Month: July 2017

MEET MARK CUBAN WHY? This billionaire “Shark” and Dallas Mavericks owner is putting his money where the machines are. At SXSW this year he predicted, “The world’s first trillionaire will be an AI entrepreneur.” He recently invested in Twitter because he was impressed by their AI initiatives. He even has some ideas for how the labor disruption caused by AI can be solved. In a recent interview published on the Axios site he proposed: “A lot of low-skilled jobs can be replaced by what will be an increased demand for data tagging and labeling. Not intellectually fulfilling work, but...

MEET GINNI ROMETTY WHY? Behind every great machine, there’s a great man or — in some cases —  woman. The first woman Chairman, President and CEO of IBM, Rometty has turned the core focus of the company to cognitive computing, leading the charge to get Watson ready for commercial use. Fortune has named her among the “50 Most Powerful Women in Business” for ten consecutive years. “If I had to pick one word that IBM’s reinventing around, it’s ‘data,” she said in a recent interview. Speaking of data, IBM compiled this list of AI experts to follow on Twitter....

MEET YI ZHANG WHY? Yi, a professor at University of California, Santa Cruz, understands the importance of AI in today’s world. She is one of the minds behind Rulai, a Silicon Valley company that helps businesses easily build and design chatbots. The company was recently named one of Bloomberg Business’s 50 Most Promising Startups You’ve Never Heard Of. In a recent interview, Yi said: “Where brands are beginning to engage with AI directly is in their customer support arena, where they have the first party data and ongoing engagement to make a real impact resolving their customers’ issues via...

MEET WATSON WHY? Many of us just know Watson as the winner of Jeopardy. “Born” in 2004, the smart machine was the successor to Deep Blue who was a chess-playing champ. But Watson isn’t all just fun and games. Its capabilities extend to sifting through huge amounts of data to diagnose diseases, make financial decisions, and much more. Watson even has its own website, where IBM showcases case studies and tools for developers to bring Watson’s intelligence to their own...