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Intellectual debt: The hidden costs of machine learning

Dynatrace

At some point the debt reaches a tipping point where the high costs of maintenance prevent innovation. Technical Debt—Dilbert Comic Strip on 2017-01-03. The sudden lure of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) systems designed for IT brings new urgency to the topic of intellectual debt.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

Patents—exclusive, government-granted rights intended to encourage innovation—protect pharmaceutical companies from competition and allow them to charge high prices. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. What Is Economic Rent? For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

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5 key areas for tech leaders to watch in 2020

O'Reilly

This year’s growth in Python usage was buoyed by its increasing popularity among data scientists and machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) engineers. The shift to cloud native design is transforming both software architecture and infrastructure and operations. Coincidence? Probably not, but only time will tell.