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A beginner’s guide to AI: Natural language processing

Jul25
by on July 25, 2018 at 7:22 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, evergreen


This is the third story in our continuing series covering the basics of AI. While it isn’t necessary to read the first article, which covers neural networks, doing so may add to your understanding of the topics covered in this one. If you’d like to know how computers “see,” visit the second article to learn about computer vision and image processing.  When computers process text or audio from humans, they’re just looking at data. You can whisper “I love you” or drop an F-bomb, the machines just see 1’s and 0’s. In order for AI to understand what you’re saying, turn…

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Lyft contemplates ‘zen mode’ for those who want a quiet ride

Jul25
by on July 25, 2018 at 7:08 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


A Lyft executive today mentioned the company might consider adding a “zen mode” in future, that riders could use to indicate they weren’t in the mood to speak and the drivers should leave them in peace. To which I will say… could I have this now? Yesterday, maybe? The executive in question was Taggart Matthiesen, Lyft‘s head of product for autonomous driving, and he expressed interest in the feature when it was proposed by The Verge‘s Casey Newton during an interview for the Converge podcast. Naturally, Matthiesen swerved the conversation back in the direction of autonomous cars — and, to his credit,…

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Lyft contemplates ‘zen mode’ for those who want a quiet ride

Jul25
by on July 25, 2018 at 7:08 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


A Lyft executive today mentioned the company might consider adding a “zen mode” in future, that riders could use to indicate they weren’t in the mood to speak and the drivers should leave them in peace. To which I will say… could I have this now? Yesterday, maybe? The executive in question was Taggart Matthiesen, Lyft‘s head of product for autonomous driving, and he expressed interest in the feature when it was proposed by The Verge‘s Casey Newton during an interview for the Converge podcast. Naturally, Matthiesen swerved the conversation back in the direction of autonomous cars — and, to his credit,…

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Break down the silos between mobile site and app teams to optimize the digital customer journey

Jul25
by on July 25, 2018 at 4:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Customers are increasingly and overwhelmingly mobile-first. For the most part, many brands are still learning how to optimize traditional e-commerce experiences let alone mobile sites and apps. The Amazons of the world don’t make it any easier to keep up. Yet every day, customers are reaching for their smartphones to learn about what to buy, what to do or where to go. But without being mobile-centric and integrating digital touchpoints, customer journeys are certain to be rife with obstacles between mobile sites and apps and even the desktop web. Mobile journeys straddle mobile sites and apps When customers reach for…

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Break down the silos between mobile site and app teams to optimize the digital customer journey

Jul25
by on July 25, 2018 at 4:56 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Customers are increasingly and overwhelmingly mobile-first. For the most part, many brands are still learning how to optimize traditional e-commerce experiences let alone mobile sites and apps. The Amazons of the world don’t make it any easier to keep up. Yet every day, customers are reaching for their smartphones to learn about what to buy, what to do or where to go. But without being mobile-centric and integrating digital touchpoints, customer journeys are certain to be rife with obstacles between mobile sites and apps and even the desktop web. Mobile journeys straddle mobile sites and apps When customers reach for…

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