Executive Summary Companies typically have Sales and Marketing departments that never have to worry about their forecast error is measured. We cover the problems that arise when Sales and Marketing have no forecast accountability. Video Introduction on Forecast Error Myth #3: Sales And Marketing Have their Forecast Error Measured Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the…
Executive Summary Privacy invasion has become a constant feature of AI. This article covers the privacy invasion by Grammarly. Introduction Companies that use cloud and AI habituate the population to accept close to a complete loss of privacy. As just one example, this is explained by the service that I use to perform grammar checking. …
Executive Summary SAP consulting firms are aggressively trying to sell S/4HANA assessments to advise their clients on moving to S/4HANA. We cover the issues with these assessments. Video Introduction: Don’t Get Tricked by SAP Consulting Firm S/4HANA Assessment Projects Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Brightwork Research & Analysis has tracked for…
Executive Summary This page is designed to walk potential customers through the second process after Brightwork Explorer’s demo has been viewed. This article covers the sequence of things to do to get a sample data set to us. Introduction This page is for potential customers who want to go to the next step after receiving…
Executive Summary Marvin Minsky is the most well-known AI researcher and proponent. How accurate was Minsky in his predictions? Introduction Marvin Minsky’s footprint in AI is quite large. Marvin Minsky wrote eight books on AI or AI related topics. He also started the AI lab at MIT. He was one of the primary consultants for…
Executive Summary The fact that AI has risen to be so prominent is undeniable. Less obvious is what lead to the third rise of AI. Introduction It has been proposed that the third and current AI bubble started in the early 2010s. Two factors seem to get the majority of the credit. The first is…
Executive Summary Most people who work with or read about AI know of the first and second bubbles and winter. What did the Lighthill report say about AI’s progress towards its goals in 1973? Introduction The first AI bubble was based upon highly inaccurate projections of what could be accomplished in generalized intelligence or Strong…
Executive Summary AI, data science, and Big Data are presently an enormous bubble. We cover the implications of this bubble. Introduction As this article is written and published in 2020, we are in the midst of the most significant AI bubble of all time. As Brightwork Research & Analysis is one of the only fact-checking…
Executive Summary AI has engaged in the projection of human consciousness onto software since its beginnings. We cover the problems with these projections. Introduction While both AI and Data Science precede Big Data as concepts, it was Big Data that went through its recent hype cycle first (That is, in recent times, excluding the previous…
Executive Summary AI has engaged in the projection of human consciousness onto software since its beginnings. We cover the problems with these projections. Introduction Since the earliest days of AI, the emphasis has been on emulating humans. As we cover in the article Who Was More Accurate, Marvin Minsky or Hubert Dreyfus on AI?, a…