Blockchain bots: Why we need a decentralised and open AI future
My article in the International Business Times… Blockchain bots: Why we need a decentralised and open AI future Nathan Shedroff is Executive Director at Seed Vault Ltd By Nathan Shedroff November 14,...
View ArticleMake it So in Paris
My talk at the d.school Paris’ D.EVENT conference this past Summer on how science fiction is one of the ways we use creativity to think about the future.
View ArticleIt’s the Relationship, Stupid!
I don’t post on Medium very often (or here, for that matter), but when I have something to say… https://medium.com/@nathanshedroff/its-the-relationship-stupid-a1863a70f6d6#.7mre9fq4u
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IKEA Instructions Proposal
Way back in 1998, I and a three others at TheUnderstandingBuinsess worked on a quick proposal to IKEA to redesign their assembly instructions (just imagine if they had taken us up on the idea!). To...
View ArticleTeaching Sustainability
Last week, I participated in a webcast for Sustainable Minds on using their tool for teaching and, non general, how we teach sustainability to our students. Creating Knowledge Workers for the Greener...
View ArticleAspen Design Conference 1981
I just found this poster online and it reminded me that my design journey really started at this conference in the Colorado Rookies in 1981. I hadn’t heard of the conference but I went on the...
View ArticleBusiness Today Needs Deanna Troi
When Paramount debuted Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, it included not only new characters but new roles for those who commanded Starfleet ships. Among the most original was the character of...
View ArticleEverything Grows From SEED
For the past 6 months, I’ve been working on a fascinating and exciting new project. I’ve dipped more than my toes into the digital currency world, I’ve dived in and started swimming around. We just...
View ArticleCUIs Throughout History
This is a selection of Conversational User Interfaces I’ve pulled-together to talk about the history of natural interfaces and the lessons we might learn for CUIs in the future.
View ArticleInterview at Singularity
I had almost forgot about the fun time I had being interviewed by Lisa Kay Solomon at Singularity earlier this year but it’s finally hit the Net:...
View ArticleWhat are CUIs and Why Should Brands Care?
My latest Medium post: https://medium.com/seedtoken/what-are-cuis-and-why-should-brands-care-27af6f13a79
View ArticleGod’s Bot: The First Conversational User Interface
https://medium.com/seedtoken/gods-bot-the-first-conversational-user-interface-3747d436b7a7
View ArticleAI is going to take our jobs. Just not the ones you thought.
https://medium.com/seedtoken/ai-is-going-to-take-our-jobs-just-not-the-ones-you-thought-1590c7329e93
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IcellatorX Interface
This was my first medical device and it’s a fascinating piece of machinery. The IcellatorX is a next-generation device that works with adipose fat to isolate stem cells for medical use. These devices...
View ArticleEvery Company Should Have a Social Mission
There should be fewer differences between for-profits and non-profits than you think. One of the deepest lies about business in the USA has been perpetrated for at least70 years: “the business of...
View ArticleFinancial Value isn’t the Most Important Value in Business
There is more to business and the world than merely function and price. Contrary to most of how traditional business understands value, there are more kinds than merely financial value. The myopia of...
View ArticleThe Coming Extinction-Level Event for Brands
Here’s my dire warning from the edge of the future. In the 1990s, the World Wide Web began to free companies, allowing them to build direct relationships with their customers. Before this, retail...
View ArticleAll Your Customers Are Belong To Us
The greatest threat to business, is business, itself — specifically a handful of companies that can control access to nearly all customers. In most of the pre-Web days (B.W.), some companies controlled...
View ArticleIt’s Not Silicon Valley Anymore
One of the things I’m most thankful to my parents for* is growing-up in Silicon Valley. To me, that means “a place where starting your own business wasn’t mythology, it was what the neighbors did.”...
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