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It has been a busy week and one which I hope brings some good news for Creative Differences subscribers. There’s a special offer at the end of today’s…
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From pen to pixel: memory, cognition, and learning in the age of AI.
In an age increasingly defined by digital interaction, the way we learn and retain information has fundamentally changed. At the heart of this…
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The landscape of AI will be built on hardware, not just models
I had a very interesting conversation this week with some Chinese investors and the topic came up about whether it makes sense for chipmakers to design…
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Who are the new generation thinkers in analytics?
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A conversation about nuclear reactors - and AI
I had a fun conversation with my friend Bruno Aziza for his YouTube channel about AI. Bruno and I had been playing around with Bard and ChatGPT a few…
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Who are the new generation thinkers in analytics?
I am - I must face it - too old to party, and I don’t watch TV. I spend my evenings mostly sitting quietly: reading or crafting, perhaps listening to…
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The complete innovator: Mary Quant
Last week saw the passing of one of the 20th century’s great innovators: the fashion designer Mary Quant. Quant has been recognised for the popularity…
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Strategic sourcing and supply network design
Following my last post about data and design for supply-chains, I received several questions about strategic sourcing as an approach. I think it's super…
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Data and design for supply chains
Businesses today are increasingly exposed to large-scale, often global, problems. Some of these - wars, environmental disasters, pandemics, the madness…
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Semantics, sources and wasted time
It’s widely acknowledged that in any data warehousing and analytics project, around 80% of the effort is spent on ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) and…
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AI is a bandwagon, and you do want to get on it. Here’s how …
First, an apology to subscribers. I have been dealing with a distressing family bereavement, so it has been some time since I posted. Getting back to…
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