Articles by Daniel
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Event Title: The launch of our Emerj AI in Banking Vendor Scorecard and Capability Map 2019 report Date: June 17, 2019 What Happened We set out on an ambitious project to answer four key questions at the intersection of AI in banking: What artificial intelligence (AI) applications and use-cases are delivering ROI now for the […]
Have you ever read a blog post or a whitepaper and heard the terms “data science” or “predictive analytics” used in ways that aren’t quite right? As it turns out, terms like these are often used incorrectly, but by the end of this episode of the AI in Industry podcast, you’ll have greater clarity about […]
Alternative Montaigne-like Article Title: “That the Meek Will Stand United for Only as Long as it Behooves Their Aims” Today, the world of AI ethics is a harmonious ecosystem of organizations with uncontroversial and reasonable, respectable aims. They share conferences, include each other in thought leadership, and develop white papers together – in order to […]
In 2016 and 2017 I spoke with dozens of venture capitalists, many of whom have a specific and overt focus on artificial intelligence technologies. I wanted to know what made an AI company worth investing in, and what business models were generally the most appealing for investment. Winner takes all. It took me almost a […]
It isn’t surprising that many Google search results for “artificial intelligence for government surveillance” involve China. The consensus is that China is either catching up or overtaking the US in AI research, and it’s quite open about using AI for government surveillance of its own people. While it might be the most aggressive surveillance state […]
Deepfakes have made their way onto the radar of much of the First World. As with many technology phenomena, deepfakes have their origins in pornography editing (the Reddit page that originally popularized deepfakes was banned in early 2018). In April of this year, I was asked by UNICRI (the crime and justice wing of the […]
There’s an entire artificial intelligence ecosystem for enterprise search. Most of this is in a purely digital world. Most vendors help with a layer of AI-enabled search that understands terms or phrases and is able to return the results or answers to questions that someone types in. But the problem is compounded when it comes […]
The great power nations that master the use of artificial intelligence are likely to gain a tremendous military and economic benefits from the technology. The United States benefitted greatly from a relatively fast adoption of the internet, and many of its most powerful companies today are the global giants of the internet age. When it […]
(Alternative Montaigne-like title for this essay: “That the Meek Must Feign Virtue”) When I first became focused on the military and existential concerns of AI in 2012, there was only a small handful of publications and organizations focused on the ethical concerns of AI. MIRI, the Future of Humanity Institute, the Institute for Ethics and […]
Event Title: World Government Summit, AI Governance Roundtables Event Host: United Arab Emirates Date: February 10 – 12, 2019 Team Member: Daniel Faggella, Emerj Founder and CEO Contribution: Roundtable discussions What Happened The World Government Summit is put on every year in Dubai to discuss the future of governance in response to new technologies. This […]
