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AI was once the least exciting subject area in tech. We wanted cyborg pets and robot manservants. What we had was reliable data transfers and more targeted email marketing.
On the human-AI partnership
< 1 min readWhen it comes down to it, we will use every sophisticated tool in very human ways. I wonder if ChatGPT will survive what humans do to it!
Plus ça change…
6 min read“The only constant thing in life is change.” So (apparently) said Heraclitus of Ephesus, a Greek philosopher of about 2,500 years ago.
In Part Two, we looked at how this is changing the way in which insight operates within the strategy, marketing and insight disciplines, introducing the seven ‘Power Skills’. In this final instalment, we put the spotlight on each of these skills.
This article acknowledges the leaps AI has made for our industry but also highlights the pitfalls of distancing ourselves from the people we seek to understand.
In the first part of this article, we established that we now face a genuinely new paradigm for insight. But just how will the arrival of generative AI change the overall business structure within which insight operates.
We’ve always been wary of tech. But eventually, each new tech gets absorbed in a new normal, and life goes on... with man still in control! Is AI different?
AI has long promised to change the way we live, but until now, it has remained as technology at the margins. Not anymore! Ian Morris, in his book ‘Why The West Rules’, sums up human progress as ‘almost invisible until it isn’t’.
When will we start to give a damn?
5 min readHaving attended a number of conferences over the past couple of weeks, I have been amazed not only at how ChatGPT has dominated almost all conversations and presentations, but also at the almost total absence of any cautionary note regarding its usage!
Taking tracker analytics online
2 min readCrunch Automation scripting for streamlined, almost instant data analysis and insights delivery.
Hope as a useful solution or another hyped piece of technology that will eventually fall by the wayside?
Integrating AI into market research
6 min readTo ensure that AI is deployed ethically and responsibly, market research companies and practitioners require a comprehensive framework that establishes agreed-upon standards.
AI - bane or boon for market research?
6 min readChatGPT and Bard will transform our jobs as market researchers: both disruption and opportunity lie ahead.
Solving this problem will not only advance insights, but provide foresight into the future of how we evolve our research practices.
The state of the consumer in 2022
2 min readThe context for insights and analytics in harnessing the power of artificial intelligence in 2022
Predictive qual
6 min readHow to turn the art of qual into a science of impact?