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<br /> H<br /> TTP://WWW.ANALYTICS-MAGAZINE.ORG<br /> D<br /> RIVING BETTER BUSINESS DECISIONS<br /> J<br /> ANUARY/FEBRUARY 2018<br /> Anxiety<br /> over AI<br /> Time to alleviate fears of<br /> artificial intelligence<br /> Analyze This!<br /> Assignment experiment<br /> pushes Vijay Mehrotra<br /> out of his comfort zone<br /> ALSO INSIDE:<br /> · Edge IoT analytics<br /> · Analytics at Kroger<br /> · Self-service analytics<br /> · Get to know your data<br /> INSIDE STORY<br /> Hot topics: AI & ML<br /> Are there any hotter topics in the<br /> analytics community today than artificial<br /> intelligence (AI) and machine learning<br /> (ML)? If so, please let me know.<br /> Ironically, in 1991, when I began<br /> editing OR/MS Today (the membership<br /> magazine of INFORMS), AI and ML were<br /> also hot topics. 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