Mathematician George Boole thought of the algebraic formula x=x2 that realized decisions were binary yes or no. When indecision shopping for products like which mustard to pick, it’s a process deciding what to buy and what not be buy that can be seen as a zero and one. If a customer is not sure, theyContinue reading “Boolean algebra with zeros and ones”
Category Archives: Natural Intelligence (NI)
Eating digitally: Digital food in a physical world and physical food in a digital world
Food and technology are converging in digital and physical forms. We can view food with our digital devices. We can eat food digitally but that may be reality in the future. Digital food, food that humans download on micro files and ingest in our minds and bodies, supplying our nutritional needs and desires, will beContinue reading “Eating digitally: Digital food in a physical world and physical food in a digital world”
Should robots get a lunch break?
Robots and other types of machines move things and speed up progress. Some clean floors, as others calculate data. There are others that are being designed to look and talk like humans. As a kid I remember have a 2XL robot. You put in an 8 track cassette and use it to answer questions andContinue reading “Should robots get a lunch break?”
Will there be a retail renaissance?
It has been said in every part of the world that the times we are living in are challenging and uncertain. Many areas are being affected like public health, food supply, real estate, education, — you name it, things have been shaken. And let us not forget the economy that has seen people out ofContinue reading “Will there be a retail renaissance?”
The future of retail shopping may not require humans
As a blogger, and retail analyst and thinker I cannot help but observe shoppers. This includes shopping physically and virtually, — that is online. But I think technology is going to take us on a different direction. Shopping without the human interaction. This may seem like a far fetched thought, but here is what IContinue reading “The future of retail shopping may not require humans”
End of long lines at supermarkets? AI will most likely buy, pay and deliver groceries in 25 years
Customers prefer not to wait to pay for groceries at supermarkets. They get frustrated not finding an open aisle, or noticing a customer questioning a price and the cashier voiding an item. Time is valuable, especially when grocery shoppers are in a hurry. We tolerate lines but prefer not to. This is why the grabContinue reading “End of long lines at supermarkets? AI will most likely buy, pay and deliver groceries in 25 years”
Artificial Intelligence and the end or new beginning of customer service
Can we say that artificial intelligence is smarter than real intelligence? I am not sure how to answer this. Especially when it relates to customer service. Customer service to me is walking into a supermarket and a human employee says “Hello (with a smile), can (or how) I help you find something today?” Artificial customerContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence and the end or new beginning of customer service”
Grocery shopping and the case for both natural and artificial intelligence
Admittedly, when I go grocery shopping at the supermarket I do not bring a shopping list with me. Sometimes my mobile phone battery is low or I cannot get a Wifi signal. Nor do I have a robotic arm to pluck items off the grocery shelf at lightning speed like the Bionic Woman or theContinue reading “Grocery shopping and the case for both natural and artificial intelligence”
Grocer On a Mission 