--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@... <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Glad you are storming the ramparts. Viva la revolucion, at IBM! > > PS Just so you know, the stuff iLog, now IBM, and BO, > now SAP, and others do, is called Business Intelligence, > not Artificial Intelligence. AI is used in robotics and > NSA stuff, and some comm apps. > > Business Intelligence, on the other hand, is a way to > manipulate and connect databases, through pivot tables, > to provide business associations that are not obvious, > and to aggregate a lot of data into dynamic dashboards, > usually for executive use. The purpose is to ultimately > increase sales, by having a comprehensive and data > driven picture of the business. > > Not as sexy as actual AI, but you can keep telling > yourself, and others that it is.:-)
Just so you know, ILOG software has been used to calculate NASA space missions for years. I guess when they call it AI they're just being unenlight- ened dummies. Unlike yourself. :-) ILOG's founder, BTW, made it a point to never sell any of his software for military purposes. It was a point of pride with him. He was offered lucrative contracts to develop systems for a number of countries' armed forces, including France's, and turned them all down. I always liked that about him. ILOG's developers were as good as they were partly because of this stance. ILOG *never* had to "recruit" talent. They got more resumes every month from the top talent in the AI field than they could handle. Many of them were explicitly drawn to ILOG *because* if they worked there they could pursue their chosen field *without* designing weapons. Most of the jobs in the AI field involve building megadeath. > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, doctordumbass@ <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Raja attire aside, does anyone know why all the other > > > > > TM teachers at the top level all dress alike - is there > > > > > some spiritual significance to wearing gold ties and > > > > > fawn colored suits? > > > > > > > > They have no minds of their own, and are just > > > > following the lead of someone who once dressed > > > > that way and got Maharishi's attention? :-) > > > > > > Letting your freak flag fly, and all, I am pretty sure you > > > aren't bopping into your latest corporate gig, stylin' > > > huarache sandals and a headband. Do they even let you > > > play your Bruce Cockburn songs, softly, in your cube? > > > > I'll reply to this merely to point out how out of > > touch or essentially conservative and non-freak you > > are. I work again (as many may have guessed) for IBM, > > in the same offices that used to be ILOG, the French > > AI company I worked for before IBM acquired it. > > > > Today I wore sandals, jeans, and a T-shirt that says, > > "You can't take the sky from me" (a line from "Firefly") > > to work. In the entire building, no one was wearing a > > suit, including the executives. Everyone was pretty > > much dressed the way they wanted to, in fact. > > > > Our IBM office was chosen from among literally thousands > > of others to work on the project I'm assigned to *because* > > the project is at the very top of IBM's Priority List. > > Without exaggeration, no other project within IBM is > > seen as being of greater impact to IBM's future and its > > future bottom line than Worklight. > > > > When you have a bunch of developers and information > > development specialists who have proved their worth in > > the past, and have consistently produced the best quality > > work in all of IBM, you don't fuck with that by telling > > them what to wear. > > > > If you had to deal with that, I feel for you. Why didn't > > you just quit and work for more interesting companies? > > >
