That’ll be $23.7 million, thank you

Are you tired?

there are 90,000 Starbucks baristas in

the world who can help you out

but wait... the bots have an answer: the algorithmic barista

You look tired.

Their bot wants to take over your coffeehouse

Vonnegut’s Player Piano

America in the Coming Age of Electronics

1952

Player Piano

The spreading shadow of automation creates conflict between the wealthy upper class -- the engineers and managers who keep society running -- and the lower class, whose skills and purpose in society have been replaced by machines.

shorter version:embrace algorithms, or lose...

Stubbornly high U.S. unemployment of 7.3%

- and yet -

Corporate Profits = 12.5% of U.S. economy,

highest in 60 years

The long reach of algorithms

Fewer people, More work getting done

algorithms + data are taking over the world

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Steven Colbert:“I know a chicken in Chinatown that can

do that.”

Like Wall Street, marketing is an arms race

Automated Audience?

You: “Let’s change the station; this song blows.”

Your friend: “It doesn’t blow. The algorithm said so.”

Gottfried Leibniz: 300 years ago

and you thought hackers were new

What do our words really mean?

The bots know

you: “hey, Chris, you’re talk was interesting. really

interesting.”

(me: Noooooo!)

The BOTS: “sorry, Chris, we know how you feel.”

chris@chrissteiner.com

chrissteiner.com

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