I've come to accept Donald Trump's essential humanity. No
choice. None of the other primate species will have anything to do with him.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Touch of the Blues
by Bobby "Blue" Bland from That Did It!: Duke Recordings, Vol 3
JK--1967. Dramatic voice-breaks!
U
don’t want 2 B the person in noisy restaurant who sits on his keyless remote
while in parking lot your horn honks endlessly. U just don’t
I’ve
decided to forgive & forget. But I’ve forgotten what it was I’d decided to
forgive. Nevertheless, I forgive myself for forgetting that.
“What’s an EGOT? The most coveted achievement
in Hollywood
explained” ( http://read.bi/2lvGJtz ) JK--Fun fact:
Honorees known as “EGOTists.
“How a #blockchain
transaction works () JK-Relies on PKI, trust web, & distrib secure
transaction middleware.
"Edge
computing deserves a spot in your big data playbook" JK--Edge/IoT apps
will dominate your SW dev playbook too
Have
several trips planned, some o which may or may not be impacted by predictions
of snow in various & sundry places. Too many variables!
Pondering
the unbearable lightness of being, the being of unbearable lightness, and the
lightness of being unbearable. Heavy thoughts, all.
Ambling
around Wegman’s in my usual post-workout low-energy daze. Not had lunch yet.
Risk getting carried away w/those little wine samples
As
I grow older, I don’t worry about going senile. I just worry about not achieving
the last item on my bucket list: see Nile .
"Pros
and Cons of AI Generated Content" (http://ow.ly/ORLr308T5Q1 )
JK--Con: "It Can’t Come up with New Ideas and Lacks Common Sense."
"PaddlePaddle"
(http://ow.ly/hsyY308T5x4 )
JK--Baidu's open-sourced deep-learning platform. Them: "Our vision is to
enable DL for everyone"
"YouTube-BoundingBoxes
Dataset" (http://ow.ly/EScG308T53l ) JK--Vast
open human-annotated training-video-data trove 4 DL developers everywhere
"Google
DeepMind researches why robots kill" (http://ow.ly/aJjT308T4xI )
JK--Geez, now you've gone & done it, put ideas into their tinny heads
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp London by Noonday Underground from
Self-Assembly JK--2001. Very irresistibly impatient urban drive to this beat.
"Gee
Jim you write all this original data-science stuff but you're not a data
scientist. How do you do that?" Me: "I pay close attention."
"The
Data Science Behind AI" (http://ow.ly/60Wt308SZsU ) JK--First
chart nicely aligns AL/ML/DL/neural net approaches with chief use cases.
"Your
car's data may soon B more valuable than the car itself" (http://ow.ly/JLqe308SYPp )
JK--Possible reason you should own car, not do Uber
Feeling
old isn't necessarily a bad thing. Having a long life is an accomplishment,
like any other. If you've lived it, don't live it down.
Drafted
2 #KDNuggets
articles: "Cooperative Trust Among Neural Networks Drives Deeper
Learning" & "Homebrewed Deep Learning & DIY Robotics"
I'm
not a young man anymore. We're expecting our first grandchild next month. Life
throws milestones at you whether you like it or not.
Catch
me et al next Wednesday, Feb 15, on IBM ML Launch Event livestream from NYC.
Register here to view: http://ow.ly/bLKs308SFBN #IBMML
"Artificial
intuition will supersede AI, experts say" (http://ow.ly/xzis308SEHQ )
JK--Not so fast. That's just different AI training data set
"Machine
learning in hybrid transaction/analytics processing" (http://ow.ly/1ga3308SCSp )
New #IBMML podcast:
Jeff Josten w/James Kobielus
"Big
blues: IBM's remote-worker crackdown is companywide, including engineers"
(http://ow.ly/nFEL308SAoG ) JK--Yes, I
too am affected by this
Nice
to be home. Feeling all homely tonight. Like a lazy graying drift of old snow.
Dodged
nor’easter in Boston by diverting to Detroit . Now I’m a sitting
duck for a mi’wester. Hope I’m not clobbered by sou’easter going home
What!?
Detroiters actually FLY to Grand
Rapids ? Have Michiganians become wimps since I fled
the area? Drive 4 cryin out loud! You make cars!
Good
ol' Romulus , Michigan Romulus , other than Detroit Metro Airport
"Personality
Not Specs: Designing Social Robots" (http://ow.ly/FY25308QmIW )
JK--We'll pick personal robots 4 personalities compatible w/ours
"What
we can learn from Alexa’s mistakes" (http://ow.ly/UCn1308QkMd )
JK--Chatbots fail when users need 2 repeat or R repeatedly misunderstood
CIO
Insights: Hitting the accelerator on app development while meeting the
expectations of your CIO http://bit.ly/2lobkcD
"Sports
Illustrated"? Where are the illustrations? All I see are a bunch of
photographs. Did they lay off all the watercolorists?
Still
wrapping my head around the fact that the name of a data scientist doing
genomics deep learning is “Cotton Seed.”
"Clipper:
A Low-Latency Online Prediction Serving System" (http://ow.ly/1MPw308OMRM )
JK--UC-Berkeley RiseLab proj discussed at #SparkSummit
"GGL
new AI system unscrambles pixelated faces" (http://ow.ly/GzLQ308OrBk )
JK--Everybody gets a little pixelated now & then. Hair of the dog!
Press
room at #SparkSummit.
That’s not me. Wait a sec. I write columns for InfoWorld Dataversity TechTarget
and now Datanami. That’s me!
