With last night Census night, the debate about impacts on privacy of including our names on the census form, and the hacking attacks on the ABS computer system, the following video from the Computer World series we started last year seems pertinent.
Our August session will feature a presentation by Peter Simpson drawing on his experience and understanding of changes over time in technology in the world of the television engineer. With last night Census night, the debate about impacts on privacy of including our names on the census form, and the hacking attacks on the ABS computer system, the following video from the Computer World series we started last year seems pertinent. "Kenneth Cukier: Big data is better data As data editor for The Economist and coauthor of Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think, Kenneth Cukier has spent years immersed in big data, machine learning and the impact both have had on society. "More data doesn't just let us see more," he says in his talk. "More data allows us to see new. It allows us to see better. It allows us to see different."The heart of Cukier's talk focuses on machine learning algorithms, from voice recognition and self-driving cars to identifying the most common signs of breast cancer, all of which are made possible by a mind-boggling amount of data. But along with his clear enthusiasm for big data and intelligent machines, he sounds a note of caution: "In the big data age, the challenge will be safeguarding free will, moral choice, human volition, human agency." Like fire, he says, big data is a powerful tool -- one that, if we're not careful, will burn us." http://www.computerworld.com/article/2975866/emerging-technology/10-ted-talks-for-techies.html#slide7 There have been some changes to dates for the Google Apps class which will allow our members who attend Let's Talk Books to participate. Here is the revised timetable, just in case you don't get it in class.
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25/10/2016 01:10:05 am
Big data is the better data but being able to learn about it is a different thing, being able to program it is satisfaction. I trained for Hadoop big data and learned all about it.
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