Sat.Apr 29, 2017 - Fri.May 05, 2017

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IBM Watson Flops For Cancer Treatment: Why Did AI Fail?

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MD Anderson Cancer Center recently announced it was dropping IBM Watson’s cognitive-computing system, which was supposed to use artificial intelligence (AI) to expedite physicians’ decision making when treating malignant tumors. Amid that move came a question: Was the problem with Watson – and artificial intelligence in general – or was it a human problem?

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Data Storytelling: Separating Fiction From Facts (Part 2)

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Fiction #3: Data stories have a beginning, middle and end. In this case, the fictional aspect is not that this statement is incorrect but that this piece of advice is actually useful to would-be data storytellers. The idea that stories are structured this way came from the Greek philosopher Aristotle. However, a textbook has a beginning, middle and end—so too does a financial report or a phone book—yet none of them would be considered stories.

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A Business Intelligence Tool Must be a MOBILE Business Intelligence Tool!

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A business intelligence tool is only valuable if it is accessible and In today’s mobile world, a mobile business intelligence tool is a necessity. Business users are now empowered with data democratization and social BI is more popular than ever. But, all of that is out of reach if your tools are not mobile. Give business users BI and analytics in the form of mobile business intelligence software , so they have the tools they need to find, analyze and share data, in the office, on the road