Launch of Human Intelligence Institute
I’m happy to announce today the launch of the Human Intelligence Institute, a new startup with a mission to deliver, maintain and enforce a multi-tiered set of reliable mechanisms for distinguishing between synthetic and human created works of art. We’re launching with some important trademarks that we plan to use as “watermarks” on art and […]
Ethics and AI: a mindful perspective
A fascinating perspective from Jeremy Kahn at Fortune’s Eye on AI and Ahmer Inam, the chief A.I. officer at Pactera Edge. Note that the ideas behind Mindful A.I. were coined by Orvetta Sampson, the principal creative director at Microsoft, and De Kai, a professor at the UC at Berkeley. | (republished from Fortune’s blog) | Lately, Inam has […]
The Next New Thing: Brain-Computer Interface as a Service
posted first at Nanalyze.com This year I learned about a mind-blowing advance in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology for recording and interpreting neural signals. Founded by a wealthy and outsized personality, the West Coast startup has raised more than $100 million to advance the boundaries of neuroscience, augment human memory, and perhaps meld mind and machine in […]
Momenta Partners Welcomes Ned Hayes as Principal Partner
Momenta Partners, the leading global Advisory, Talent and Ventures firm focused on Digital Industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ned Hayes as Principal Partner in Advisory, contributing to their dynamic Startup Advisory practice. Mr. Hayes is an accomplished strategist, leader, and technical manager who – for over 20 years – has built and led teams to […]
A Biometric Reckoning: Recognizing the Power of Technology in the Face of the BLM Protests
The murder of George Floyd happened one month ago. Since then, protesters in the hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to proclaim that Black Lives Matter (#blacklivesmatter) and to ask for police accountability in the face of systematic racism. The vast majority of these protesters have been peaceful people exercising their first amendment rights […]
Explainer: Autonomous and Semi-autonomous vehicles
You’ve heard of autonomous vehicles — cars that can drive themselves. But what you may not know is that there are actually multiple levels of possible autonomy, and we’re living with some of those early levels now with newer vehicles that includes advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). These systems help with safety and comfortable driving. […]
Defending Biometric Security – Gluecon
Great session at Gluecon yesterday on Defending Biometric Security — here are the overview slides on the session I conducted. High level overview, but a very useful and detailed conversation afterward that went to a deeper level. Hope this high level overview is as useful to others as it was to our group who discussed […]
AI, Ethics and Algorithms
An important talk at Gluecon this year, outlining some of the basic considerations around ethical decision-making and the complications that may result when artificial intelligence is chosen as a primary method for a system to learn and take semi-autonomous action.
Intel Developer Forum Showcase 2015
Intel created an awesome week with at IDF 2015, Aug 18-20. We had a fantastic session with the new Intel® Context Sensing SDK for Windows – newly released this week. Here’s a great short summary video of all the fun at IDF 2015! Coverage includes announcements from this years Intel Developer Forum: Intel® RealSense™ technology extends into new platforms and […]
God and the Robots
I am writing a non-fiction book called God and the Robots. Here’s a first look at my early book proposal. ——————————————– In the summer of 2015, two stories were on the front page of the New York Times. The stories did not appear to be related. The first was an announcement that a group of technical luminaries […]