New
#IBM jk #Datanami column:
"How Spark Illuminates Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/o1Fb308O5av )
#ApacheSpark #MachineLearning
#SparkSummit
Innovation
through digital intelligence http://bit.ly/2lkmoqY
In
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http://ow.ly/1V66308NDgs
http://ow.ly/7vLz308NDix http://ow.ly/fv5L308NDlI
http://ow.ly/qqHa308NDno
"Once
More into the Data
Lake
"AI
Will Surpass Human Ability Before Century Is Over" (http://ow.ly/aUzm308NCbq )
JK--Already has. FB's bot recognizes faces faster than me
"AI’s
Next Big Step: Reinforcemt Learning" (http://ow.ly/Q3zM308NB4x )
JK--Has uses but not "next big step." Not geared 2 flexbl learning
Xfer
"Elon
Musk's Surprising Reason Why Everyone Will Be Equal in Future" (http://ow.ly/ls5U308NACb )
JK--Sounds like microchips-in-brains humbug
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Single Again by The
Fiery Furnaces JK--2005. One o those rare songs that ardently wish for
redeeming power of divorce
Reptiles
proved that amphibians can scale. Dinosaurs proved that scale isn't everything.
"
#IBM: We’re the Red Hat
of Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/P7Br308N2z1 )
JK--PowerAI: enterprise-level DL distribution now includes TensorFlow
Wife
used emoji on me tonight for 1st time. Had to ask her to explain what she
meant. Must know what the significant other is signifying.
Tired
of folks saying they "can't write blogs." Give me th tired, th poor,
th wretched refuse of yr verbal spew. I'll edit it into blogshape
Trump
loves Putin, no doubt. Does this POTUS also wish to rehabilitate Stalin &
Ivan Th Terrible's respective reputations? That'd B sporting
I'm
here in Boston
for #SparkSummit.
Not much spark in the mid-winter atmosphere around these parts. Drabbest
drippiest New England slush.
"Super
TicTacToe Bot" (http://ow.ly/D42p308MtvC ) JK--The
best minds of a generation are applying advanced algorithms to gradeschool
pastimes
After
Trump builds his wall, I assume that a piranha-filled moat will be phase two.
"Intricacies
o Traffic Sign Classific w/TensorFlow" (http://ow.ly/n0yY308LPca )
JK--Nice demo of DL predictive accuracy sensitivity to preproc
Thank
you Facebook for informing me which friends are in the area thru which I'm
connecting at the airport. I must change my travel plans.
5
key attributes of effective data monetization strategy http://bit.ly/2ll8odr
The
Symbiotic Relationship between IoT and Analytics http://bit.ly/2lfs85k
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Totally Wired by The
Last Shadow Puppets from The Dream Synopsis JK--2016. Great cover of The Fall.
"Uber
hires NASA veteran to work on flying autonomous cars" (http://ow.ly/pp0a308L8xW )
JK--Goal: deploy from "vertiports" throughout a city
Life
stays infinitely interesting. But can't always be sure it's interesting for
you. Someone's interests will always have the upper hand.
"Humans
Working Behind AI Curtain" (http://ow.ly/lFjS308KRwq )
JK--Supervised learning relies on training-data labeling? OMG! Stop th presses!
"Facebook’s
AI now lets you search for photos by content" (http://ow.ly/LMtM308JIVN )
JK--Query image content by natural language, not tags.
"This
AI Can Diagnose a Rare Eye Condition as Well as a Human Doctor" (http://ow.ly/wx0V308JDlf )
JK--Tailor-made for deep convolutional nets
"This
wearable will tell how other people are feeling from tone of voice" (http://ow.ly/md45308JD8B )
JK--How do they feel about my wearable?
New
#IBMInterConnect
jk blog: "Connecting you with collab data science, data engineering, &
data app devel" (
IBM’s
big data meetup program approaches a significant milestone http://bit.ly/2lb9BHk
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp 'Show You The Way by
Thundercat (feat. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins) JK--2017. Holy '70s
Easy Listening, Batman!
"Cafe
X opens in San Francisco ,
bringing robots to the coffee shop" (http://ow.ly/68Sx308IMxf )
JK--Being trained to misspell your name on cup
"Using
Machine Learning to predict parking difficulty" (http://ow.ly/E6mU308IMmt )
JK--Overkill. 100% of time, I have parking difficulty in SF
"Build
a super fast deep learning machine for under $1,000" (http://ow.ly/DQb5308IM5S )
JK--Startups, hackers, & hobbyists: take note!
"SimGANs:
Unsupervised Learning, Self Driving Cars" (http://ow.ly/ahDn308ILnQ )
JK--GANs minimize skew btwn synthetic training data & labels
"Unsolved
Problems in AI" (http://ow.ly/jNwM308IKAJ ) JK--Wow!
Excellent compendium. Well worth studying.
"Experts
have 23 guidelines to avoid AI apocalypse" (http://ow.ly/sLv2308IJFE )
JK--23? Geez. By time we learn 'em, the zombies will have won!
"Deep
Learning for Noobs [Part 1]" (http://ow.ly/ZTPg308IJ26 )
JK--That's a cinch. I've already advanced to "Deep Learning for
Nudniks."
"AI
Tapped to Improve Design" (http://ow.ly/WvN3308II20 )
JK--Machine learning 2 help electronx designers predict complx performance
scenarios
"The
Beginning Of A New Age For Artificial Intelligence" (http://ow.ly/Dvbd308IH2C )
JK--Forrester publishes excellent TechRadar study on AI.
Caught
"Hell or High Water" on DVD. Well-told story of desperate brothers
robbing banks in 21st Century smalltown Texas .
Chris Pine shines.
