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The Future Of AI Will Be Stacked

Rick Collins, the president for enterprise business at Next IT, argues that the the race to create an "all-encompassing virtual personal assistant project (VPA)" such as Siri, Google Now, Cortana, Watson, and even new entrants like Viv , are driving the AI experience in the wrong direction for enterprises. Why? Because, "for an AI to truly function at the enterprise level, it will require such deep integration with company knowledge, and even proprietary information and data, that the experience necessitates control of the VPA by the company." He suggests that companies should be able to build AI stacks one day, in the same way they build their CRM or marketing stacks.



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The Future Of AI Will Be Stacked | TechCrunch We are entering an exciting period for Artificial Intelligence. We’re seeing more consumer impacting developments and breakthroughs in AI technology than..

The Storytelling Mandate of Big Data

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We collect data and use data effectively to enhance our experiences and tell stories, says Ramesh Jain, a UC Irvine professor and big data researcher. “But this requires understanding relationships among disparate data items. And that is where the importance of Big Data really lies,” Jain writes on his blog.

Data-powered storytelling can be broken down into two categories: micro stories and macro stories. In their 2013 piece on the topic, Jain and Microsoft researcher Malcolm Stanley theorize that micro stories can be as simple as clicking the “like” button on Facebook, posting a picture on Instagram, or posting a video on YouTube. “Micro stories reflect a person’s experience with just one small event–really a moment in the event,” they write.

Mega stories can be generated by combining micro stories into a bigger narrative. “Mega stories tell a story that could only be created by considering a large volume of relevant events in big data,” Jain and Stanley write. “All these events must be selected and aggregated based on the goal of the storyteller.”



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The Storytelling Mandate of Big Data Data has become a natural resource, pouring from every nook and cranny in our digital universe. But data by itself is useless, requiring humans or machines

Balancing the Big “I” and the little “I” of Innovation

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Many of us think of Innovation as that cool, new, never been done before breakthrough that completely changes the landscape of a business, its products, or the dynamics of the market. By that definition, we are referring to the Big “I” of innovation, and if successful, it can be an enormous win. These breakthrough or disruptive innovations are high risk and high return, and typically mid to long-term initiatives. It is because of the big payoff that companies should invest in these types of initiatives.

The incremental changes or improvements to businesses and products are known as the little “i” of innovation. While they are not quite as groundbreaking as the Breakthroughs, they are certainly powerful and profitable. Short-term innovations are typically focused on exploiting or optimizing existing business. They bring short-term revenue, increased efficiency, and cost-savings, which are important to keep the company going.

Having a balanced innovation portfolio is crucial to the success of your organization. Innovation has to bring tangible results and a competitive advantage to the organization by generating new revenue or reducing costs. Therefore you need a constant pipeline of new ideas, for a sustainable competitive advantage that provide short- and long-term benefits.



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