Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. IT tends to go in and out of fashion as a career path, in terms of the money, glamour, and potential for career advancement. But it has always seemed to be a safe bet, in terms of giving the reasonably competent access to a wide range of opportunities. […]
Predictions for Big Data Analytics in 2019
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Big Data Analytics has been one of the dominant tech trends of this decade, and it’s also been one of the most dynamic and innovative segments of the IT market. Today’s Big Data Analytics market is quite different from the industry of even a few years ago, and […]
What Does It Mean to Certify an AI Product as Safe?
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Artificial intelligence (AI) scares many people. Personally, I think those worries are seriously overblown. But we should respect the general public’s need for meaningful assurances that the next AI-infused product they acquire won’t unexpectedly transform into an evil overlord or insidious snoop. Electricity frightened a lot of people […]
Benchmarking the Full AI Hardware/Software Stack
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a resource hog. AI-powered programs will grind to a halt unless developers continue to seek out the fastest, most scalable, most power-efficient and lowest-cost hardware, software and Cloud platforms to run their workloads. As the AI arena shifts toward workload-optimized architectures, there’s a growing need […]
AI Infuses the Next Generation of Web Application Development
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Mainstream Web application development is beginning to incorporate the tools of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Before long, we’ll see programmers of all sort incorporating AI into even the most mundane browser-based applications. If you doubt what I just said, take a look at the following recent industry developments: Citizen […]
Low-Cost AI Chipsets Will Take the Mobility Market by Storm in 2018
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly being incorporated into diverse applications in the Cloud and at the network’s edge. The pace at which the technology is being adopted depends on the extent to which it is incorporated into commodity chipsets. To be ready for widespread adoption, AI’s algorithmic smarts need […]
Putting “AI-First” Into Its Proper Context
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Pardon my cynicism, but it seems as if every solution provider now is “AI-first,” at least in the limited sense of mentioning Artificial Intelligence very early in their marketing pitch. As an industry analyst specializing in this area, I have to be curt when someone touts “AI-first” as […]
Machine Learning Will Do Auto-Programming’s Heavy Lifting
Programming an information system can be strenuous labor. If you’ve ever spent hours intently producing some intricately detailed textual composition, you know what I mean. And if you’re typing out mind-numbing technical verbiage every single work day, the repetitive stresses can wear you down. If you’re a programmer, your nervous system will scream for anything […]
Will Data Scientists Automate Themselves Out of Jobs?
Click to learn more about author James Kobielus. Productivity in Data Science isn’t a matter of output in any quantitative sense. It’s more an issue of the quality of what Data Scientists produce. In a Data Science context, quality refers to the validity and relevance of the insights that statistical models are able to distill from […]
Machine Learning and Statistical Algorithms: Training With Everything We’ve Got
Click here to learn more about author James Kobielus. Machine Learning and other statistical algorithms are like muscles. How you train a statistical algorithm makes all the difference in how well it performs the task for which it was constructed. You could say training an algorithm is a bit like conditioning your muscles in a gym. It […]