In China, where families are limited to bearing one child, AI Toys play the role of friendly Robot Companion as much as they do educational aid. It may sound absurd that a robot could ever be a friend, however, this unexpected vertical for AI Toys is really taking off: …an estimated 30 million AI educational… Continue reading How AI-enabled toys are molding our children [PART 2]
How AI-enabled toys are molding our children [PART 1]
The other day when I was walking through Target I witnessed the most shocking interaction between a mother and her toddler. Well, actually it was a lack of interaction. One of them was acting like the other didn’t even exist, completely immersed in their smartphone… and it wasn’t the mother. Here was a four- or… Continue reading How AI-enabled toys are molding our children [PART 1]
Everything you need to know about Digital Humans
Photoshop and a little ingenuity are all it takes to create a celebrity these days. I’m not referring to the swaths of Instagram models that have gained notoriety by doctoring all of their photos (although that is a problem we need to discuss later). Rather, I’m referring to digital humans, which are created from scratch.… Continue reading Everything you need to know about Digital Humans
Why the Fortune 500 desperately needs an AI Board of Directors
Instinct, acumen, and industry foresight. Three crucial components to guiding a brand or corporation through mergers, industry instability, and overall strategy.When instinct is wrong, you become “the company that made the wrong move” like Kodak. When acumen lacks, you become an afterthought like Dell. When industry foresight is absent, you become obsolete like Blockbuster. Companies… Continue reading Why the Fortune 500 desperately needs an AI Board of Directors
Tasty, edible crickets may solve the impending food crisis
The planet must produce more food in the next four decades than all farmers in history have harvested over the past 8,000 years. With the global population set to reach 10 billion by 2050, many scientists have come to the consensus that we’re going to enter a desperate world food shortage very soon if we… Continue reading Tasty, edible crickets may solve the impending food crisis
AI will excel at hiring without ever reading your resume
Imagine if everyone you’ve ever known, worked with, or related to gave you complete and honest feedback. Sounds like a futile gesture that would do more harm than good, right? Well, it turns out that it could be a key to running a wildly successful business.Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund,… Continue reading AI will excel at hiring without ever reading your resume
Almost 1% of U.S. households are earning income on Uber, Lyft, and other ride-sharing apps
Every day we’re inundated with bleak Future of Work headlines. Robots to replace [insert job title]. The software will demolish [insert another job title]. What we tend to overlook, though, is the widespread safety net that has crept under us in the last five years: The Gig Economy. The Wall Street Journal dropped a staggering… Continue reading Almost 1% of U.S. households are earning income on Uber, Lyft, and other ride-sharing apps
Today, Siri can read to you. Soon, Siri will read for you.
Finding time to read these days is tough. Between social media algorithms constantly flooding us with notifications and our tendency to choose more entertaining alternatives, it’s not uncommon to go long stretches without reading something meaningful, fulfilling, or impactful. Not for a lack of desire, though. We all want to be able to read that… Continue reading Today, Siri can read to you. Soon, Siri will read for you.
Why Facebook’s next competitor will pay you to post
Social media has been the pedestal to propel our ambitions forward, it hasn’t come without its setbacks as well. The alarming rate at which we can share content online has spawned what seems like an endless batch of cookie-cutter creators. Myspace birthed SouljaBoy, Facebook produced Humans of New York, YouTube gave space to Marques Brownlee,… Continue reading Why Facebook’s next competitor will pay you to post