In this post I share some of my views and experiences with AI. It is intended to spur discussion of AI to allow all of us to share viewpoints and experiences. It is not intended to be a forum for promoting or criticizing any AI product. So, contribute your thoughts and experiences, and please use other channels for product specific messages.
In a simple way, it appears there are three points of view on AI.
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This is the scenario: you need to add inspection for scratches to your production line. You have the choice of hiring a worker or using machine vision. Which option works better?
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What can you do when you need some vacuum to hold a small part for viewing? If your lab is equipped with a vacuum line: no problem. If you happen to have an available vacuum pump (and these are available at very reasonable costs): again, no problem. But what if you have neither of these? Then you might turn to a food saver.
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The C47 is incredibly cheap and extremely useful, as is a wide array of clamps, in the machine vision laboratory. The C47 appears identical to an ordinary wooden clothespin. (I’ll let you in on a secret: they’re the same.)
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After decades of consulting, I’ve come up with an approach to a proposal that seems very effective. I’ll agree that every consultant and every client has their own ideas on the “ideal” proposal.
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Humpty-Dumpty told Alice, “When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”
Each of us, then, has our own Humpty-Dumpty that tells us what words mean to us and greatly influences our opinions and actions.
In the new field of data science, the practitioners are known as data scientists. This appears quite consistent.
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