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[7 Oct 2009 | No Comment | ]
A.I.

There has been only a few times in my life where I felt the future is here, and this is one.
I watched innumerable Sci-Fi movies in the 80’s and 90’s. Movies that portrayed computers and machines with feelings. Computers that talked and interacted with humans. Computers that were intelligent. From the malignant Hal 9000 in “2001 A Space Odyssey” to “The Terminator”. I was always fascinated with this subject.
Today Artificial Intelligence is a reality and very soon will be in your leaving room in the shape of the new “Natal …

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[14 Sep 2009 | One Comment | ]
Predictive Thought as Idea Killer

A lot of people that have been in the ad biz for a while seem to fall into one of two camps. One: the “WHY THE FUCK DOESN’T EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND MY GENIUS??” camp, and Two: the “FUCK IT, JUST GIVE ME MY CHECK” camp. There’s one guy I work with who immediately pops into my head as a camp one veteran. He’s constantly bitching about everything, from the account people, to the creative quality of our group’s work, to the legal department, to the leadership skills of our ECD. Even …