"'Partnership
on AI' Gathers Tech Giants/Academics to Dev AI Responsibly" (http://ow.ly/V42w308IEMi )
JK--One of several AI/ethics initiatives
Google's
natural-language translation getting good. Over weekend, it translated my
English tech gobbledygook to Indonesian tech gobbledygook
Another
day another spammed batch of "LEGIT 0PP0RTUNITIES T0 GENERATE EXTRA INC0ME
0NLINE 0N DAILY BASIS." Glad they vouchd 4 its legitimacy
"Leading
People Too Smart to Be Led" (http://ow.ly/RMVg308IBue )
JK--Unfortunate headline. Falsely implies intelligence breeds arrogance.
Hey
Delta, if you want my feedback on my last flight so badly, howsabout giving me
a free upgrade on my next? Whatcha say? Deal?
Lady
Gaga isn’t my cup of tea. But I’ve enjoyed the fleeting samples of Vampire Weekend
on those Super Bowl commercials.
Watching
the Super Bowl. Rooting against Brady. Just because.
New
#IBM #SparkSummit
podcast "Data science transformation thru Spark on hybrid cloud" (http://ow.ly/rY8y308HH6V )
S. Dobrin with J. Kobielus
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp 96 Tears by Big
Maybelle from America 's
Queen Mother of Soul Got a Brand New Bag JK--1967. Great full-throated soul.
Here’s
my all-purpose benediction: May good fortune rain down upon you in any currency
your heart desires: cash, acclaim, and/or contentment
"Philosophical
Data Scientist" (http://ow.ly/EB6j308GPXr ) JK--Sez
I'm data scientist & began as "classically trained economist."
Double nope
"Microsoft's
AI & Speech Breakthrus Eclipsed by New #IBM Watson Platform"
(http://ow.ly/GR1q308GPFe ) JK--From
Nov 2016. Quotes 1 of my blogs
Reminiscing
about childhood neighbors with smelly houses: the smokers, the pet owners, the
heavy grease cookers. Ah, gross times!
Jerry
Seinfeld takes pride in working clean. That’s why he pushed back when producers
suggested he do it as “Comedians in Cars Getting Laid”
Idle
Saturday musings. Still wondering whether the Reba referenced in the B-52s’ “52
Girls” was Reba McEntire. Got money riding on it.
Trump
calls actual judge whose ruling he disagrees with a “so-called judge.” So I
guess it’s OK to refer to Trump as “so-called president.”
Thanks
but no thanks iPhone weather app. Snow is not approaching my area nor has it
precipitated the last dozen or so times you warned me.
Donations
to ACLU are booming. I assume that UCLA also benefiting. Anti-Trump sentiment
so strong people can’t see straight.
Wrote
my next KDnuggets column on a plane. Wish I could say I wrote it on a higher
plane. But that would be pretentious.
IBM’s
big data meetup program approaches a significant milestone http://ibm.co/2kpPS3m
What's
with these invites to events with all-uppercase names? I want to exhibit at
ALL-CAPS WORLD. All booths come equipped with bullhorns.
3
signs it's time to evolve start-up thinking to support growth http://bit.ly/2kvPDps
by @IBMServices' Philip... http://bit.ly/2l39uKx
The
capital of Texas
isn’t weird in the least. If I had to name what its certain something is, I’d
say it’s ostentatious.
“Hydration station”? My favorite passage from
the Book of Genesis was the part about hydration covering the face of the
earth.
"Want
to be a software developer? Time to learn AI and data science" (http://ow.ly/CGyO308E6w9 )
JK--Next-gen app developer is data scientist
"Use
deep learning on data U already have" (http://ow.ly/zCjz308E5Tp )
JK--Lorica rocketship analogy: big engine (model) + lotsa fuel (data)
"Seven
Trends & Predictions for 2017" (http://ow.ly/Wd4c308E5ae )
JK--"Confluence" isn't a trend. It's an abstract sigh of analytical
fatigue
"5
Ways The IoT Could Change The World" (http://ow.ly/lmbD308E4T7 )
JK--Please be more specific than "greater business potential."
Headlines
about "10 ways [x] could change world" are total cop-out. U can shove
endless nonsense behind "could." Magic? Miracles? Dumb luck?
"Facebook
brings GPU-powered ML 2 Python" (http://ow.ly/y2Wz308E4fY )
JK--PyTorch lets developer modify existing NN w/out rebuild from scratch
Laura
tells me my voice sounds higher pitched over the phone than in person. Yes, I
actually work my throat as much as my sinus cavity.
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Forrester's
Laura Ramos sure knows B2B marketing. That was one excellent workshop. I'm a
practitioner of those arts. I found much of value.
New
#IBMML podcast:
"Machine learning in the evolution of data science" (http://ow.ly/Sykw308CiEi )
Steven Astorino w/ James Kobielus
At
#ibminterconnect
there is no shortage of insightful content. Make sure you don't miss out http://ibm.biz/BdsVrL
The
talent keeps coming in for #ibminterconnect.
Will you be there? http://ibm.biz/BdsVrL
What
are you most looking forward to at IBM InterConnect http://bit.ly/2kY1daM
"Which
Social App Will Be the 1st to Harness AI?" (http://ow.ly/SO84308BDjF )
JK--"Will"? Article details how deeply entrenched it already is
"What’s
the Difference Between AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning?" (http://ow.ly/vcei308BCWS )
JK--DL focuses on kittycat recognition
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"More
Help on the Way for Democratizing Artificial Intelligence" (http://ow.ly/2Zs4308BADG )
JK--Tough nut to crack. Fearsomely complex field
Groundhog
Day. Here we go again. Same thing every year. Yet another Groundhog Day. Will
we ever break this annual cycle o rodent revelation?
