AI that thinks more like a Human is on the way

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Children’s abilities in focus for the next generation AI

Artificial intelligence is not at all smart. As a matter of fact, a three-month-baby is much smarter than any AI-system, which is something that researchers at MIT have acknowledged. The team has started exploring the fundamentals of human intelligence. With the aim to in the first step “reverse-engineer human intelligence”. Then in the long term to build a machine that learns like a baby and in the next step like a child. To accomplish this… Continue reading

To be an interactive storyteller

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To be an interactive storyteller

Curiosity builds bridges between what you already know and what you want to know. The engine for curiosity is interactivity that can be formed with an almost unlimited amount of methods, design and techniques. This could mean the interactivity between the reader and the printed story. Between the viewer and a video- or sound-sequence or to actually interact in or with the content in different ways. It is in this interactivity where the magic and… Continue reading

The origins of storytelling give evidence of a shared cultural history

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The origins of storytelling give evidence of a shared cultural history

The origins of storytelling The power of an engaging story can change the world or keep it on its tracks. In this perspective fairy tales that lived on for hundreds of years has shown to be a powerful timeless source to influence societies. Recent research from Durham University anthropologist Dr Jamie Tehrani, and folklorist Sara Graça da Silva, from the New University of Lisbon, shows that fairy tales like “Beauty and the Beast” is much… Continue reading

The Publishing Industry towards a new Reality

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The Publishing Industry towards a new Reality

Digitalisation is transforming the whole publishing industry, new business models that profoundly decreasing the dependency of the old is appearing and getting consolidated. In this spirit, the publishing companies are streamlining their cost structures, strengthening their balance sheets and restructuring their portfolios. The revenues for newspapers is becoming more diversified. Instead of an exclusive focus on traditional advertising and subscription. Digitalisation is adding more value in the form of revenue from broadcasting, digital properties, new… Continue reading

How to Engage with Gamification for Serious Results

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How to Engage with Gamification for Serious Results

Add game mechanics with engaging triggers like exploring, gaining recognition for efforts in real time, advancing on the Leaderboard, choosing and refining strategy, gaining new knowledge and skills are features that interact with the human mind. Then put all this in a real-world scenario. The outcome is gamification and a boosted environment to engage to reach your organisational goals. As Professor Nick Flor at Anderson School of Management writes: “Primitive humans evolved an innate affinity… Continue reading