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Data Privacy: the Creepy vs. the Terrifying

At the e-G8 summit yesterday, I got into a little spat over…

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Man vs. Machine Contests: Forget “Level” Playing Fields

Just got back from Seattle on a red-eye, and I take off…

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Should it bother me that Apple knows where I am?

I read these stories that Apple collects users' location data, and I…

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Intel Casting for More Sensor Data

My health-care chapter in The Numerati focused on Intel's efforts to mine…

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Is Watson less efficient than a human?

When it comes to computing efficiency, humans beings blow Watson away. As…

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Tuesday Night Massacre Hurt Watson’s Ratings

Wall Street Journal's Speakeasy reports that interest in Jeopardy's Man-vs-Machine match dipped…

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Dear Watson: What is life?

Scouring Twitter for Watson stuff, I just came across some deep questions…

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The Birthplace of Watson

I took this pic of the Thomas J. Watson Research Center as…

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Being human is hard

Everything I see is reminding me of my favorite Jeopardy player. This…

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Nova’s documentary on IBM’s Jeopardy machine: Questions raised

I enjoyed watching the Nova special, Smartest Machine on Earth, about IBM's…

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