 Your
Bar by Magnetic Fields frm 50 Song Memoir JK--2017. Concept LP. 50-yr-old
Merritt toasts each year
"BigDL:
Distributed Deep learning Library for Apache Spark" (http://ow.ly/cPwz307DZEl )
JK--Open sourced by Intel.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Sweet Thing by Van
Morrison from Astral Weeks JK--1968. "I will drink clear clean water for
to quench my thirst."
"Grtnr
Sez by '19 20% o Intrxns w/Smtphns'll Take Place via VPAs" (http://ow.ly/fN91307DVIs )
JK--Vaping appliances? Virtual personl assistnts
"With
Apache Spark, Old Mainframes Learn New Tricks" (http://ow.ly/o0gC307DVcz )
JK-- @joemckendrick on #IBM z/OS Platform for #ApacheSpark
Dear
Facebook Friend Who Asks Me to "Feel Free to Like My Page": Thanks
for granting me permission. I felt chained & bound to indifference.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Laura Lee by The
Besnard Lakes from The Besnard Lakes Are the Divine Wind JK--2017. Good new one
from Montreal group
"The
new face of big data: AI, IoT and blockchain" (http://ow.ly/vE6i307DT5V )
JK--"Face"? They're the new central & peripheral nervous system
"Deep
Learning Race: A Survey of Industry Players’ Strategies" (http://ow.ly/DGSD307DPLG )
JK--Shows that this space far from maturity.
"2016:
The Year That Deep Learning Took Over the Internet" (http://ow.ly/pMKx307DPsH )
JK--Having a cool-sounding name didn't hurt the buzz.
"WSJ
Editor Says His Newspaper Won’t Call Trump’s Lies ‘Lies’" (http://ow.ly/rUwj307DMXu )
JK--BS. Need to report a factcheck alongside each
Glancing
at the tech news. A new year with lots of new incremental feature enhancements.
Too soon to say which are also excremental.
"Generating
Videos with Scene Dynamics" (http://ow.ly/2Q79307DL0F )
JK--Mindblowing. Suggests new approach for creating live-action animations
"Bat
chat: ML algorithms provide translations for bat squeaks" (http://ow.ly/oBlP307DKid )
JK--Distinguishing batsignal from batnoise
"The
Alien Style of Deep Learning Generative Design" (http://ow.ly/f0Ir307DJDh )
JK--Auto-DL-generated designs of otherworldly-feeling origin
"Why
GGL co-founder Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars" (http://ow.ly/Ry2y307DJ6N )
JK--Spacely Sprockets has 1st mover advantage
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp On Hold by The xx
from I See You JK--2017. Nice new one. Moody male-female duet on verses with
over-rapped chorus.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Masters of War by
Anika from Anika JK--2010. Sounds like back-alley stoned reggae with trashcan
percussion.
"How
to Make Yr Mark as a Woman in Big Data" (http://ow.ly/fdoN307DFqr )
JK--Same advice applies for guys, except #3 should be "Be yourself"
"Here's
Bigly Listicle o 'Banned' Words That U Shouldnt Use" (http://ow.ly/Q1BM307DEOi )
JK--"Queen's English"? Which Sault Ste Marie is this?
This
just in: Trump will singlehandedly perform all the music at his inauguration.
He knows music better than anyone, he says.
Finished
the DVDs of Michael Palin’s “Himalaya” & “Sahara” travelogue series from
the 2000s. Excellent presentation of peoples & places.
When
I hear a band has attaind “cult status,” I wonder if it’s begun 2 confiscate
fans’ worldly possessions & choose their marriage partners
"Deep
Learning AI Listens to Machines For Signs o Trouble" (http://bit.ly/2iriPgn )
JK--Detecting sound signatures o incipient malfunction
"Hacking
is a very hard thing to prove."? Oh, really! Since when is it hard to
prove that a system has been th target o unauthorized access?
Reading
"Superforecasting: Art & Science of Prediction" by Tetlock &
Gardner. Retro-vetting my own 2017 predictions: http://ow.ly/nCJJ307CxDi
New
year. Time to revisit investment strategy. Hard to gauge likely impact o new
admin that hasnt yet taken office. Trump bump? Trump slump?
Caught
the “Absolutely Fabulous” movie on DVD. Confirms that Kate Moss, Joan Collins,
& Lulu are still alive. Yawn. Whatever.
Oh
how sweet of our incoming POTUS to wish us his "enemies" something
called "love" in the new year. We wish him "well."
6.
Our own @jameskobielus is always a
must-read! For the full #MakeDataSimple
chat transcript, visit: http://ibm.co/2fM2kb6 #BigData #2017
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Committed To The
Cause by The Radio Dept. from Running out of Love JK--2016. Cool Morricone-ish
vibe to this.
