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Goodhart’s Law: When a target becomes its own enemy

Idea to Value

One area where Goodhart’s Law gets even more dangerous is in target-based software development, especially Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. In 2015, Google used machine learning to let Google Photos tag faces of friends in uploaded photos. That way it could not die. However, other examples are not so harmless.

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LIVE WEBINAR: 3 Pros Tell You How to Strike Innovation Gold in 2016

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50+ Business Cases on Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Open Innovation EU

Source: www.wired.com/2015/12/product-hunt-app-podcasts-tech/. Source: www.forbes.com/sites/steveblank/2015/06/25/lean-innovation-management-making-corporate-innovation-work/ . Source: www.slideshare.net/HewlettPackardEnterprise/vodafone-uk-and-hp-partnership-more-than-halves-the-software-development-lifecycle.

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Why to invest in IT consulting?

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.” A phrase by Satya Nadella, former executive president of Microsoft, during an event at the American Chamber of Commerce (Ancham), in 2015, became one of the biggest technology hits of the decade. In the old years of 2015, the phrase left everyone speechless. All departmental decisions must be data-driven. Cybersecurity.

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4 Tips for Designing Apple Watch Apps

Boxes and Arrows

billion in 2015 to $12.6 million units in 2014 to nearly 25 million units in 2015. Although it’s difficult to accurately size and predict rapidly growing markets, IDC analyst Ryan Reith believes Apple Watch will ultimately account for 62% of the smartwatch market in 2015. billion by 2018.

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The Innovation-Driven Disruption of the Automotive Value Chain (Part 2)

Corporate Innovation

Figure 1 shows the top 20 R&D spenders in 2014, based on data compiled by PwC, where we see (in red) that six of the top 20 companies are incumbent automotive OEMs. They continue to invest heavily in R&D. In fact, during the last three years automakers have been increasing their R&D investments. Volkswagen. Connected car.

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The Innovation-Driven Disruption of the Automotive Value Chain (Part 2)

Corporate Innovation

Figure 1 shows the top 20 R&D spenders in 2014, based on data compiled by PwC, where we see (in red) that six of the top 20 companies are incumbent automotive OEMs. They continue to invest heavily in R&D. In fact, during the last three years automakers have been increasing their R&D investments. Volkswagen. Connected car.