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Mar 10, 2021

Amazon’s Alexa has started to crawl, aged 6. It matters.

The new Echo Show 10 is a landmark device that asks as many questions of us as we will ask it. — If you ask Alexa her birthday, she’ll tell you it was 6th November 2014, some 3 years after she was conceived. She came into the world with ears (7 microphones) and a mouth (two speakers), somewhat disembodied in a 9.25” tall metal cylinder. Then, in mid 2017, in the Echo…

Alexa

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Amazon’s Alexa has started to crawl, aged 6. It matters.
Amazon’s Alexa has started to crawl, aged 6. It matters.
Alexa

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Feb 10, 2021

The Future of Retail is Not a Lazy Levy

Amazon, Day 1 and the Pigouvian Problem — Traditional retailers are calling loudly for a levy on online sellers — a so-called Amazon Tax. Many of these retailers should instead be hanging their heads in shame and hoping their Boards don’t fire them, or indeed that the shareholders don’t remove the Board. The last 20 years have seen…

Amazon

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The Future of Retail is Not a Lazy Levy
The Future of Retail is Not a Lazy Levy
Amazon

6 min read


Jan 14, 2021

Easy Ways to Look Better Online

Any novelty associated with online meetings has long since passed and so too has our excuse for poor use of these now vital communications platforms. …

Online Presentation

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Easy Ways to Look Better Online
Easy Ways to Look Better Online
Online Presentation

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Published in The Startup

·Jul 20, 2020

“We Don’t Serve Their Kind Here”

Retailers’ increasingly complex relationship with automated shopping — There’s a famous scene in the original Star Wars movie where the bartender tells Luke “We don’t serve their kind here”, pointing to his droids (top). In The Mandalorian, set about 10 years later, the bartender at the same location is a droid (bottom):

Retail

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“We Don’t Serve Their Kind Here”
“We Don’t Serve Their Kind Here”
Retail

7 min read


Published in The Startup

·Aug 30, 2019

Never Off the Record

Everyday Transcription — what if voice stops being ephemeral? — Most recent emphasis on privacy in the Internet age has revolved around face recognition and protection of personal data. But revolutionary improvements in speech recognition mean we need to reconsider how we feel about this technology too. While it’s been possible to record voice for decades, it’s only recently that…

Artificial Intelligence

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Never Off the Record
Never Off the Record
Artificial Intelligence

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Published in SceneBox

·Aug 20, 2019

When Simulation Isn’t a Game

The vital role of simulators in creating and assessing self driving cars — I played Flight Simulator on a Commodore 64 when I was young. My plane crashed (a lot!) but it didn’t matter because it was just a simulator. The game tested my flying skills by arbitrarily changing the weather or having an instrument fail so I could learn how to react…

Self Driving Cars

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When Simulation Isn’t a Game
When Simulation Isn’t a Game
Self Driving Cars

9 min read


Jul 23, 2019

Why I Install Apps I Can’t Use

Believe What You Haven’t Seen — I keep the top row of icons on my phone for apps that I cannot use. Why allocate such precious real estate to services not available where I live? Primarily to remind me that change is coming, even if I can’t quite access it. One of the most frequent sentiments…

Technology

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Why I Install Apps I Can’t Use
Why I Install Apps I Can’t Use
Technology

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Published in The Startup

·Jul 17, 2019

Sensors & Sensibilities

Driverless cars need all the sensors they can get — cost and style don’t matter (yet) — Self driving cars are not beautiful. I mean that purely aesthetically. Creating safe self driving cars will be a beautiful achievement, but the plethora of sensors protruding from otherwise sleek vehicles rankles with our expectations of smooth, clean car designs. …

Self Driving Cars

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Sensors & Sensibilities
Sensors & Sensibilities
Self Driving Cars

5 min read


Jul 7, 2019

Waiting for the Robocars, Part V

Data Everywhere — cars that watch (out for) you — After Part 1 looked at potential changes to speed the arrival of Robocars and Part 2 looked at the autonomous vehicles we’ll see before driverless cars, Part 3 continued the series by looking at how the incumbents are preparing. Part 4 examined whether those developing driverless cars should consider working…

Self Driving Cars

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Waiting for the Robocars, Part V
Waiting for the Robocars, Part V
Self Driving Cars

5 min read


Published in The Startup

·Jun 26, 2019

Waiting for the Robocars, Part IV

Conflicted Disruptors — After Part 1 looked at potential changes to speed the arrival of Robocars and Part 2 looked at the autonomous vehicles we’ll see before driverless cars, Part 3 continued the series by looking at how the incumbents are preparing. …

Self Driving Cars

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Waiting for the Robocars, Part IV
Waiting for the Robocars, Part IV
Self Driving Cars

3 min read

David Kerrigan

David Kerrigan

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Thoughts about technology and society. Author of five books: details at https://david-kerrigan.com

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