Dear
Hotels w/Complimentary In-Room Coffee: Please also offer conveniently placed
unused in-room electrical outlets for plugging the maker
"Rise
Of AI Will Force Data Scientists 2 Evolve Or Get Left Behind" (http://ow.ly/c0iW308B5TZ )
JK-Places AI in history o software development
"iSee:
Using DL to remove eyeglasses from faces" (http://ow.ly/MeL9308B51s )
JK--Autoencoders recover face, hyperparameter tweaks remove specs
Was
congratumiserating with my older brother on his attaining the big 6-0. I'll
take always take comfort in the fact that he is indeed old
Great
restaurant conversation. But I'm still sure my 2 Jimmy Carter & 2 Al Gore
encounters beat my new boss' 1 casual chat w/George W Bush
Fun
fact: I would have become an Austinite if Madison
hadnt made me a better offer. Major universities long ago realized Jimmy has
his price
Quite
a happy surprise to meet my colleague Doreen Dunn in her glorious real person
in Austin .
We're exactly the same people as on the phone
"What
Everyone is not Telling You about AI" (http://ow.ly/HZxE308AlM6 )
JK--"Psst...it's run by a big eastern syndicate, Charlie Brown!"
"Choosing
a Software Approach 4 Large-Scale IoT Deployments" (http://ow.ly/b7Gn308AkI6 )
JK--IoT app mgt w/containerized deployment automation
Somebody
reviewed book: "a long, depressing read, but worth it." Thanks. I'll
put it last on my bucket list for casual deathbed reading
"Learning
Policies 4 Learning Policies: Meta Reinforcement Learning (RL²) in
Tensorflow" (http://ow.ly/uAmJ308Ai8S )
JK--Full-meta jacket?
"Global
AI startup financing hit $5bn in 2016" (http://ow.ly/Wtng308Ahvo )
JK--Zoinks! That's some serious Scooby Snacks for pet AI ventures!
"Deep
Learning'll Radically Change Ways We Interact w/Tech" (http://ow.ly/ufkV308Ah72 )
JK--Good discuss o need 4 mktplace o reusable DL nets
All-hands
meetings get out of control when you ask for a show of hands. Best to ask each
of the individual digits to account for themselves
"Onward
& upward" too wimpy a slogan. I prefer the bolder "onward,
upward, outward, inward, forward, backward, & awkward." Covers all
bases
"
#IBM #OpenPOWER Moves on
Deep Learning with a Vengeance" (http://ow.ly/r8o1308zUIX )
JK--Quoth @Enderle "IBM kicked
some butt today"
"
#IBM and #TensorFlow: Myriad
Benefits of Customer Choice" (http://ow.ly/YiBw308zUfn )
JK--Charles @pund_it King on recent
AI/DL announcement
SparkR:
Transforming R into a tool for big data analytics http://bit.ly/2kS86dU
New
#IBMML podcast:
"Machine learning in the private cloud" (http://ow.ly/MCKT308zH8M )
@robdthomas with @jameskobielus
"Mr
ED." Fun fact: horse adopted that stagename when took up acting; moniker
refers to issue that derailed original "out to stud" ambitions
Thank
you spam for notifying me that my tax refund is on the way. Amazing world we
live in when the govt gives back even before I've filed.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Blank Generation by
Richard Hell & The Voidoids JK--1977. Richard Meyers belongs to 60s hippie
generation. Born 1949
"The
cost of renting just one room in San
Francisco : $$$$$$" (http://ow.ly/X2mv308z1oz )
JK--OMG! ~$1,100-1,700. Apt is ~$3500. YIkes!
Weekly
message digests on LinkedIn tech groups I'm a member of have really slacked
off. Many new "Big Data" posts are on male enhancement.
First
IBM France Sparkathon a winning success http://bit.ly/2kM9oGX
Next-generation
business analytics: Intersection of discovery and dashboards http://bit.ly/2kMakLP
"AI
principles" (http://ow.ly/7vEG308wBcS )
JK-Research/ethics/risk mitigation etc principles worked out at recent Asilomar
conference.
"The
United States Of Artificial Intelligence Startups" (http://ow.ly/14uk308wAJP )
JK--Top state for AI startups is California
(duh!).
Keynoting
this morning at The Conference Board in NYC on trends in deep learning, data
science, AI, & big data analytics. Snow expected.
"Beyond
'Brogrammers': Can AI create a meritocracy?" (http://ow.ly/rUH9308wwOM )
JK--Term in quote marks almost made me do a spit-take. LOL!
"AI
building blocks: The eggs, the chicken, and the bacon" (http://ow.ly/Zh3P308wwCn )
JK--Where are the omelets in this analogy? I'm hungry!
"Neural
Architecture Search w/ RL" (http://ow.ly/Gmhg308wwdX )
JK--Title a bit opaque: it's neural nets that build/optimize other neural nets
"State
of Jupyter " (http://ow.ly/fqMI308wvvB )
JK--Proj 2 create ecosys o OSS
tools 4 interactive computation/analys with iterative human loop
Learn
to maximise value from the #IoT.
Attend this free IoT Workshop in your city http://ibm.co/2ijfnAQ #cloud #Informix
Achieving
Hybrid IT: Five Database Must-Haves for meeting evolving Needs https://ibm.biz/BdsLku
#DB2 #security #cloud
The
new president needs a headcheck as much or more as he needs a factcheck. More,
actually.
