Big Data Is Dead. Long Live, Artificial Intelligence. - SuccessfulWorkplace

Fifteen years of technology craziness and we've finally arrived squarely in the year 2001. We're back to the future because Silicon Valley in particular (and tech in general) has hyped Big Data for several years without answering the vital question, "To what end?" Having vast amounts of data was at first a problem, then an opportunity, before it settled in as an über-talked-about way to sell just about any variety of software. You Valley types know exactly what I'm talking about. So why 2001, and June 29, 2001 to be more specific? That's the moment that the hype over artificial intelligence hit its high water mark with the release of Spielberg's film, A.I. Artificial Intelligence.