What do you get when you combine two hot buzzwords? Something super hot, of course. In this case, we’re talking about the combination of Internet of Things (IoT), which has been an area of significant investment and adoption with Artificial Intelligence (AI) which is gathering more and more steam as time progresses. What’s interesting is that AI is uniquely suited for gathering critical information from the vast quantities of data generated by the millions (billions?) of connected devices on the...
Dec 06, 2017•17 min•Season 1Ep. 14
The basis for most modern AI systems are Machine Learning and Deep Learning. It goes without saying that in order for something to be “learning”, something has to teach it. Specifically, what makes these systems effective is a large quantity of good training data that is relevant to the area in which you’re trying to gather intelligence. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #013: Avoiding Biases in AI Training Data – Interview with Tess Posner of AI4All at Cognilytica....
Nov 29, 2017•17 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Humans were born to talk and communicate. Much of the brain is devoted to generating, sensing, processing, and understanding speech and communications in its various forms. When humans were building their first civilizations we were also expanding the spoken and written form of communication. We didn’t start communication with swipes and types, in fact for most of human history we did not have technology, so it’s no surprise that what we want from our interactions with machines is what we want w...
Nov 22, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Companies across the board are investing in AI, and certainly automotive companies are ahead of the pack. The progress towards autonomous vehicles, more intelligent driving assistance, and even things like automated parking and crash avoidance are all evidence of AI impacting the automotive industry in deep ways. In addition, there’s a wide range of non-AI technologies that are also providing competitive advantage to automotive companies. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #011: BMW investing in ...
Nov 15, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 11
NYU Tandon and FutureLabs recently ran an AI Summit (Oct 30-31, 2017) where Cognilytica and AI Today were proud partners. We were able to sit down with Steve Kuyan, a managing Director at FutureLabs to get this thoughts on the Summit, how artificial intelligence is currently being taught in universities, and the knowledge gap that’s taking place around AI. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #010: AI, Universities and the Knowledge Gap with Steve Kuyan of FutureLabs at Cognilytica....
Nov 08, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In this week’s podcast we interviewed John Frankel, Founding Partner at ff Venture Capital. We discussed his firm’s role at NYU FutureLabs Summit (where Cognilytica was a proud partner), the current state of the AI market from an investor’s perspective, and advice for enterprise and startup companies looking to have an AI strategy. Episode Sponsors: For over 25 years, QS has been helping prospective MBA candidates just like you make informed decisions about choosing the right business school. Co...
Nov 01, 2017•19 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Artificial Intelligence has a broad spectrum of ability. Many people try to classify AI as weak or strong, depending on how generally intelligent we want this system to be. The more an AI system approaches the abilities of a human, with all the intelligence, emotion, broad applicability of knowledge, the more “strong” it is. On the other hand the more narrow in scope, specific to a particular application a particular AI system is, the more “weak” it is in comparison. Continue reading AI Today Po...
Oct 25, 2017•15 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making its presence felt in a wide range of industries. In this podcast, we interview Kumar Srivastava of the BNY Mellon Silicon Valley Innovation center on how AI is impacting fintech and what the future holds for the industry. Episode Sponsors: For over 25 years, QS has been helping prospective MBA candidates just like you make informed decisions about choosing the right business school. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #007: AI in the FinTech Industry: Intervi...
Oct 18, 2017•29 min•Season 1Ep. 7
As the pursuit of AI continues, notable technologists and tech titans are sounding the warning bells for what possibly could happen in a future world dominated by superintelligent AI systems. Cognilytica wrote about this extensively in our Should We Be Scared of AI? [Cognilytica Research CG02] document and companion podcast. In that article, we write about how some are seeking to mitigate those fears through the use of laws and regulations that can be enforced upon adopters and developers of AI ...
Oct 11, 2017•21 min•Season 1Ep. 6
[wpdm_package id=’180′] Show Notes: Like all technologies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not immune to the waves of obscurity, hyped promotion, plateauing of interest, and decline. In fact, the AI industry has been through two such major waves of interest, hype, plateau, and decline, commonly referred to as the “AI Winters”. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #005: The AI Winters at Cognilytica....
Oct 04, 2017•26 min•Season 1Ep. 5
AI Today Podcast #004 – Guest Expert: James Barrat author of “Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era”. Show Notes: On today’s show we interview James Barrat, author of “Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era”. We discuss why James wrote this book 3 years ago now, how far away he really thinks we are from artificial human intelligence, the warning bells recently being sounded about artificial intelligence, and why he thinks the...
Sep 27, 2017•19 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Podcast #003 – Guest Expert: Oliver Christie: “Have predictions for AI in 2017 Come True?” Show Notes: On today’s show we interview guest expert Oliver Christie and discuss his 5 predictions for artificial intelligence in 2017. Now that we’re about two thirds of the way through 2017 we discuss what happened with his predictions – which ones came true, which ones are still in the far future. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #003 – Guest Expert: Oliver Christie: “Have predictions for AI in 2017 C...
Sep 20, 2017•16 min•Season 1Ep. 3
AI Today Podcast #002: Should We Be Scared of AI? For a more in-depth and detailed report of the topics discussed in this podcast, download our FREE research report: [wpdm_package id=’130′] Show notes: With the recent resurgence of interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), there’s a tidal wave of investment, activity, and attention being placed on all things even remotely connected to AI technologies. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #002: Should We Be Scared of AI? at Cognilytica....
Sep 13, 2017•33 min•Season 1Ep. 2
AI Today Podcast #001: Why Does AI Matter Show notes: In their inaugural podcast hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss their reasons for Why AI Matters. It improves the ability for businesses to serve their customers in reliable and efficient ways AI can help people and organizations make better decisions and fewer mistakes AI removes repetitive, boring, but necessary tasks from people’s daily lives. Continue reading AI Today Podcast #001: Why Does AI Matter? at Cognilytica....
Sep 06, 2017•14 min•Season 1Ep. 1
