Foresight Fall 2019 Issue Description

Executive Summary Foresight is the recommended forecasting journal of Brightwork Research & Analysis. Foresight has the following topics in its Fall 2019 issue. Description Fall 2019 Special Feature Autonomous or “Lights Out” Supply-Chain Planning: What Niels van Hove requires new Technology Analogous to the emergence of autonomous vehicles is the momentum toward autonomous supply-chain planning,…

How Real is the SAP Machine Learning and Data Science Story?

How Real is the SAP Machine Learning and Data Science Story?

Executive Summary SAP co-opted the term machine learning without having done much work in the area because it was “hot.” Many of SAP’s promises around predictive analytics have been transferred to machine learning. Video Introduction: How Real the SAP Machine Learning and Data Science Story is Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) The…

Did Hillary Lose the Election Due Failed Big Data and AI?

Did Hillary Lose the Election Due Failed Big Data and AI?

Executive Summary Everything from Russians to Bernie Sanders has been blamed for the loss of the 2016 election by Hillary Clinton. One thing that escaped attention was the Clinton campaign’s Big Data and AI program. Introduction We are bombarded with marketing information about the opportunities for AI and Big Data. Nearly every IT consulting company…

How Awful Was the Coverage of the McDonald’s AI Acquisition?

How Awful Was the Coverage of the McDonald’s AI Acquisition?

Executive Summary McDonald’s has jumped on the AI bandwagon by announcing an acquisition that is not AI. We check the media coverage of this inaccurate announcement. Introduction For years now, companies have been introducing AI programs to impress investors and customers. In March of 2019, McDonald’s acquired Dynamic Yield Ltd for $300 million. Dynamic Yield…

The Next Big Thing in AI is to Excuse AI Failures

The Next Big Thing in AI is to Excuse AI Failures

Executive Summary We are deep into the AI bubble, and the benefits of AI are far less than promised. Rather than acknowledge the overselling of AI, the next rational step is AI benefit falsification! Introduction At Brightwork Research & Analysis, we usually have popped the balloon of hype around AI/ML and its projected opportunities to…

How IBM is Distracting from the Watson Failure to Sell More AI

How IBM is Distracting from the Watson Failure to Sell More AI

Executive Summary IBM has become a significant provider of false information around AI. Central to IBM’s AI sales strategy is to distract attention from its colossal Watson failure. Video Introduction: How IBM is Distracting from the Watson Failure to Sell More AI Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) For over a decade, Watson…