Can Siri Become a Great Leader? – The Coming Out of Synthetic Psychology

Siri has moved from being party trick to a useful and for some an invaluable digital assistant. Now there’s even a movie (“Her”) about a guy falling in love with Siri’s “sister”.  But can Siri become a great leader as well as a great lover? I don’t see why not. The results from the latest Turing test (the test to […]

Big Data, Smaller Brains?

Did you know that the human brain has actually been getting smaller over the last 20,000 years? Don’t blame me, I’m just the messenger. See the research by (smaller-brained) scientists at  http://discovermagazine.com/2010/sep/25-modern-humans-smart-why-brain-shrinking#.UipT5z-DmCg I think it’s due to Big Data. You heard about that? The use of massive swathes of information, pulled from unsuspecting credit card users, […]