Corporations are just as vulnerable to the complexity of trust as people are. Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon all must broker trust through their services, their public figures, and the things they create. As I said last week: A good relationship is built on trust. I don’t have to remind you of all the trust… Continue reading Are we too trustworthy of Google and Amazon’s smart speakers?
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Facebook is Becoming a Privacy Company. But, How Will They Make Money?
The company that everyone loves to hate (Facebook), held their annual F8 developer conference today to present some ideas that would hopefully turn a new leaf for them and recreate their image as a “privacy-focused social platform”. They presented the following major changes to their core product, which won’t take effect immediately but will supposedly… Continue reading Facebook is Becoming a Privacy Company. But, How Will They Make Money?
FedEx and USPS don’t read our mail. So why do we let Google and Facebook?
It’s very sad to me that handwritten correspondence has become an abandoned craft. Not because of the beauty in (some people’s) handwriting. Or the emotional release you get after receiving an unexpected letter. Rather, because of its privacy. We trust USPS, UPS, and FedEx to not open and read our mail because if they did,… Continue reading FedEx and USPS don’t read our mail. So why do we let Google and Facebook?
Some Thoughts on our Dysfunctional Relationship with Technology in 2019
A good relationship is built on trust. The trust in turn allows for autonomy. And with autonomy comes personal growth. Many of the relationships we have with software and algorithms are indeed full of trust. I don’t have to remind you of all the trust you put in Gmail to send your correspondence, iCloud to… Continue reading Some Thoughts on our Dysfunctional Relationship with Technology in 2019
What if 23andMe created a Digital Family Vault to share and preserve memories
As long as my grandpa has been alive, he’s had, two sisters. That was, up until 6 weeks ago when 23andMe proved him otherwise. I never thought my family would be one of those shocking stories about DNA genealogy tests. But we are. And this is the story: Amongst the black community, these genealogy tests… Continue reading What if 23andMe created a Digital Family Vault to share and preserve memories
What if we used AI to rewrite the Bible?
About two years ago, the Internet had a heart attack when they heard the former head of the self-driving car division at Google and Uber was creating a Church that would worship an AI Godhead. The story ran the press circuit for about a week and then everyone forgot. Circling back around to the topic… Continue reading What if we used AI to rewrite the Bible?
The First Live Concert on Alexa… What artist will be first to tour our smart speakers?
Voice skills are supposedly the new apps. However, we’ve witnessed the debut of 80,000 Alexa skills and we still haven’t had a hit. Especially nothing comparable to the early successes on the iPhone app store like Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds, and Words with Friends. That’s why I think the first “hit voice skill” will come… Continue reading The First Live Concert on Alexa… What artist will be first to tour our smart speakers?
The Robots and Drones that Saved the Notre Dame Cathedral
Drones have unfortunately been pigeonholed by the media as useful in delivering our packages or acting as aerial “suicide” bombers. It’s quite sad, considering there are so many other beneficial use cases. Seriously, CB Insights generated a list of 38 ways drones will impact society, with some of the more intriguing being: Identifying natural conservation… Continue reading The Robots and Drones that Saved the Notre Dame Cathedral
Will Robots Take Your Job? Use This Tool to Find Out
One of the oddest phenomena in human behavior is something known as a gapers block – which is essentially a traffic jam that magically occurs on the opposite side of a highway from a car crash. Nothing is physically present to create a gapers block other than our curiosity to see what happened. Literally we… Continue reading Will Robots Take Your Job? Use This Tool to Find Out