AI & Machine Learning

Chatbots: The end of the hype era or a bright new dawn?

Despite chatbots sometimes being regarded as an overhyped technology, most realistic scenarios indicate that the bots will inevitably take on the role of being the first line of technical support. By its very essence, this technology opens up access to the new market opportunities by encouraging scalable, one-on-one conversations between brands and consumers. Creating a world where companies are building stronger relationships with their clientele is definitely worth it. There is no doubt that in the foreseeable future, chatbots will ultimately become what they had been designed to – an irreplaceable assistant for humanity.

Eight Ways Artificial Intelligence can transform the future of HR Analytics

HR executives and organizational leaders are sure that merging HR analytics and HR functions like administration and onboarding with artificial intelligence can and will change the overall experience of the employees as well as the HR executives.In fact, company owners and CEOs of several companies are investing in merging cognitive computing with different functionalities of

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How to measure feature importance in a binary classification model

An example in R language of how to check feature relevance in a binary classification problem One of the main tasks that a data scientist must face when he builds a machine learning model is the selection of the most predictive variables. Selecting predictors with low predictive power can lead, in fact, to overfitting or low model

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  • Deloitte and Experfy Announce Alliance to Create an Innovative Future of Work Model That Will Embed Experfy’s Top On-Demand Freelance Talent Into Deloitte’s Leading Analytics and AI Offerings

    The relationship between Deloitte and Experfy is an example of how dynamic marketplace conditions and talent markets encourage leading edge organizations and professionals to forge alternative work arrangements including freelance, crowdsourcing and on-demand relationships. The alliance with Boston-based Experfy, looks to accelerate Deloitte’s ability to deploy a flexible, world-class, on-demand talent strategy; and to provide its clients with the right team to meet their most challenging Analytics and AI opportunities and challenges.

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    Preparing our children for the AI-powered future

    If you’re anything like us, you were raised on the idea that as long as you chose a good area of study, put in the hours and aced your exams, you were guaranteed a decent job which would most likely turn into a lifelong career. Now adults, much like our parents, one of our primary

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    Natural language processing and affective computing

    What are the natural extensions of machine learning (ML) and deep learning as well as natural language processing (NLP) and affective computing (AC)?Please try the following steps: Try to login using a different web browser, or from an incognito window If step 1 does not resolve the issue, the please clear the cache and cookies

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    Small Scale Automation in the Age of AI: What to Do If You Are Not a Fan of the Robot

    Automation has slowly started to take over our lives – and not just our work lives at that. At the office, there are more and more tools that can help speed things up, streamlining operations and making them more scalable. As a result, we’re left with more time for creative work and a chance to

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    How to Support the Widespread Adoption of AI

    “Artificial intelligence is reshaping business – though not at the blistering pace many assume,” notes Building the AI-Powered Organization, an article in Harvard Business Review by McKinsey partners Tim Fountaine, Brian McCarthy, and Tamim Saleh in its opening sentence.  A number of studies agree that AI is the biggest commercial opportunity for companies and industries over the next 10-15 years.  Two recent reports by McKinsey and PwC respectively concluded that

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    Can AI help your sales team?

    The integration of AI in sales can help businesses in scoring leads, optimizing product prices, and developing personalized marketing campaigns. Sales departments often face multiple challenges such as finding leads, converting prospective leads, maintaining customer relationships, and gathering information about clients. Generally, sales representatives have to make multiple calls and send numerous emails to schedule

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    What is the AI brain drain?

    Twenty years ago, the people interested in artificial intelligence research were mostly confined in universities and non-profit AI labs. AI research projects were mostly long-term engagements that spanned across several years—or even decades— and the goal was to serve science and expand human knowledge.But in the past decade, thanks to advances in deep learning and artificial neural networks,

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    How to Use Robotic Process Automation in Finance and Accounting

    Whether you run an investment firm, an independent accounting office, or are just looking for ways to improve your internal finance and accounting processes, you might be considering robotic processes as a way to improve your finance operation.Robotic process automation has the potential to help in many ways and can allow businesses to not only

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    The use of AI in robotics and hardware – what CTOs need to know: integration, job loss and privacy concerns, and investment

    Every business must deploy the latest technology—CTOs must champion the use of AI in robotics and hardware to innovate and remain competitive How can CTOs effectively integrate AI into robotics, or hardware? And, what are the concerns that they must address? In today’s ultra competitive environment, every business must implement advanced technologies to stay ahead

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