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Big Data Doesn't Work if You Ignore the Small Things that Matter

Harvard Business Review

What If Google Had a Hedge Fund? Let's say, for example, that you're seeing a pattern of strong store sales for a group of products that were previously perceived as unrelated. BIG DATA INSIGHT CENTER. Why Data Will Never Replace Thinking. The Apple Maps Debate and the Real Future of Mapping. More >>.

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4 Models for Using AI to Make Decisions

Harvard Business Review

Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex. The most painful board conversations that I hear about machine learning revolve around how much power and authority super-smart software should have.