"TensorFlow
1.0 unlocks machine learning on smartphones" (http://ow.ly/gOMX308uWe6 )
JK--Via experimental compiler: Accelerated Linear Algebra
Necessary
Properties for artificial general intelligence to be AGI"
"Robots
& drones take over classrooms" (http://ow.ly/NYzP308uVxU )
JK--Old news. I had my fair share o robotic profs who droned on incessantly
New
#IBMInterConnect
jk Tumblr blog: "IBM InterConnect 2017 connects you with cloud-based data
analytics" (http://ow.ly/TFmM308uicA )
IBMers
illuminate new ideas based on Watson http://bit.ly/2kjf79p
Artificial
Intelligence Doesn't Just Cut Costs, It Expands Business Brainpower http://bit.ly/2kjiXj2
#SparkSummit My
interview with Holden. http://bit.ly/2kFOlWC
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp 99 Luftballoons by
Nena JK--1984. Anti-war lyric inspired by thought of West
Berlin balloons floating over to East
"The
merging of humans and machines is happening now" (http://ow.ly/tZ0T308u2lo )
JK--It's been happening as long as we've been building them
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp 3/5 of a Mile in 10
Seconds by Jefferson Airplane frm Surrealistic Pillow JK--1967. Awesome opening
cut on classic LP
"How
do Generative Adversarial Networks intuitively work?" (http://ow.ly/uoSy308u1jl )
JK--Bot-to-bot human-free Imitation Game with AI/ML/DL
"Deep
learning algo does as well as dermatologists in ID'ng skin cancer" (http://ow.ly/HDtZ308tZZ2 )
JK--Compiling training data was tricky
"Partnership
on AI to Benefit People & Society" (http://ow.ly/PXRG308tZgu )
JK--Humanitarian group trustees incl ACLU, MacArthur Fdn, & #IBM
"Google
wants to add AI to Raspberry Pi gadgets" (http://ow.ly/tu8w308tYgl )
JK--Open-source deep learning smarts on open-source hardware?
Doing
another keynote at another NYC event this week. They’ve given me wider scope to
range around in. Wondering where to start.
"Using
ML-driven mktg optzn 2 solve attribution conundrum" (http://ow.ly/TNtr308t7CN )
JK--Nutshell: fine-grained A/B testing within campaigns
Another
quiet Sunday @ home, another telemarketer. "Hello this is [x]. This call
is being recorded." Me: "Hello, this call is being hung up"
Next
4 years will involve staying calm & focused while an abusive threatening
powerful bully screams non-stop in our faces.
Now
that Twitter has been weaponized as a channel for political warfare, I’m going
to tweet from the trenches. Nice dirt down here, eh?
Gong
xie fat choi!
New
#IBM jk blog:
"Internet of Things: Setting business vision on speed and agility" (http://ow.ly/Kb9M308qhBd )
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Cowboys Are
Frequently Secretly (Fond of Each Other) by Willie Nelson JK--2006. Some
serious truth-telling here.
Don't
miss out on MD CTO Adrian Gropper at #ibminterconnect:
http://ibm.biz/BdsVrL
Is
your #ITinfrastructure
secure? Learn from industry experts at #ibminterconnect
http://ibm.biz/BdsVrL
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp You'll Never Walk
Alone by Gerry & The Pacemakers JK--1964 Merseybeat. Orig 1945 Rodgers
& Hammerstein "Carousel"
"Machine
Learning and Statistical Algorithms: Training With Everything We’ve Got" (http://ow.ly/T7JE308pCfO )
JK--He's onto something.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I'm Set Free by
Brian Eno from The Ship JK--2016. Excellent straightforward Velvet Underground
cover.
"Dominant
Life Form in Cosmos Probably Superintelligent Robots" (http://ow.ly/31bT308pA7f )
JK--Don't fool yrself. It's probably single-celled
"What
prod breakthrus'll recent advances in DL enable?" (http://ow.ly/1gic308pzhY )
JK--Inter alia, customizd data compress & comprssv sensing
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp How It Ends by
DeVotchKa from How It Ends JK--2004. No need for spoiler alert. You already
know how this will end
"AI
Software Learns to Make AI Software" (http://ow.ly/bNwR308pyeW )
JK--Need ML-driven approaches 4 hyperparameter selection & algo training
"Putting
science back in data sci" (http://ow.ly/Etu4308pwU6 )
JK--"Harder 2 ensure reproducblty 4 complic8d data pipelins & modlng
technques"
"Good
fences (btwn data science & production) make good neighbors" (http://ow.ly/cNmX308pwcE )
JK--Smooth handoff from featurization 2 scoring
"There
Are Lies, Damn Lies, And Journalism" (http://ow.ly/kAG6308pvQK )
JK--Nice try, Vincent, but let's not play into Trump's gaslighting.
"Taxonomy
of 3D DataViz" (http://ow.ly/idij308pun1 )
JK--Allocentric vs. egocentric visualization. Anchored in objectivity vs
subjectivity
"Doomsday
Prep 4 th Super-Rich" (http://ow.ly/6Tue308ptxi )
JK--Another manifestation of th narcissism that drives some 2 acquire filthy
lucre
"How
to #StayOutraged
Without Losing Your Mind" (http://ow.ly/UB5v308pt7X )
JK--Smart "self-care lessons for the resistance."
"IBM
Expands Choices for PowerAI Developers with TensorFlow" (http://ow.ly/IzoZ308pqKf )
JK--Also, new GBS deep learning design/develpmnt team
"
#IBM ML server adds
TensorFlow" (http://ow.ly/Jurx308pqwl )
JK--PowerAI on Power8 & Nvidia GPUs now supports Google deep learning
framework
Dear
News Media: There’s absolutely no need to use this idiot’s propagandistic term
“America First.” Report it for what it is: isolationism
A
reasonable sort of day. The day reasoned with me and we arrived at a mutually
beneficial arrangement. The sun set as we settled.
This
just in: China
and the ghost of Emperor Hadrian have whispered to Donald Trump their secrets
for building secure border walls.
