Data Privacy: the Creepy vs. the Terrifying
At the e-G8 summit yesterday, I got into a little spat over…
Man vs. Machine Contests: Forget “Level” Playing Fields
Just got back from Seattle on a red-eye, and I take off…
Should it bother me that Apple knows where I am?
I read these stories that Apple collects users' location data, and I…
Intel Casting for More Sensor Data
My health-care chapter in The Numerati focused on Intel's efforts to mine…
Is Watson less efficient than a human?
When it comes to computing efficiency, humans beings blow Watson away. As…
Tuesday Night Massacre Hurt Watson’s Ratings
Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy reports that interest in Jeopardy's Man-vs-Machine match dipped…
Dear Watson: What is life?
Scouring Twitter for Watson stuff, I just came across some deep questions…
Nova’s documentary on IBM’s Jeopardy machine: Questions raised
I enjoyed watching the Nova special, Smartest Machine on Earth, about IBM's…