x.ai scheduling bot heads to the enterprise If you want to experience AI in a meaningful way, you need to look at x.ai’s meeting scheduling service. I have written about them before just as they were emerging from incubation (see Testing Amy: What it’s like to have appointments scheduled by an AI assistant at GeekWire). In late 2017, x.ai promoted its two agent … [Read more...] about x.ai scheduling bot heads to the enterprise
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Amazon Alexa Frailty: Syntax Fragmentation in the Skill Ecosystem
Amazon Alexa Frailty: Syntax Fragmentation in the Skill Ecosystem Amazon Alexa has a frailty problem and it's me. I can’t remember all of the special syntax required to make its skills work. Unlike an app, where I click and am brought into an environment that offers visual clues and instructions, I’m stuck with Alexa either not understanding me or lecturing me. Neither of … [Read more...] about Amazon Alexa Frailty: Syntax Fragmentation in the Skill Ecosystem
Avoid Microsoft Teams Front-End for Curated Microsoft SharePoint Sites
Microsoft Teams SharePoint Front-End? Microsoft Team’s continues to evolve. Teams offers some good basic collaboration features, but one thing the product has not evolved into is a knowledge management front-end to SharePoint. It is true that Teams is built on SharePoint. While, Teams is a major advance over the simple Team Sites that existed in previous versions … [Read more...] about Avoid Microsoft Teams Front-End for Curated Microsoft SharePoint Sites
8 CES 2018 Untrends
CES 2018 Untrends This year I am writing about CES 2018 from the sidelines, but with the number of press releases that have flowed into my inbox, I don’t feel like I’m missing much. And my feet have already sent me a thank you note from the future. Top-line: The biggest underlying shift at CES 2018 comes from it turning into a software show rather than a hardware show, at … [Read more...] about 8 CES 2018 Untrends
Disneyland Tomorrowland Abandons The Future: And What They Should Do About It
Disneyland Tomorrowland (Photo credit: Daniel W. Rasmus) Disneyland Tomorrowland Abandons the Future in: What Should Disney Do? Walt Disney was a major advocate for the future. He designed Disneyland's Tomorrowland to showcase emerging ideas and technologies, to intrigue and inspire. Disney has all but abandoned science in favor of fantasy. While some might point to … [Read more...] about Disneyland Tomorrowland Abandons The Future: And What They Should Do About It