Preparing the Smart Machine Platform and Data Analysis Tools for Tomorrow's Workers 7wData

In the future, they will determine the precise date when the traditional notion of privacy expired -- probably some moment in 1999. It will take a couple of decades at least for humanity to comprehend the abilities and reach of modern surveillance, and the unfathomable amount of data being generated and collected. For example, satellites can now identify objects as small as 50 centimeters across, according to X Prize Foundation founder Nick Diamandis. Diamandis is quoted by IDG News Service's James Niccolai in a September 24, 2015 article. The researcher states that data analysis systems such as IBM's Watson are the only way to extract useful information from the enormous stores of data we now collect.