Essays

A recent study of UK consumers found that “only 11% state that they enjoy advertising.” I’m surprised the number was so high. Advertising was never supposed to be entertaining; it was conceived [...]

BofA reports its use of algorithms that study language in earnings calls to inform buy and sell decisions yielded a 6+% improvement in performance. According to the Financial Times, “…unclear [...]

The average industrial brand presence on social media is a highly crafted and tightly managed thing. There’s compelling theology that dictates what should and shouldn’t be shared, as well as how [...]

I just got back from Hannover Messe, and I’m evermore convinced that it’s the best trade show in the world. It’s not the sexiest — entire rooms were dedicated to valves and switches — and the [...]

The declared mission of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence is “to advance AI research, education, policy, and practice to improve the human condition.” It makes me [...]

Boeing’s 737 Max woes have the experts out in droves with opinions about what the publicity means for the company’s reputation. Here’s a shorthand answer: Nothing. Most of the blather about [...]

Earlier this week, scientists called for a ‘global moratorium’ on creating genetically modified babies. This, of course, is in contrast to the traditional way of mixing genes together, which I [...]

Facebook faces ongoing and growing scrutiny for its abuses of user privacy, not to mention of the truth. Last week, its CEO said it would explore offering communications tools that were private, [...]

If the old adage “you can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies,” holds true, then the Green New Deal is the real thing. Its opponents are deathly scared of it. Well, it’s not actually [...]

The belief that development of a sentient or self-aware AI is simply a matter of enough data, connections, and processing speed is based on the premise that even human consciousness is the [...]