English | EN Expert Talk: Ted Dunning on singularity, privacy and consumers in a Big Data world (part 2)
Jun 18, 2012
“Consumers are asking for a better exchange in value or else they go somewhere else”
“The way people assume transitions will happen is not the way they will happen, because those are the ones that already been thought of”
“A person should have a right to pull the curtains closed”
Exploring the Big Data realm, we often talk to some of the most profound experts in the industry. We talk to them about their visions on technology and business, the impact of Big Data and what key concepts we should consider in our research. We would like to share these ‘Expert Talks’ with you during the next couple of months. We also would like to encourage you to share your reflections in the comments. Today in our video section, part two of our talk with Ted Dunning: Ted Dunning, Chief Application Architect at MapR Technologies.
We talked about the position of the consumer regarding Big Data and the role of algorithms and recommendation engines. Dunnings expertise in this area is widely known as he contributed to one of the largest peer-assisted video distribution systems and some ground-breaking music and video recommendations systems. Dunning shares his vision on a valuable exchange between data collectors and consumers whose data is collected, a redefinition of privacy, the role of smart recommendation engine and ‘reflective intelligence’ in a era over information overload and technological singularity.
Q: What will happen when the consumer starts demanding a piece of the profits of this data pile?
Q: What is the role of recommendation systems for consumers in an overload of information?
Q: Should we redefine what privacy means in a data saturated society?
Q: Will machines or algorithms be able to make decisions for us and where should we draw the between man and machine in a data information knowledge chain?
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