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The church has faith…in crowdsourcing! As you can see, they did their maths: The idea with the online vineyard is essentially the same: “many hands make light work.” The twist with crowdsourcing, though, is that when the tasks are chunked into minute-size efforts, more people participate. With more participation, you can have a greater gain Read More …
Kemal Akman is an IT-security expert. Look at what he is writing about the future in IT-security (or call it AI-security), when AGIs will be here: (Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) are self-improving intelligent systems possessing the capacity to interact with theoretical- and real-world problems with a similar flexibility as an intelligent living being) To grasp Read More …
Check the video from Lisa Gansky: The future of business is the “mesh” She shows how this business model works, sharing physical goods peer-to-peer.
The 22nd. of February check NOVA’s article Smartest Machine: Expert Q&A, where Watson’s Team Leader David Ferrucci will answered selected questions.
Here Robin Cangie is talking about Bolder, Kickstarter, Edot and many other companies that are enacting real social change on the social web: What Does a 21st-Century Business Look Like? The missions and business models of these companies vary widely, but there are three main things that they all have in common: 1. They depend Read More …
Yesterday, Watson performed fantastically until last question at the Jeopardy TV show. Here’s that last one: Question (in category “U.S. Cities”): “Its largest airport is named for a world war II hero; its second largest for a world war II battle.” Watson’s Answer: “Toronto?????” The correct answer is Chicago, and it was one of Watson’s Read More …
Read Robin Cangie in her article Facebook Doesn’t Need Mind Control to Control You She compares Facebook’s new Sponsored Stories application to a panopticon, that is a circular building, originally designed for prisons, that allows outside observers to watch prisoners without their knowing. That creates a “sentiment of an invisible omniscience.”, as Wikipedia puts it Read More …
It began with GPS with maps, interest points… Now we have smartphones with satellite images and many layers that can be added. What would YOU like to have as augmented reality in your daily life? And on holiday, when traveling? Autonomy CEO explains how the future of computing stems from the 18th century… Today, augmented Read More …
Here are some Notes from “Crowdsourcing in Search and Data Mining” (CSDM) workshop taken by Panos Ipeirotis. The workshop took place in Hong Kong, just a few days ago, and tackled different issues on crowdsourcing, like: – When should we let people talk to each other vs let them work independently? – How Crowdsourçable is Read More …
I found the reference in the Global Brain list, and I find it great! A lot of things we know put altogether, new relations between theories… I don’t know how much scientifically established, but I enjoyed it 🙂 Athene\’s Theory of Everything