Artificial Intelligence Is Stuck. Here’s How to Move It Forward. by Gary Marcus via @nytimes @NYTopinion

There's a lot of hype around AI these days but even so, it has a long way to go. Gary Marcus, an expert in human learning, has an idea to speed things along.

Having read this I can agree with Gary - a CERN type approach would give great benefits to AI and would be able to tightly focus on particular areas - the current approach is a bit like a scatter gun.

How Artificial Intelligence Can Help Us Have a Better Vacation by @ricknotdelgado via @Datafloq

The next time you take a trip anywhere in the world, you should and can use artificial intelligence to assist you with planning your trip. Artificial intelligence completely revolutionises and improves the technology available for planning your next holiday, making it faster, cheaper and less stressful.

I think AI will improve a lot more areas than booking a vacation.

7 steps organizations can take to better protect data by Val LeTellier via @infomgmt

The rampant proliferation of easy-to-use hacking tools and number of bad actors willing to deploy them means that everyone needs to 'up their game' to stay safe.

Definitely agree with him - sometimes it feels like a free for all so it is vitally important to be on top of your game.

SLIDESHOW: 12 top products for data governance stewardship by David Weldon via @infomgmt

Alation, BackOffice Associates and Infomatica are among the leading providers in this space, according to a new report by Forrester Research.


Some interesting alternatives to look at.

Disruptive and 'intelligent' technologies driving IT investments by Bob Violino via @infomgmt

Firms are relying on advanced analytics and AI to interpret interesting patterns in data and to deliver meaningful insights, says Swapnadeep Nayak.

I think all the new technologies coming into use now will make a bigger and bigger impact on the wider wold as companies start investing in them and using them in anger. I'm hoping that they will be pleasantly surprised at the advantages that they can now get.

General Electric Builds an AI Workforce by @ewoyke via @techreview

Integrating artificial intelligence into an organisation founded in 1892 is a difficult task. It starts with training the technical brains behind the company, which employs 300,000 people across all its businesses worldwide. Here's a look at how General Electric builds its data and AI workforce by training from within.

This is really interesting and I found it fascinating how GE are filling the internal skills gap while implementing AI.

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Four analytic errors that can defeat data project efforts by Lenny Liebmann via @infomgmt

Not all data insights generate business value—and some can be downright counter-productive.

I completely agree - there has to be context and need to make analytics and their results useful - else it becomes destructive and more of a danger than a help.