Preface |
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1 What in the AI? How Did We Get Here? |
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Collecting Data in Real Time, but Understanding It in Stale Time |
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The Modality of Everything and the Data Collection Curve |
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Even Steeper: The Future of the Data Collection Curve |
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Where We Are Now---Haystacks, Needles, and More Data |
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8 | (2) |
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How to Displace Today's Disrupters |
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Let's Get Ready for a Climb! |
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11 | (4) |
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What Is Artificial Intelligence, Anyway? |
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19 | (8) |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (3) |
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What Does AI Mean for Business? |
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30 | (1) |
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All Radically New Technologies Face Resistance |
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Where Are We Now? And Where Are We Going? |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (3) |
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3 How to Overcome AI Failures and Challenges |
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AI's Emergence in Business Today |
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41 | (5) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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Early Examples of AI Success |
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Example: Vodafone's TOBi Transforms the Customer Experience |
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Example: How a French Bank Built on Its Strength of Quality Customer Service |
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47 | (1) |
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AI Challenges: Data, Talent, Trust |
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49 | (10) |
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49 | (2) |
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51 | (5) |
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56 | (3) |
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Overcoming Challenges with Advanced Research and Products |
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59 | (1) |
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Overcoming Challenges with the Right Partner |
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60 | (1) |
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4 The AI Ladder: A Path to Organizational Transformation |
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61 | (12) |
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62 | (1) |
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Determining the Right Business Problems to Solve with AI |
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63 | (1) |
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Putting the Budget in Place |
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64 | (1) |
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There Is No AI Without IA |
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66 | (2) |
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68 | (4) |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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Simplify, Automate, and Transform |
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72 | (1) |
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5 Modernize Your Information Architecture |
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A Modern Infrastructure for AI |
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76 | (4) |
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Legacy Systems Are Made Accessible or Eliminated |
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All Parts of the System Are Continuously Monitored |
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Inefficiencies Are Identified and Removed |
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79 | (1) |
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Data: The Fuel; Cloud: The Means |
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To the Cloud, and Beyond: Cloud as Capability |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (1) |
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From Databases to Data Warehouses, Data Marts, and Data Lakes |
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Example: Wireless Carrier Architects a Solution Using Both a Data Lake and a Data Warehouse |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (7) |
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Unifying Access to Data Through Big SQL |
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Object Storage as the Preferred Fabric |
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90 | (2) |
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Open Data Stores and Open Data Formats |
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92 | (1) |
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Next-Generation Databases |
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The Power of an AI Database |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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The Importance of Open Source Technologies |
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96 | (2) |
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Community Thinking and Culture |
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96 | (1) |
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High Code and Component Quality |
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97 | (1) |
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Real Examples of Modernizing IT Infrastructure |
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Example: Siemens Looks to the Cloud to Unify Its Data Processes |
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98 | (1) |
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Example: Fannie Mae Transforms with a Governed and Centralized Data Environment |
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Don't Neglect the Foundation! |
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99 | (2) |
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What Needs to Happen on the Collect Rung |
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102 | (2) |
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Example: EMC Develops a Data Collection Strategy |
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Start with a Data Census: Learn What's Out There |
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Understand Data in a Business Context, and Partner with SMEs |
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106 | (1) |
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Getting Beyond Transactional Data |
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The Challenges of Collecting New Sources of High-Volume Unstructured Data |
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108 | (1) |
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Organizational Aspects of Data Access |
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108 | (3) |
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Example: Procter & Gamble Avoid Data Silos Using a Central Data Warehouse |
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109 | (1) |
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Example: eBay Eliminates Data Silos by Publishing Business Processes as APIs |
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110 | (1) |
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Ownership, Stewardship, Regulatory Compliance, and Discipline |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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Collecting Data: You Can Win This Battle! |
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112 | (3) |
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Poor Data Leads to Poor AI |
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116 | (1) |
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Regulation Demands Quality Data |
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117 | (1) |
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What Needs to Happen on the Organize Rung |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (4) |
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Documenting and Cataloging Data |
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122 | (2) |
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Understanding Data: The "Seller" Gong Show |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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126 | (6) |
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Enterprise Performance Management |
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Example: ANZ Banking Group Embeds Sound Data Management and Governance Policies |
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131 | (1) |
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Now That Your Data Is Trustworthy, on to Analysis! |
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133 | (2) |
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Why Organizations Need an End-to-End AI Lifecycle |
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136 | (1) |
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Example: Using Machine Learning, an Insurer Cuts Costs and Boosts Productivity |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (3) |
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Aligning Model Output with Business Metrics |
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138 | (1) |
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Learning, Iterating, Learning |
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139 | (1) |
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Example: Risk Management Company Gets Creative to Offset the Expense of Training Models |
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140 | (1) |
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Automating the AI Lifecycle |
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141 | (4) |
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142 | (2) |
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144 | (1) |
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Incorporating AI into DevOps Processes |
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145 | (3) |
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Emphasizing Trust and Transparency |
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Example: By Shining Light on Data Attributes, a Bank's AI System Demonstrates Integrity, Fairness, Explainability, and Resiliency |
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150 | (1) |
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Example: Avoiding the "Black Box" Dilemma |
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151 | (1) |
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Avoiding the Piecemeal Approach |
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152 | (1) |
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Example: SaaS Company Gleans New Insights by Applying AI to Historical Data |
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153 | (2) |
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9 Infuse AI Throughout the Business |
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155 | (10) |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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Themes Across All Intelligent Workflows |
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Building the Next-Generation C-Suite |
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163 | (2) |
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10 Tips and Best Practices on How to Get Started |
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Manage Organization-Wide Change |
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165 | (4) |
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Change in Overall Business Processes |
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166 | (2) |
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Change in Thinking About Data |
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168 | (1) |
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Make Data a Team Sport (And Some Cool History About Car Racing) |
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169 | (4) |
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170 | (1) |
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Data Operations (DataOps) Specialists |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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Training for Career Development |
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172 | (1) |
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Embrace AI Centers of Excellence |
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173 | (1) |
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Example: Honda Sets Up Knowledge Hubs to Build Minimum Viable Products, Organize Training, Share Data |
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173 | (1) |
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Build Ethics Into Your Process |
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174 | (3) |
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175 | (1) |
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Choose Projects Selectively, and Embrace Failure |
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177 | (2) |
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Example: Insurer Tracks Metrics to Communicate Success of Its Model |
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178 | (1) |
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Beware of False Negatives |
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179 | (2) |
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AI Themes to Take Us Through the Next Five Years |
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182 | (6) |
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Theme #2 Data-Generating Sensors Will Proliferate |
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183 | (1) |
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Theme #3 Data Will Be Processed at the Edge |
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Theme #4 AI Will Spread Everywhere |
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185 | (3) |
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Theme #5 AI Will Disappear into the Background and Become Boring |
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Future AI Use Cases for Business |
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188 | (7) |
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Autonomous Driving, Autonomous Everything |
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190 | (1) |
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Conversational Digital Agents and Personal Assistants |
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191 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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The Future of Work in an AI-Driven World |
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195 | (1) |
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A Deeper Dive into AI and Edge Computing |
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196 | (5) |
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Using the Edge and AI for Good |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (2) |
Index |
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