As interest from the research community and across industries continues to grow, there has been a shift in what’s possible with machine learning and natural language processing. Here are five trends to look out for in the next few years.
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AI is as good as the data gets, and it is as critical as the problem it's solving. Most solutions for content moderation on platforms today are based on Keywords -- looking for specific words by exact match within a single message. Yet, if you’re on a dating app where messages are typically personal and intimate, how would you determine a message is a flirting text versus a sexual assault? Or, on a freelancing marketplace, how would you take right action over platform circumvention between a genuine contract offer after repeating transactions versus true bad actors trying to go offline to avoid platform fees?
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Decentralization and its impact on organizations as well as business transactions came through loud and clear throughout the conference. Examples of pragmatic applications with disintermediated interactions spanned healthcare, financial services, sports, education, government, non-profit, beauty, industrial applications and many more. A number of presenters emphasized the new era of decentralization with an ideology that empowers communities vs. centralized greedy brokers.
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The impact on Organizational Culture is one of the most fascinating realities of the digital era. Digital technologies, including Blockchain, are just enablers of cultural trends that are transforming all demographics at an accelerated rate. Culture is always more important and impactful than pure digital technologies, as impressive as the latter are. The potential cultural impacts on individuals as well as organizations are tremendous. In order to succeed and innovate with digitization, transformation best practices should challenge long established cultural norms.
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