Original Thinking on AI and Data
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Analysis on AI, data, and technology shifts. What the models change, what your data is worth, and what to do about it.
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What I Learned This Week
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Shopping agents and two old economic models
A lot of my posts this week were about AI agents buying things for people. Walmart opened its store to outside shopping agents, Spotify said it wants to be…
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Number one is a thing of the past
It's thanks to context memory. Both classic search and AI are likely to never have the same number one again.
The Price of Our Buying Mistakes Is About to Change
AI Can One Shot It. I Can't.
The first attempt gets me surprisingly far. Then I start figuring out what I actually want.
Bigger Pie, Thinner Slice, Better Customers
AI is creating far more questions than search ever handled, and each answer names only a few businesses. Which few depends on what the AI knows about the person asking, and on what it can find about you.
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Data Leverage
Written with James J Ward. How data partnerships create growth no company builds alone. The thinking on this site started here, and the writing continues it.
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