Artificial Numerosity: When Machines ‘Get’ Numbers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Machine learning researchers show that the ability to conceptualize numbers (numerosity) is shared by humans, animals—and now machines.
What is Engagement, Really?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Engagement is what enables organizations to coordinate external contributions of work and intelligence. It’s also the future of the human-machine relationship.
McDonald’s New Bid to Supersize You
Reading Time: 2 minutes McDonald’s new machine learning acquisition could well put the company in Amazon’s crosshairs.
New Carrots for Your Health Data
Reading Time: 3 minutes Insurance companies are experimenting with two strategies for motivating you to share your health information with them.
When Personalization Technology Closes Your Mind
Reading Time: 4 minutes To counter personalization technology’s narrowing of our minds, let’s design for choice and serendipity.
Empathy at Scale
Reading Time: 4 minutes How a drab, new occupation scrubs social media of the dark shadows of our collective unconscious.
When Corporations Monitor Your Health Devices
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fitbit’s latest watch is available exclusively through healthcare partners, raising questions about who is watching you exercise.
Who Will Win the Battle for the Smart Home?
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the end, the smart home wars will be decided by business models, and Amazon is best positioned to win.
The Synthesis of Intelligence
Reading Time: 5 minutes Through the coordination and combination of what were formerly disconnected parts, a greater intelligence emerges.
Nike’s New Self-Lacing Shoe Has a Service Tether
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nike’s new self-lacing shoes will connect us to the cloud with a service tether.