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• Skynet vs. Mad Max: Battle for the Future

  by Mel Exon, Tom Uglow and jeremyet

  Forget the hype surrounding the social web for a moment, what about something a little further out? This talk will paint a picture of two possible futures, along the way asking the audience to help decide in 2012 if either has a snowball's chance in hell of becoming a reality. Choose between:

  1. Brands and users operate in a future-perfect environment of algorithm-driven, sublime relevance, where no nanobyte of data is wasted. Brands display artificial intelligence - becoming, in effect, self-aware - able to determine without human intervention how best to serve their customers. This leads to a glorious future of zero spam and delightful indolence amongst humanity as AI machines do all the work.. for now.

  OR

  2. Brands and their users seek to fight for discovery and serendipity. Attempting at every juncture to circumvent the algorithmic tramlines laid down for their own good. Co-creating an open web with benevolent, politically neutral technology partners and real-world spaces where tech simply does not penetrate, this is the Wild West, 2050.

  • Algorithms
  • Future
  • Serendipity
  • Social Media

  At 5:00pm to 6:00pm, Sunday 11th March

  In Capital Ballroom A, InterContinental Stephen F. Austin

  Coverage audio clip