The superpowers of the new economy are also the buzz words changing how the world interacts: Artificial intelligence, the "internet of things" and edge computing are the megatrends dominating the conversation on both a business and a personal level. "Practical everyday things are being done in AI," said David Floyer, co-host of theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media's mobile livestreaming studio. "It's going from being a niche to being just everyday use, and its impact long-term is profound." TheCUBE co-host Dave Vellante joined Floyer during today's Micron Insight event in San Francisco. They discussed recent developments in storage and memory, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing Micron Technology Inc. in the marketplace (see the full interview with transcript here).

Data is what separates business disruptors from the disrupted in the Digital Age. It has made millionaires and billionaires already, and the game has just teed up. More data means heftier profits -- but only if it's refined and delivered to end users on time and piping hot. Artificial intelligence can speed up data's ingestion-to-insight cycle, but training AI models is super compute-heavy -- generally too heavy for "internet of things" edge devices, where data is increasingly taking up residence. How will digital businesses squeeze the AI camel through the internet of things needle's eye?