"With
Single Tweet, Elon Musk Showd Why U Should Lease Tesla (Insted o Buying)"
(http://ow.ly/GbmY308oaZl ) JK--A
single tweet! So f-ing what!
"C-suite"?
Honestly, the only sea suite I'd like to occupy is a first-class cabin on a
luxury ocean liner.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Chloe Dancer/Crown
of Thorns by Mother Love Bone JK--1989. Puts extra syllable in
"matter": "doesnt really mat-EE-er"
Offline-first
web and mobile apps: Top frameworks and components http://bit.ly/2k7pjlM
Blockchain
is transforming the future. Attend #ibminterconnect
and hear from the best http://ibm.biz/BdsVrL
My
worst tech purchase ever? Probably that home computer long ago with Windows
Millennium Edition. Single worst OS I've ever used.
"Feature
hashing for scalable machine learning" (http://ow.ly/zQv5308n1us )
New #IBM #SparkSummit
podcast. Nick Pentreath with James Kobielus
New
#IBM jk #makedatasimple
blog: “Going beyond collaboration to achieve data-driven success” (http://ibm.co/2kkATYb )
I
too will mourn MTM in private with a little song, a little dance, a little
seltzer down the pants.
RIP
Mary Tyler Moore. Best sitcom of the 70s. So many memorable episodes. Remember
her breakdown at Chuckles' funeral? Absolutely hysterical
Keynoted
today on team data science at Velocity Network's event, NYC. Great group of
startups, including #IBM
partners Continuum & RStudio
If
Whoopi Goldberg married Scooby Doo, she'd be Whoopi Doo.
"RISELab
make apps smarter & more secure" (http://ow.ly/dDTf308kSvF )
JK--AI-driven autom8d environmntlly contxtual real-time machine response
Apples
that don't turn brown. Excellent: an organic substitute for the wax fruit that
realtors display in dishes in homes they're showing.
"Artificial
intelligence could help fight financial fraud" (http://ow.ly/HQCu308kRQf )
JK--Already is. Intelligent dynamic transaction scoring
If
any sufficiently advanced tech is indistinguishable from magic, what is any
sufficiently advanced magic indistinguishable from? Fraud?
"Artificial
Immune Systems May Be Future of Cybersecurity" (http://ow.ly/UdGN308kR6l )
JK--Generative adversarial nets & evolutionary algos?
Somebody's
marketing department has a "Suggestions Team" sending me messages.
Note to self: we need a "Hypnotic Suggestions Team."
For
some reason, the late Ernest Borgnine is trending. His 100th birthday was
yesterday. Fun fact: his handlers scrapped plans for Borg10
Thanks
Facebook for informing me that Tom Kobielus is nearby. Please also confirm that
he’s my brother. You have fancy algorithms for that.
“Super Bowl LI”? Geez,enough with the Roman
numerals already! Why not stage it in the Colosseum with swords, sandals, and
gladiators?
I
heard that this past Friday was declared a National Day of Public Revulsion.
What have you heard?
I
joined AARP for a while but then aged out of their demographic. So I've joined
a group for people who are freaked out about aging: AARGH!
In
1 hour! Join @StevenDickens3 @jameskobielus @majorhayden @GuyShone for a crowdchat on IT
architecture. Follow #ibminterconnect
at 12P ET.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Poetry (with the
Jayhawks) by Ray Davies from Americana JK--2017. His voice hasn't changed. This
is great.
"Self-driving
cars could be boon for Americans with disabilities" (http://ow.ly/iF0l308iU3S )
JK--Fundamental for disabled people everywhere
Crawl
With Analytics Before Running With Artificial Intelligence http://bit.ly/2j0D4mw
In
the age of data: Data not Dada, part 2 http://bit.ly/2j0CghE
IBM
Analytics Insights Podcasts by IBM on iTunes http://bit.ly/2koG48O
Ah
yes for the 1st time since the inauguration the sun has come out here in The
Nation's Capital. That doesn't mean it's sunny in Washington
"5
Positions Companies Need 2 Navigate Cognitive Digital Transfrm8n" (http://ow.ly/xxyL308iHfd )
JK--"Taxonomy curator"? That's "data steward"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Marquee Moon by
Television from Marquee Moon JK--1977. Classic LP received zero rock-radio
airplay in its day.
"How
2 train generative adversarial network?" (http://ow.ly/gAS0308iEwe )
JK--Shows fuzzy line between scientific tactics & statistical tricks
"10
Troubling Habits o Unhappy People" (http://ow.ly/YSgN308iCKj )
JK--"Unhappiness lethal to everyone around U, just like secondhand
smoke"
"Data
Science Automation 4 Big Data & IoT Envmts" (http://ow.ly/u8kx308iCbq )
JK--Overstates feasibility of automating results interpretation
"Why
I Only Work Remotely" (http://ow.ly/Riv7308iA1x ) JK--Makes
good case for "results-only work environment" over
"butts-in-seats thinking"
Trump’s
been in office less than 4 days & already the Washington Post has dozen
inside sources dishing dirt on turmoil in the administration
Yoga
teacher has got me proficient in the down dog. Next she's going to teach me to
roll over, bark, and fetch frisbees with my teeth.
"Respect
the office"? I remember Nixon. I was in high school. I didn't feel it was
my patriotic duty to respect an office-holding crook.
"Mean
tweets"? I think late-night shows should require every actor/actress to
recite mean clickbait: "Why Hollywood
won't cast me anymore."
Was
a fairly nice day, in spite of the rain, the wind, the cold, the gloom, the
state of the world, having to see the dentist, & other crap
Catch
me speaking on Wed, Jan 25, at Velocity Network's Data Analytics Event, NYC (http://ow.ly/6fIk308hesc ).
