At CES 2020 in Las Vegas, TechRepublic's Bill Detwiler spoke with CNET and CBS News' Dan Patterson about the various technologies featured at the electronics show. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. Now with CNET and CBS News, to talk a little bit about the tech we've seen this week. Dan, you cover a lot of privacy and security, and it's always an important issue, especially at CES, as we talk about technology blending into everyday objects. What have you seen here at the show that brings to light those issues of data privacy, data security? Dan Patterson: Well, what's really interesting to watch is this evolution of CES itself.

Construction remains one of the top five industries driving the world economy. Yet until recently, it's been lagging behind virtually every other sector in the adoption of technology. In this in-depth interview, Dr. Dan Patterson, Chief Design Officer with InEight, explains why the construction industry is now turning to technology solutions that utilize artificial intelligence (AI) to solve long standing and deep-rooted challenges. Q: Can a traditional industry such as construction embrace technology quickly enough to take advantage of platforms such as artificial intelligence? DP: Historically, the construction industry has lagged in its adoption of new technology.

CNET and CBS News Senior Producer Dan Patterson sat down with the Future Today Institute founder and quantitative futurist Amy Webb to discuss what artificial intelligence and data actually are, and how they work. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. I say AI because that's the thing that is on everybody's tongue right now. Although you'll also say that it's quantum, and we'll get there as well. Amy Webb: Should we talk about what AI is?

To put it a little bit bluntly, if you need 300 million pictures of cats in order to be able to say it's a cat, a horse, or a cow, I do not deem that very intelligent. So, whenever I read deep learning or artificial intelligence, I get a little bit skeptical. To me, it would be much more about the small data. The brain is definitely a small-data machine and not a big-data machine. Dan Patterson: I'm so glad you said big data because it sounds as though that runs counter to the notion that well, with more data we can create better AI and we can have better systems.

Schneider Electric Chief Digital Officer Herve Coureil sat down with TechRepulic's Dan Patterson and talked about practical uses for AI in business. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. Dan Patterson: This may sound like an elementary question. How are we seeing not just business use AI now? I think we can all kind of point to some examples, but give me the next 18 to 36 months and help us understand, should companies, should enterprise companies, build, buy, or innovate?

AI (artificial intelligence) is perhaps one of the biggest trends to watch in the months to come, with many analysts predicting growth and technology providers making big moves in this area. PwC even suggests that global GDP will be 14% higher in 2030 as a result of AI, which is the equivalent of an additional $15.7 trillion. One big area in construction that is set to change is scheduling, with a new acquisition that happened this week. InEight announced it acquired BASIS, a company that purpose-built an AI planning software tool for the construction industry. The software captures insights and learnings from prior projects and uses the knowledge to make informed suggestions during the planning process.

AI (artificial intelligence) is perhaps one of the biggest trends to watch in the months to come, with many analysts predicting growth and technology providers making big moves in this area. PwC even suggests that global GDP will be 14% higher in 2030 as a result of AI, which is the equivalent of an additional $15.7 trillion. One big area in construction that is set to change is scheduling, with a new acquisition that happened this week. InEight announced it acquired BASIS, a company that purpose-built an AI planning software tool for the construction industry. The software captures insights and learnings from prior projects and uses the knowledge to make informed suggestions during the planning process.

TechRepublic's Dan Patterson sat down with Caleb Barlow, IBM Security Vice President to discuss how AI, IoT, and big data will shape the future of cybersecurity. The following is an edited transcript of the interview. Dan Patterson: What is the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT), the data that may or may not be wiped from the GDPR, and the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning? If we look at all of those trends combined, each one of those is a macro trend that will have its own lifecycle. But they are interwoven: IoT, machine learning, and security.

TechRepublic's Dan Patterson and Daniel Scarvalone, director at Bully Pulpit Interactive, talk about how automation will be the key to the future of politics and policy. Dan Patterson: What role will AI machine learning and automation play this year and in the future? Dan Scarvalone: Machine learning has always played a role in campaigns, and the way marketers more sift through data available on current and potential customers, to figure out, "who should we be speaking to, and what should we be saying to them?" The real growth will be in the ways we use machine learning to marry with the political intuition we know, and the marketing intuition we know, regarding the best way to achieve a goal. We'll find more ways to apply decision making to each and every way a candidate spends its time.

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