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Friday, January 10, 2020

SAS CEO on Augmenting People and Processes

Jim Goodnight of SAS helped us through many of the early years of doing analytics in the enterprise.  Good to see him talking about natural language processes and AI, which we never hear of much of in those days, when classic statistics reigned.

AI technologies that matter now: Augmenting People, Processes, and Potential   Natural language processing, machine learning, and computer vision promise to extend human capabilities, and ultimately, improve the world around us.

by Jim Goodnight in Technology Review

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Jim Goodnight is co-founder and CEO at SAS.

From mass surveillance to mind-reading machines, each new day seems to bring another alarming prediction about the potential of artificial intelligence to change the world.

But we don’t give enough attention to the practical AI applications that are in use every day. These real-world applications aren’t creepy or futuristic. You might even call some of them mundane. But they provide practical value to businesses and consumers, and they aren’t leading us to impending doom.

AI does have the potential to change our world. But it’s not going to do that through sentient robots or computers that take control away from humans. The AI applications that we see will more often augment human activity than replace it.

As we continue to witness increased computing power and a more connected world, practical AI technologies like natural language processing, computer vision, and especially machine learning will proliferate and become even more useful. These are the practical applications of AI that will improve our lives..... " 

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