"Data Science As a Team Sport"
One
of those kinds of days where just hunker down & read through work files
that I hadn't delved terribly deeply into. Forced self to focus
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp What Part of Me by
Low from Ones and Sixes JK--2015. Nice plaintive mid-tempo song with relaxing
beat.
How
could Akamai update its finance and #HR solutions ‘in-flight’?
Read the case study: http://ibm.co/2eTTiaZ ... http://bit.ly/2iVylmg
Be
connected to your products & services like never before, from conception to
distribution. See how:... http://bit.ly/2iVxeCT
What
does #DigitalReinvention
mean? We'll explain 1/25 during our CrowdChat. Register now: http://bit.ly/2iDWVX0
http://bit.ly/2iVxSQZ
"Robot
Cars to Descend on 10 Sites US Names as Proving Grounds" (http://ow.ly/NnzG308geC9 )
JK--One of which is Willow Run, near Ypsilanti
MI
"How
Will AI Affect Your Life | Jeff Dean | TEDxLA" (http://ow.ly/hVdK308gcuI )
JK--OMG. Mr. "I'm kinda old" is 10 years younger than me.
"Analyzing
Papers Behind Facebook's Computer Vision Approach" (http://ow.ly/Znaq308gcfj )
JK--Dissects how they're getting scary-good at this
"Hidden
Figures & #IBM 7090
computer" (http://ow.ly/JsUx308gaxY ) JK--One of
1st computers architected from a then-new invention: transistors
"How
to make sure future connected car is secure" (http://ow.ly/rrNZ308ga5C )
JK--Entire vehicular ecosys/lifecycle, including regs/insurance
"Attribution
& Strategy: yr mktg $ at work" (http://ow.ly/rwwu308g6Bq )
JK--That's just ads. Good luck attributing ROI to social mktg tactics
"Can
computers think?" (http://ow.ly/PeUF308g5ib ) JK--Tests:
Turing (imitation), Winograd (pronoun disambigu8n), Searle (true
understanding).
Sunday
morning's the best at th fitness center. Not many members there yet. I switch
my workout around. I work the weights, skimp the cardio
"Why
AI is about to make some of the highest-paid doctors obsolete" (http://ow.ly/2R5P308eKIl )
JK--I'd prefer we start with Drs. Phil & Oz.
"Trump
Attacks News Media Over Reporting on Crowd Sizes" (http://ow.ly/sYUM308eKqO )
JK--Size indeed matters. He's already insecure over his.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Takin' Another Man's
Place by Aretha Franklin from The Delta Meets Detroit: Aretha's Blues JK--1998.
Digs into him.
Join
me #IBMInterConnect
Crowdchat "Enterprise Architctr #CognitiveEra"
1-24 12ET http://ibm.biz/IC17CHAT2 #ibminterconnect
@IBMInterConnect
“How Will Big Data Evolve In The Year Ahead” (http://www.cio-today.com/article/index.php?story_id=102008HI46XU&utm_content=bufferdf08f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer …)
JK--Article quotes me at length.
In
this new era of journalism, factchecks will be embedded in every story.
Journalists will hone 5 Ws, one H, and one big honkin’ WTF!
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp People Got a Lotta
Nerve by Neko Case from Middle Cyclone JK--2009. Her voice always feels like a
friend come calling
"Kristen
Stewart has co-authored paper on AI" (http://ow.ly/giuz308dXIH )
JK--Deep learning powered cinematic "style transfer"
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Misery is a
Butterfly by Blonde Redhead from Misery is a Butterfly JK-2004. This has quite
an orchestral uplift.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp I Wish I Knew How It
Would Feel to Be Free by Nina Simone JK--1967. Great uplifting melody &
sentiment.
For
some obnoxious reason, Twitter auto-followed me to some "President
Trump" personage. I've blocked that and reported it as abusive.
Trump’s
presidency is a constant reminder of how reality shows ruined television.
Geez
enough of the "Jim you should be a professor" and "Jim you
should be on Jeopardy." Like I need starvation wages or more exposure.
Deep
breathing kicks in automatically these days. I’m stretching my full body length
to keep the chi flowing. Did I just say “chi”?
Chilling.
Chilling. Stuff blows over. Stuff blows over.
Improving
financial performance with predictive analytics http://bit.ly/2k8MUiD
Detecting
complex fraud in real time with graph databases http://bit.ly/2k8MVmG
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Streets o Bakersfield by Buck Owens
JK--1973. Spent a night on the can? Eat more fiber. Oh, it's "in" the
can. Nvrmnd
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp Where Grass Won't
Grow by George Jones JK--1969. The man certainly had a velvety beautiful voice.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp In Th Good Ol Days
(When Times Were Bad) by DParton JK--1969. They don't make anti-nostalgia songs
like this anymore
"Deep
Learning Enables You to Hide Screen when Your Boss is Approaching" (http://ow.ly/Khjl308ags2 )
JK--Not exactly a boss-sanctioned DL app
"Isaac
Asimov: How 2 Never Run Out o Ideas Again" (http://ow.ly/gKKt3089BJj )
JK--Plagiarism? No. Just B restlessly relentlessly self-involved
I've
had enough of top trends in big data. I'm on the hunt now for big trends in top
data. Wish me luck.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp It's a Shame About
Ray by The Lemonheads JK--1992. Love that studio trick where Dando's voice
sustains between verses
"
#IBM Delivers New
All-flash Storage 4 Cognitive Workloads" (http://ow.ly/PyjP3089yf3 )
JK--Optimizd 4 ML, speech recog, video analytics, etc
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp John Hughes by Tim
Cohen from Luck Man JK--2017. I like this. Has a feeling of being on the road,
slightly lost.