2017
is the bicentennial of my alma mater, the University of Michigan. Let us all
stand & salute the Maize & Blue:
"Game
Theory Reveals Future of Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/2DiP307Bdh5 )
JK--Need general competing-DL-agent decision-optimization" framework
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Europe Is Lost by
Kate Tempest from Let Them Eat Chaos JK--2016. Cockney lady voice raps
apocalyptic.
Dear
Facebook: How to turn off those "live" notifications, so I'm not
disturbed by "breaking news" such as "bald eagles await egg
hatching"?
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Run On by Moby from
Play JK--1999. Samples Bill Landford & The Landfordairs 1949 recording
"Run On for a Long Time"
"Amazon’s
latest idea is a flying warehouse that’ll deliver your stuff by drone" (http://ow.ly/b1IG307Ba4F )
JK--Feels vaguely ominous.
"Beyond
Digitization To Digitalization" (http://ow.ly/CnD8307B9Ix )
JK--Culminating in the dreaded antidisestablishmentdigitalizitarianism
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Swim by Surfer Blood
from Astro Coast JK--2010. Righteously gr8 shouted-in-unison vocals over
power-chorded rock riff
"Should
We All Just Stop Calling 2016 'The Worst'?" (http://ow.ly/FGt4307B8Qi )
JK--Good coinage: "ambient journalism." A jitter intensifier.
This
just in: reliable clickbaiters inform us that what all long-ago celebrities now
look like is unbelievable. They’re unrecognizable!
My
new year’s resolution is to ensure that all the world’s problems come to a
successful resolution. And perhaps learn to speak Esperanto.
I
stayed up to midnight just to observe the calendar change. Kept changing
channels to avoid annoying rappers & washed-up ex-Spice Girls.
Put
away all the decorations yesterday and cleaned the house. Old-year mess is
depressing. Always best to greet the new year uncluttered.
New
year begins. We’re exercising this morning. I shot a few hoops. Sadly, I made
dozens o attempts, but only got a few. I did it for cardio
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Wall Watcher by
Sunflower Bean from Human Ceremony JK--2016. Nice forward thrust to this
rocker.
Reading
Washington Post Style Section’s year-end in-out list. What’s out? Stuff I’ve
never heard of. What’s in? More of the same.
2016?
I’ve had worse.
Caught
“Money Monster” on DVD. Preposterously overplotted Hollywood thriller BS. Makes
me glad I chose a drama-free investment strategy.
Caught
“Sully” on DVD. Liked it. I still think “Chesley B. Sullenberger III” is a
made-up name, like “Art Vandelay” or “Zbigniew Brzezinski”
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Fool by Perfume
Genius from Too Bright JK--2014. Love the finger snaps & stalking rhythm on
this. WestSideStory-ish
2016
DATAVERSITY Top 20 http://www.dataversity.net/2016-dataversity-top-20/ …
JK--One of mine was #7: "Top Trends to Watch in Cognitive Analytics in
2016"
Spark
for Big Data Analytics - Part 3 http://bit.ly/2hy4lHi
Cleveland
Clinic, IBM announce cognitive & data-driven collaboration for personalized
healthcare #IBMServices
http://bit.ly/2iOzrQn
Driving
Data Science Results By Asking Why http://bit.ly/2iOI512
The
Meta Model and Meta Meta-Model of Deep Learning http://bit.ly/2hy2aUv
What
is Digital Transformation? http://bit.ly/2hy0Bpy
Data
Warehousing Made Easy http://bit.ly/2hxYfqM
Forbes
Welcome http://bit.ly/2hy27YP
AI
brings Intelligence Agency tech in line with popular culture http://bit.ly/2hxW9XN
What's
the feeling you've heard that ghost story before? Deja boo!
December
30. Northern Virginia’s first snow of the season. A pleasant flurry under a
salmon sky
Golden
Globes coming up in early January. Their website is confusing. What’s up for
Feel-Good Picture of The Year?
I
haven’t stopped counting people’s empty promises. I’m just doing it now in the
imaginary number system.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Waltz Across Texas
by Ernest Tubb from The Country Music Hall of Fame: Ernest Tubb JK--1965.
"With you in my arms"
"How
Will Big Data Evolve in the Year Ahead?" (http://ow.ly/NQyd307y3Pb )
JK--Quotes me at length.
Fun
(true) fact: Dolly Parton once anonymously entered a "Dolly Parton look-alike
contest" but lost to a drag queen.
Did
a little touristing around WashDC with houseguests this week. Witnessed
construction of inauguration stands. All feels like gallows.
Thanks
President Obama, for being a sober, reasonable leader for 8 great years.
