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 Dr. Hubert Dreyfus predicted many issues that AI would face when it tried to emulate human brains. How accurate were his predictions? Introduction Hubert Dreyfus’s book, What Computers Can’t Do, was initially published in 1972 and updated several times throughout the decades. Dr. Dreyfus was not an AI academic, practitioner, or mathematician. Instead,…
Executive Summary We cover AI, Data Science, and Big Data claims, which has required that we get into the foundational areas of these topics. This is necessary to fact check the claims made by entities on these topics. Introduction Why does Brightwork Research & Analysis have an interest in AI? Well, we fact check vendors….
Executive Summary Industry and media are so busy and interested in promoting AI that there is virtually no effort to question whether the concept is accurate or valid. Introduction Under the constant barrage of hype around AI, it has been common to skip over the part where one understands what AI is and its validity…
Executive Summary Projects globally are finding that the AI projects they started have, in many cases, stalled. We explain why this wide-scale phenomenon has occurred. Introduction Under the constant barrage of hype around AI, it is curious how AI is now being proposed for things that it can’t solve and to fill in the “blank.”…
Executive Summary We are in the throes of an enormous amount of exaggerations regarding AI. AI has become a magic wand, that according to some, will even solve global warming. Introduction Under the constant barrage of hype around AI, it is curious how AI is now being proposed for things that it can’t solve and…
Executive Summary We are in the throes of an enormous amount of exaggerations regarding AI. A historical look at AI promises and current promises shows the gap between the two is massive. Introduction Under the constant barrage of hype around AI, it is curious how AI has consistently failed to deliver promises or how AI…
Executive Summary We have known Vishal Sikka to be a person who provides highly inaccurate information on whatever topic he discusses. Vishal Sikka has recently been discussing AI for his new startup. How much of what Vishal’ describes is real? Introduction Back in 2015, and when he was head of the outsourcing firm Infosys. Infosys,…
Executive Summary We have been saying for some time that SAP makes ridiculous claims for S/4HANA. With its claim to offer the first “hands free ERP,” how accurate is this claim? Video Introduction: Is S/4HANA Cloud The World’s First Hands Free ERP? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has a long tradition…
Executive Summary Sometimes we receive the question of how to reduce the investment into SAP. This article explains how to do this. Introduction We recently received the following question. Curious to review any research or opinion pieces Brightwork has available on SAP Certified development partners and how one could improve an existing ERP platform instead…