The Degradation of the Turing Test
Are computers getting smart enough to pass the Turing test or are humans getting worse at representing themselves as intelligent?
2026-05-18 (first published: 2020-10-15)
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI Data
Data is important for AI projects, but the ethics and privacy implications are complex. A new project from Microsoft aims to help users control their data and make it available for use.
2020-10-07
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The Computing Revolution
Steve reflects on some of the ideas of how Microsoft imagines the future of computing.
2020-07-27
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Smarter Design
Many of us have used PowerPoint, which has grown smarter through the use of Machine Learning.
2020-05-13
210 reads
Where AI Shines
Artificial Intelligence hasn't always worked well, but there is one place that is seems to have lots of potential.
2020-04-29
144 reads
How Much AI Do We Need?
AI seems to be invading many different parts of our life. Today Steve wonders how much we really need.
2024-12-30 (first published: 2020-04-20)
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The Evolution of AI
Artificial Intelligence systems might dramatically change our world, but they need lots of help and work to get better.
2020-03-03
149 reads
A Dearth of Data
A new technique developed by Microsoft is designed to help AI/ML models get trained with minimal data.
2019-12-26
172 reads
The AI Manager
AI software is being used to manage the daily work of some employees. Is this a trend that is good or bad?
2019-07-18
202 reads
How data quality improves artificial intelligence – Part 2
Jim Harris shares three more examples of how data ...
2019-05-22
Blogs
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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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