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E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017.

blog post image E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017. I'm looking forward to engaging with as many of them as I can. Conversational technology. Why not have immediate access and personal learning support on platforms through messaging...
Source: agnate.co.uk

Word of the day: Pokèmonomics - retail outlets paying to attract customers with virtual creatures. Wonder when we'll start

Word of the day: Pokèmonomics - retail outlets paying to attract customers with virtual creatures. Wonder when we'll start seeing delegates use them to attract visitors to their booths at conferences? "Come and see our Pokémon on #A26 and try out new drug / machine / website."
Source: next.ft.com

Just finished reading 'not exactly: in praise of vagueness' by Kees Van Deemter. Fantastic concepts and well explained but

Just finished reading 'not exactly: in praise of vagueness' by Kees Van Deemter. Fantastic concepts and well explained but I found it really hard going. He seemed to want to dive in to all the logic, theoretical background, and notation of the topic but then it would have felt more like a textbook. ...
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AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS: UNICEF is testing a machine learning system to boost the

AI helps answer thousands of health queries in Zambia via SMS: UNICEF is testing a machine learning system to boost the quantity and quality of health advice provided via a popular text-based service in Zambia and Uganda
Source: newscientist.com

Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago

Good read. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. A powerful book on animal rights written 40 years ago (updated 20 years ago and re-issued recently with an introduction by Yuval Hariri) and having stood the test of time and debate. It is called 'the bible' of the animal rights movement and rightly so ......
Source: amazon.co.uk

Machines Just Got Better at Lip Reading: New speech recognition technology can distinguish sounds that look the same on

Machines Just Got Better at Lip Reading: New speech recognition technology can distinguish sounds that look the same on lips, making lip reading easier for machines
Source: ieee.org


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Top strategic predictions for 2016 and beyond: the future is a digital thing. The one that caught my attention was: "By

Top strategic predictions for 2016 and beyond: the future is a digital thing. The one that caught my attention was: "By 2018, 20% of all business content will be authored by machines. ... Technologies with the ability to proactively assemble and deliver information through automated composition...
Source: gartner.com

Machine-learning technique uncovers unknown features of multi-drug-resistant pathogen | KurzweilAI

Machine-learning technique uncovers unknown features of multi-drug-resistant pathogen | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks

The rise of the robots Excellent read but of a gloomy dystopian future where robots and software take over manual tasks (as they already have done) and also skilled labour displacing even highly skilled jobs in time. Healthcare might survive a little longer but physicians assistants empowered by...
Source: amazon.co.uk

TensorFlow could be Google’s new, open-source, central nervous system | ExtremeTech: Google's new and improved machine

TensorFlow could be Google’s new, open-source, central nervous system | ExtremeTech: Google's new and improved machine learning platform could change how we use the internet -- and now anybody can contribute.
Source: extremetech.com

Google open-sources its TensorFlow machine learning system | KurzweilAI

Google open-sources its TensorFlow machine learning system | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Machine Learning Generates Clickbait Headlines That Will Shock You! - Slashdot

Machine Learning Generates Clickbait Headlines That Will Shock You! - Slashdot
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Machine Learning Could Solve Economists' Math Problem - Slashdot

Machine Learning Could Solve Economists' Math Problem - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org