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Dr. Anastassia Lauterbach
on Big Data Strengthens China’s Grip
“China is implementing Obama’s plan on AI. Obama administration published three crucial papers on AI between Septemeber and December 2016. If you compare the Chinese plan of July 2017 with these documents, you will see a lot of “friendly borrowing”. China wants its AI market to grow to 150 bn USD by 2030. There are tight links between Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu with the Chinese government. ”
Boris Renski
on When Docker Said No to Google
“Interesting to note that at about that same time Red Hat chose to say YES to Google. It then rebuilt its OpenShift platform-as-a-service product (a runner up to Cloud Foundry at the time) into, what I would argue, is the most effective monetization vehicle of the docker container standard that exists today.”
Stacey Giamalis
on Amazon Suspends TV and Movie Chief Roy Price
“Although these behaviors, if true, are terrible, what really troubles me is that this incident was investigated awhile ago and the executive left in place, only to be fired once the allegations were made public.”
Richard Reisman
on Numbers Show Skinny Bundles Underwhelm
“It is time for the TV industry to heed Peter Drucker: “The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence, it is to act with yesterday’s logic.” Current channel bundles are yesterday’s logic.
The problem with SVOD, skinny or fat, is obsolete channel-based pricing models. What sense does it make to choose ahead of time what channels I will watch in a given month?”
Ashish Tuli
on Waymo’s Foes: Left Turns and the Mean Streets of Phoenix
“So Waymo has done “more than three million miles on public roads” and they still can’t get the left turn right?? Seems like they have been driving in circles (pun absolutely intended!). And to clarify, only right handed circles as they can’t do cul-de-sacs.”
Michealene Risley
on Women Sue Oracle Alleging Pay Discrimination
“If you think a female CEO at the top of the org chart can wave a magic wand to change a patriarchal culture you are misinformed. How many Hollywood CEO’s have been women? Has this changed the number of women directors in the last 20 years? NO. If I look at it from your lens, I suppose it shows their lack of capability, their inability to be leaders or work long hours? ”