Steve Hamm

John E. Kelley III and Steve Hamm on “The Cognitive City”

March 15, 2014

In Smart Machines: IBM’s Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing, John E. Kelley III and Steve Hamm explore the emerging era of cognitive computing and devote all of Chapter 7 to a product of their collaborative imagine, what they…

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Smart Machines: A book review by Bob Morris

March 6, 2014

Smart Machines: IBM’s Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing John E. Kelly III and Steve Hamm Columbia Business School Publishing (2013) How and why humans and cognitive computing can — and should — collaborate on improving quality of life…

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Can computers out-think human beings?

February 24, 2014

Opinions are divided — sometimes sharply divided — about whether or not computers can or ever will out-think human beings. In “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” published in a British journal, Mind (1950), Alan Turing proposed a test to determine whether…

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Smart Machines: IBM’s Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing

November 7, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an interview of Steve Hamm, co-author of Smart Machines: IBM’s Watson and the Era of Cognitive Computing, published by Columbia University Press. He discusses cognitive computing and how it is changing the work and…

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Kevin Maney: Second Interview, by Bob Morris

September 19, 2011

  In his own words…. I’ve had a long career as a journalist and author. Lately, I’ve added a new hat: I’ve joined VSA Partners as its Editorial Director. The plan is to marry business to big-think journalism in a way that hopefully helps…

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