Wishing you well. Wish us well.
Joan
Baez gets into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Kraftwerk doesnt? Remind me
again what the heart of rock & roll is. The beat?
RIP
Debbie Reynolds. Here’s young Debbie in her breakout role in “Singin’ in the
Rain”:
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp All th Young Dudes
by Mott the Hoople JK--1972. In '72 when I was a young dude, I carried the Free
Press, not th News
"Deep
Probabilistic Modeling of Natural Images using a Pyramid Decomposition,"
Kolesnikov and Lampert: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.08185
Facebook
starting to feel like an endless tabloid. Everything except family photos feels
like it’s being hyped, sensationalized, & spun.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Getaway by Dr. John
from Locked Down JK--2012. Way cool one from the NOLA musical legend.
RIP
Carrie Fisher. I loved her best as a comic actress, author, & quipster. She
also did a great Watson commercial
Thank
U LinkedIn for updating me on what new skills my vaguest business acquaintances
are reputed 2 have acquired. Puts those rumors to rest
Wonderful!
The houseguests have joined the wife in an excursion to the local outlet
shopping center at which my assistance is not requested.
The
incoming Climate Change Denier in Chief. It will be interesting to see how he
denies it while building a dike around Mar-A-Lago.
Houseguest
apologizes 4 not speaking English in my presence. I replied “R U kidding? I’m
relieved that I don’t need 2 join the conversation”
2016
was a good year for me professionally. Played key roles in several successful
marketing campaigns. Worked with a great team.
US
Capitol grounds were mostly closed today in prep for inauguration day. Nearby
at th Botanical Garden, rafflesia didn't flourish its stink
Long
line to see the Hope Diamond? Forget it! I’ll bet Bob Hope is rolling in his
grave right now.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Know What You Want
For Christmas by Kay Martin from I Know What He Wants For Christmas JK--1962.
He wants nooky.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Standard White Jesus
by Timbuk 3 from Edge Of Allegiance JK-1989. Madison band that formed as I was
leaving Madison
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp White Wine in the
Sun by Tim Minchin JK--2012. I like this. Respectful Christmas song 4
conscientious Xmas objectors
Having
to restrain our impulse to drive downtown just to enjoy the free holiday
on-street parking. No meter enforcement on Christmas Day!
It’s
beginning to look one helluva lot like Christmas. Funny that I hadn’t noticed
till just a moment ago. I’m always the last to find out.
“Ten
Commandments”? Why not simply call them “Ten Commands”? Don’t need an
unnecessary syllable to remind you they’re a mandate from God.
Ah,
yes, the burning Yule log in the fireplace. Please resist the urge to dismember
and dispose of your Christmas tree in this fashion.
Religious
carols are the only occasion when Americans pronounce it “Iz-rye-el,” as
opposed to “Iz-ree-ull.”
It
may be more important to be kind than right. But it’s still important to be
kind of right.
I
just discovered that “Netherlands” is an anagram of “Neanderthals.” Add that to
your DNA evidence. Give me that Nobel right now!
Oh,
it's almost midnight. Time to sing "Auld Lang Syne" yet? Or am I
getting ahead of myself?
I've
noticed that approxmately every 5th Facebook post is sponsored. So I'm making
sure to blink when that crap slides thru my field of view
We
were discussing the origin of “Skip to the Loo.” If you can skip to there, you
must not have to go very bad.
Please
stop reacting to celebrity deaths as a matter of “all the great ones are
dying.” Great ones are always being born too. Perspective.
Gave
th long lines of last-minute pre-holiday Honey Baked Ham patrons wide berth. So
many folks just realized Xmas falls on Dec 25 this year
"AI
tools came out of the lab in 2016" (http://ow.ly/rKbC307q79U )
JK--Highlights trend toward AI (ie, deep learning) software as a service
"Caution:
AI & Big Data Reaches Our Kids' Xmas Toys" (http://ow.ly/erHm307q6Td )
JK--Don't blame AI/big data. Culprit is sensors+connectivity
"Race
for AI Chips Begins" (http://ow.ly/vKxw307q6CN )
JK--"Tensor processing units"?
What's
up with all "quality" TV being on premium channels I'm not paying
for? I already pay too much for 1000 channels o basic cable crapola
Ted
Nugent and Kid Rock basically the only musicians willing to play Trump’s
inauguration. In case you needed another excuse for avoiding it
I’ve
diluted FB’s hold on my attention. I’ve moved its app to less conspicuous place
on my iPhone & its tab to less obvious browser position
New
#IBM jk LinkedIn Pulse
post: "Resisting the Urge to Uncritically Accept Deep Learning Hype in
2017" (http://ow.ly/Rnjx307nGul )
