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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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Read on to find out exactly why you need to register today for our 12/10 webinar, featuring three of the top innovation thought leaders in consulting, cloud services, and crowdsourcing software. Topcoder is a 600K+ strong global software development community focused on the design, development, and data science that redefines business.

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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.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Management/Microsoft-Lauds-Scrum-Method-for-Software-Projects. It’s becoming so much more. jaguar/lean-production/.

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Why to invest in IT consulting?

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“Fundamentally, I believe that every company will become a software company.” ” 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. Software factory. IT architecture.

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Why have a Tech Team in Kathmandu?

ITONICS

How did this happen and why is Nepal a great place not only for culture, food, nature and the highest mountains on earth but for software development as-well? After he told me he is from Nepal, we had a chat about the economy, the culture, and the upcoming and growing software industry. How it all began. Becoming 100 % official.

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Holacracy: Bringing Innovation to Every Corner of Your Organization

CREATORS

A survey done by Deloitte in 2015 revealed that only 38% of over 7000 companies surveyed retained a traditional structure. Consider Ryan, a software developer at ARCA, a Holacratic global manufacturing and services company. Ryan felt the company was neglecting the consistency of the look and feel of their software.

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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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