Executive Summary Elon Musk says ridiculous things all the time. This article covers our favorite quote from Elon Musk on self-driving cars. Introduction Elon Musk is always making false claims. And what is curious is that almost no one calls out Elon on these false claims. Our References for This Article If you want to…
Executive Summary This article covers what I think is the future of forecasting. Introduction I was recently asked what I saw as the future state of forecasting. Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this article and other related Brightwork articles, see this link. My Projection My view is…
Executive Summary ComputerWeekly reported on poll results showing negative implications for data science but then did not analyze the results. We report on the strange pivoting in the coverage of this poll. Introduction ComputerWeekly covered a poll of data scientists on their plans in the following way. Research unveiled at the Women in Data (WiD)…
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 This is a reference page for articles Brightwork Research & Analysis has used in our research. Introduction This is a page of references on interesting AI articles, videos etc.. References Having a quotation listed here should not be viewed as an endorsement of the source. Some sources are listed because they contain false…
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 tends to be “whitewashing” in terms of how it will be used. What follows is an example of how AI will be used to disempower workers. Introduction Greed drives the AI bubble in multiple dimensions. This is throughout the financing process, how AI projects are sold, and how AI is intended to…