by Kenneth Cukier | Aug 13, 2018 | Media
When James Wilson founded The Economist in 1843 his aim was to challenge a political and landowning class which was protecting its interests through tariffs on grain that were causing hunger and rioting across Britain. Wilson was a radical. He was a champion of free...
by Kenneth Cukier | Aug 13, 2018 | Media
For the guy who literally wrote the book on big data and its promise to revolutionize how “we live, work, and think,” Kenneth Cukier’s view on big data’s love child, AI, is far less rosy. Citing “zillions of limitations,” Cukier has...
by Kenneth Cukier | Aug 13, 2018 | Media
What’s the future of technology and design that’s driven by Big Data? Kenneth Cukier of the Economist looks at what’s next for machine learning and human knowledge....
by Kenneth Cukier | Aug 13, 2018 | Media
Jonathan Freedland compares cyber-attacks today with the Great Siege of Dover Castle in 1216 during which the French used new offensive techniques to try to seize the English throne. In 1216, Prince Louis of France’s near-successful bid for the English throne...
by Kenneth Cukier | Aug 13, 2018 | Media
This coming week, the largest big data conference, O’Reilly Strata event, will gather close to 10,000 attendees in one of NYC’s largest conference hall – the Javits Center. I had the pleasure of presenting at the very first editions of this show, almost a decade ago,...
by Kenneth Cukier | Aug 13, 2018 | Book Excerpt, Media
Google does it. Amazon does it. Walmart does it. And, as news reports last week made clear, the United States government does it. Does what? Uses “big data” analysis of the swelling flood of data that is being generated and stored about virtually every aspect of our...
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