Ethnography for the AI Age: How to Get Started
As people flock to the fields of 'responsible AI,’ ‘AI ethics,’ and ‘AI governance’ that are all about shaping AI towards what is helpful for humanity, it is time we ask: where are the ethnographers and applied anthropologists?
The Future of Privacy
We’ve seen the discourse around privacy work its way from the headlines to the dinner table, and through our fieldwork we’ve listened to everyday families discuss what it means for them.
Fortune: Should Google Know Your Deepest And Darkest Secrets?
Instead of letting the tech industry invade your privacy in the name of their progress, it’s time to really ask — What do we really want as a society?
Wired: Your Big Data Is Worthless If You Don't Bring It Into The Real World
The real lesson of Google Flu Trends is that it isn’t enough to ask how ‘big’ the data is—we also need to ask how ‘thick’ it is.
Harvard Business Review: Big Data Is Only Half the Data Marketers Need
Only by combining thick and big data can CMOs find real solutions to their strategic problems.
WSJ: The Power of Thick Data
At its core, all business is about making bets on human behavior. Companies that excel at making these bets tend to thrive.
No, big data will not mirror the human brain — no matter how advanced our tech gets
There is an assumption in tech circles that people and computers think alike. But this doesn’t do justice to the wonders of the human mind.
Harvard Business Review: Advertising's Big Data Dilemma
Ad agencies want to use Big Data analytics to create highly targeted ads. But an algorithm can never truly master the art of persuasion.
Bloomberg Businessweek: Big Data Gets The Algorithms Right But The People Wrong
Why Big Data so often misunderstands people and what businesses should do about it.