Douglas R Nickel

Am I disappointed by the amount of progress in cognitive science and AI in the past 30 years or so? Not at all. To the contrary, I would have been extremely upset if we had come anywhere close to reaching human intelligence — it would have made me fear that our minds and souls were not deep. Reaching the goal of AI in just a few decades would have

The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.

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The unusual circumstances surrounding brokerage PFGBest's failure--and the indictment of the company's founder Russell R . Wasendorf, Sr.--has led to unconventional roles for the two men charged with finding and securing the assets linked to both …

Stephen R . Covey, who wrote "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," died Monday from complications related to a bicycle accident …

… benchmark interest rate tied to derivatives and loans worldwide worth trillions of dollars. Write to Jason Douglas at jason. douglas @dowjones.com Copyright © 2012 Dow Jones Newswires

… into Libor-rigging in the U.K., British regulatory officials told the committee Monday. Write to Jason Douglas at jason. douglas @dowjones.com and Paul Hannon at paul.hannon@dowjones.com Copyright © 2012 Dow Jones Newswires

… about an hour later. Banks took up all GBP5 billion on offer at the debut auction June 20. Write to Jason Douglas at jason. douglas @dowjones.com Copyright © 2012 Dow Jones Newswires

… benchmark interest rate tied to derivatives and loans worldwide worth trillions of dollars. Write to Jason Douglas at jason. douglas @dowjones.com Copyright © 2012 Dow Jones Newswires

… euro range. Earlier in the year it also acquired Rochester Hills, Mich.-based Ovonic Battery Company, a market leader in nickel -metal hydride rechargeable batteries. Via the Ovonic purchase, BASF also accessed commercial relationships with major battery …