
You need to pick a fight with an AI today
As humans we feel duty bound to point out how much we know to others, especially if we think it’s incorrect. We do it often, sometimes in real life and frequently online. Reddit, twitter, Facebook, especially Quora, any forum on

Quantum Mechanic Behaviors in Humans – The Plot Thickens
An article was published recently entitled ‘Quantum mechanics could explain why DNA can spontaneously mutate’. If you aren’t that familiar with quantum mechanics, the key takeaway that makes this headline startling is that it claims there is a quantum impact

Could these 3 clues unlock the future of AI?
There are a number of developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence that signal it might be time for a directional change. Progress has been rapid in the last few years and AI is being implemented faster than we’ve had

See the Results of our Knowledge Gain Survey
In October 2021, we conducted user research to understand how people gain knowledge, specifically when they want to learn about something new. Why did we do it? Our Recommend feature is all about finding shortcuts to wisdom so we wanted

AI’s are Smart but it’s Humans that know where to look for Wisdom
We have enormous amounts of knowledge at our disposal so you’d think it would be easy to become an expert these days. If only this were true! Sadly we aren’t all super smart just because the internet exists. Despite the

Capturing Shortcuts to Wisdom in a Human Way (Until AI gets better)
I’ve always been so grateful whenever I’ve received a helpful recommendation of what to read or watch. This led me to consider whether it was possible to build a service that could capture that sentiment and scale it. After all

A Formula for Wisdom
I’ve been searching for some kind of mathematical calculation that could be used as a value for wisdom. It’s a pretty tall order as wisdom itself is prone to a lot of subjectivity. What exactly constitutes wisdom and who can

How do we get New Content to People – Curation or Personalization?
The phenomenal amount of online content and its unstoppable growth, means this problem of funneling new information through curation and personalization is one of the most important challenges we face today.

Re-imagining The Enlightenment for the Digital Age
The following is a guest post by Rubi Kaur They say in order to look forward, you must first look back, back into history. As Steve Jobs once said “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only

The New Mission is to Find the Most Human Information
Search results are impressive right now. We can access the exact information we want with minimal effort. It’s almost too easy. Start typing and before you’ve finished, the answer pops up. Plus the best thing is that everyone has

What’s the ‘I’ in AI really for?
We equate ‘Intelligence’ in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to a form of learning where we arrive at decisions through logical steps and calculations. It makes sense and appears to be the way humans do learn. In a world where everything is

Human centered is more than a design process
Human centered design has been around for a long time. It’s established in many product development or design processes and regarded as an effective way to understand a user’s needs. The ‘human’ focus means it’s a great tool to problem