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Why We Are Here => Hardware & Technology => Topic started by: Mackin USA on December 09, 2014, 05:08:48 PM

Title: Trends to Watch in 2015: From Algorithmic Accountability to the Uber of X
Post by: Mackin USA on December 09, 2014, 05:08:48 PM
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/12/08/trends-to-watch-in-2015-from-algorithmic-accountability-to-the-uber-of-x/?mod=e2fb

The Webbmedia Group, a digital strategy consulting firm, offers a fresh take. Webbmedia's 2015 Trends Report picks up on less-noticed strategy shifts among tech companies, developments moving out of the lab and into the commercial world, and some intriguing metathemes of the year ahead.
Title: Re: Trends to Watch in 2015: From Algorithmic Accountability to the Uber of X
Post by: Travoli on December 12, 2014, 05:25:04 PM
Thanks Mackin

My favorite threads are these "future" topics.

The "algorithmic accountability" seems unlikely.
Algorithms will probably become the next "fast food".
They'll give you exactly what you want, regardless of whether it's good for you.
Title: Re: Trends to Watch in 2015: From Algorithmic Accountability to the Uber of X
Post by: littleman on December 12, 2014, 09:25:57 PM
 >"fast food"

I like that analogy. To me its the most troubling development in SE technology in recent years.