Thanks
spam for notifying me of all the Fedex packages waiting for me and all the
bucks Paypal has coming my way. I am truly blessed.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp The Lightning by
Wussy from Attica ! JK--2014. Love how they
interweave their voices amid the electric guitars.
New
#IBM jk #Dataversity
column: “Machine Learning & Statistical Algorithms: Training w/Everything
We’ve Got” (http://www.dataversity.net/machine-learning-statistical-algorithms/ …)
Defining
smart business intelligence solutions http://bit.ly/2iBQ4id
"A
Study of Count-Based Exploration for Deep RL" (http://ow.ly/QH4M3087nfh )
JK--Disappointed. I thought it was The Count from Sesame Street
"Deep
Learning for Self-Driving Cars" (http://ow.ly/ZvFx3087mHK )
JK--Deep gratis course materials from those fine Boston boffins at MIT.
The
trick of speed-analyzing a tech article is to impatiently search for the
thesis, then to pith it tweetily with pinpoint brevity.
2
replies0 retweets1 like
"Applying
deep learning to Related Pins" (http://ow.ly/1WQY3087m3u )
JK--Pinterest uses deep neur net to contextlze Pins wrt pinner activities
"AI:
...Products from CES 2017" (http://ow.ly/N2aJ3087lme )
JK--See here (http://ow.ly/qfxf3087lox ) for
self-driving car "levels" discussed
"Nadella
Warns Against ‘Hubris’ Amid AI Growth" (http://ow.ly/ZTtw3087kmN )
JK--I warn against overuse o "hubris." "Overweening pride"
funnier
"Game
Theory reveals the Future of Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/suNG3087kdT )
JK--IMHO, future of cyberwarfare is contending adversarial nets
"6
areas of AI and machine learning to watch closely" (http://ow.ly/3Qvs3087k1C )
JK--Most valuable here are the lists of researchers in each
"Learning
AI if You Suck at Math" (http://ow.ly/rdy93087jFq )
JK--"Dirty little secret"? No vice squad'll bust you for failing in
trigonometry
"How
2 Make 2 Prediction: Intro 2 Deep Learning" (http://ow.ly/9KXc3087jqv )
JK--I predict his arms'll fly off his body if not deeply anchored
140
Machine Learning Formulas (http://ow.ly/M0CC3087jd3 ) JK--A dash
of equations to swirl in your morning coffee.
"
#IBM Rometty lays out AI
considerations, ethical principles" (http://ow.ly/90F23085NXM )
JK--Purpose, transparency, skills.
Transparency
and Trust in the Cognitive Era -
Charting
the data lake: Rethinking data models for data lakes http://bit.ly/2jFYsdC
Virtual
Reality: Not all Fun and Games Anymore http://bit.ly/2k0NRgW
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp King's Lead Hat by
Brian Eno from Before and After Science JK--1977. Sounds like warmup for THeads
"Remain in Light"
"Will
open data survive Trump?" (http://ow.ly/bHv03083YVE )
JK--Openness a fragile thing--eg,. "attempts to conceal
incompetence"/malfeasance
"Practical
artificial intelligence in the cloud" (http://ow.ly/NZeM3083WHq )
JK--Says only 0.1% of world's 18M developers have AI expertise
"
#IBM Wants to Build
Machine Learning ‘Macroscopes’ to Understand World" (http://ow.ly/gemh3083U5t )
JK--Contextualized geospatial data sets
"Thanks
to AI, Computers Can Now See Your Health Problems" (http://ow.ly/FhY93083TWb )
JK--Machine learning can glimpse subtle symptoms
Classical
FM radio. Station library recorded at St Martin-In-the-Fields. Trafalgar Square ?
Where are the fields? http://ow.ly/eArD3083SCr
"The
Most Popular Language For Machine Learning and Data Science Is …" (http://ow.ly/t4RU3083Sb3 )
JK--Python, says #IBM
Jean-Francois Puget
"Labs,
'Spaces,' and Innovation Around World" (http://ow.ly/Dlas3083PJ0 )
JK--Developer cultures, engagements, communities, forums, & events
"Using
Deep Learning 2 Find Insights in Messy Data" (http://ow.ly/RxUH3083P99 )
JK--Discusses transfer learning. Me:
"Can
AI Make The Sexiest 21st Century Job Obsolete?" (http://ow.ly/J2rD3083Moi )
JK--IMHO, no. End-to-end data-science automation a pipe dream
Ringling
Bros. circus folds big top forever. Honestly, I can't make myself get
teary-eyed over clowns, animal acts, acrobats, or sideshows
"As
Self-Driving Cars Approach, Auto Industry Races to Rebuild" (http://ow.ly/UaME3082vrK )
JK--Engineering neural nets. "Gobs of LIDAR data"
"Saving
you bandwidth thru machine learning" (http://ow.ly/aQmY3082ve1 )
JK--Render hi-qual versions of lo-res images for viewing on mobiles
"Who
came up with the name Big Data?" (http://ow.ly/Ten93082uQr )
JK--Industry trivia. Gives credit to Michael Cox and David Ellsworth (1997).
Glimmers
of blue and sun on this warmer January Sunday morning. Yesterday’s soaking
rained the salt residue off the roads and our car.
Amazing
number of AI startups now (http://ow.ly/QEhK3080LVR ). So many
it's practically intimidating.
RT
@kexpplaylist #kexp What in the
World??... by The Dukes of Stratosphear from Chips from the Chocolate Fireball
JK--1987. It's XTC (duh!)
