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Voices in AI – Episode 88: A Conversation with Ron Green

[voices_in_ai_byline] About this Episode Episode 88 of Voices in AI features Byron speaking with Ron Green of KUNGFU.AI about how companies integrate AI and machine learning into their business models. Listen to this episode or read the full transcript at www.VoicesinAI.com Transcript Excerpt Byron Reese: This is Voices in AI brought to you by GigaOm and I’m Byron Reese. Today my guest is Ron Green. Ron is the CTO over at KUNGFU.AI. He holds a BA in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin, and he holds a Master of Science from the University of Sussex in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems. His company, KUNGFU.AI is a professional services company that helps companies start and accelerate artificial intelligence projects. I asked him [to be] on the show today because I wanted to do an episode that was a little more ‘hands-on’ about how an enterprise today can apply this technology to their business. Welcome to the show, Ron. Ron Green: Thank you for having me. So

After Destroying Brick and Mortars, Amazon Reportedly Planning to Cut Ties With Thousands of Small Vendors

According to Bloomberg, smaller vendors currently turning around less than $10 million (£7.9 million) in sales will no longer receive bulk orders from the company. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/05/after-destroying-brick-and-mortars-amazon-reportedly-planning-to-cut-ties-with-thousands-of-small-vendors/

India's Monkeys Keep Killing People, So Scientists are Trying Radical New Sterilisation Strategies

Large-scale deforestation destroys their natural habitats, resulting in the fragmentation of groups and moving them towards rural and urban areas in search of food. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/05/indias-monkeys-keep-killing-people-so-scientists-are-trying-radical-new-sterilisation-strategies/

How Fearless Are You in Your Analytics Journey?

Would you describe yourself as a risk-taker? Fearless? Would you even go so far as jumping out of a plane on the journey to digital transformation? Me neither. And yet, if you are a Chief Data Officer, you are a trail blazer. You are fearless in your belief in the power of analytics to improve business, even more so in a digital world. Data has always been important, but that value increases exponentially in a digital world with new ways to personalize customer experience, optimize the supply chain, and operate more efficiently. The CDO role is still relatively new in the industry,  developing only over the last five years  in an almost thirty-year-old business intelligence and data warehousing market. Many of you have been in this role for less than two years. You may have risen to this role via the IT organization, perhaps as a BI director. Others have arrived via the line of business, recognizing the role of data in digital transformation efforts. I have likened my joining Thoug

Someone Spent £1.06 Million on a Laptop Infected With Six of The Most Destructive Computer Viruses

The laptop was infected by internet artist Guo O Dong as part of an art piece entitled “The Persistence of Chaos,” created at the behest of cybersecurity company Deep Instinct. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/05/someone-spent-1-06-million-on-a-laptop-infected-with-six-of-the-most-destructive-computer-viruses/

Jeff Bezos Wouldn’t Even Come On Stage to Listen to His Employees Who Want Amazon to Address Climate Change

Few, if any, such proposals have been made before at Amazon, but at a shareholder meeting last week Bezos all but refused to acknowledge them. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/05/jeff-bezos-wouldnt-even-come-on-stage-to-listen-to-his-employees-who-want-amazon-to-address-climate-change/

Class-Action Lawsuit Accuses Apple of 'Intentionally and Unlawfully' Sharing iTunes Listening Data

Sharing data about consumers’ listening habits can reveal intimate information about them, the lawsuit claims, and can put them at risk of predatory behaviour. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/05/class-action-lawsuit-accuses-apple-of-intentionally-and-unlawfully-sharing-itunes-listening-data/

How to Train Your Yeti

Dreamworks has released the first trailer for Abominable, the latest in a string of animated films about the icebound Bigfoot. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/05/how-to-train-your-yeti/

Report: Laeta Kalogridis is Writing the First Instalment in a Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Movie Trilogy

Fans of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic didn’t have to wait long for more news on a film adaptation of the popular game. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/05/report-laeta-kalogridis-is-writing-the-first-instalment-in-a-star-wars-knights-of-the-old-republic-movie-trilogy/

Report Finds Tesla's Navigate on Autopilot Function May Pose Serious Safety Risks Without Driver Engagement

When functioning on autopilot, Teslas can perform illegal lane changes, cut off fast-moving drivers, and cause other traffic-merging and braking issues. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/05/report-finds-teslas-navigate-on-autopilot-function-may-pose-serious-safety-risks-without-driver-engagement/

Tooth Analysis Suggests Neanderthals and Modern Humans Split Apart Far Earlier Than We Thought

The findings show that Neanderthals and humans diverged from a common ancestor around 800,000 years ago—hundreds of thousands of years earlier than standard estimates. from gizmodo http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/05/tooth-analysis-suggests-neanderthals-and-modern-humans-split-apart-far-earlier-than-we-thought/

What is the Best Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Solution for You?

Last week I had a speech at a small workshop in Italy around hyper-convergence. It was a group of more than 20 end users, mid-to-large sized companies that were evaluating if hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) makes sense for their projects. In fact, only a few of them are already utilizing hyper-convergence, and some have special use cases for which solutions they have evaluated so far are too expensive or not flexible enough for their needs. Edge computing, for example, is pretty challenging for most HCI solutions. That was an interesting discussion and I’m trying to take advantage of it for the slide deck I’m preparing for a webinar I’ll host next week here on GigaOm: “Hyper-Converged Infrastructure: Maximizing TCO and ROI” I’m focusing the presentation on a few aspects that I consider fundamental to choose the right HCI solution: One-size-fits-all does not exist when it comes to IT infrastructures. It is important to understand your real needs and proceed accordingly. HCI is