DATA: THE NEXT BIG REVOLUTION

Elisa/ Echo/Siri are becoming common household names and the use of these gizmos being flaunted by us as new found passport to be counted "In". During my last US trip I wanted to buy Echo, when my brother (a Computer Science Professor in US) cautioned me. "Do you wish to compromise on your bedroom privacy?"

The above is just to illustrate as to how serious is the business of data mining, AI and how relentlessly it is being pursued on naive and gullible consumers and more than happy people waiting to flaunt their new found pastime. We are reckless, more than eager to part with ,what we consider as info of no concern to anybody. Could this be considered as "Recycling and mining from waste?" 

Lets take a look at Linked In! When you join, in the fine print they made us agree to a declaration that says , " Any information submitted is at the user's own risk of loss."

There are no comebacks, no erasures or delete buttons! There  are billions of Face Book users who happily share their minute to minute details on the net.

This is the new intelligence gathering mechanisms in today"s fight for supremacy.  

 Reminds me of the Trilogy written by Alvin Toffler, way back in 70's: Future Shock, The Third Wave and The Power Shift ! Wish he was alive to see the next Shock,wave and the power shift that has come faster than expected !

The new revolution is -  the Data revolution!  Data is Power and Power is Data!!

We are laggards in the field of Artificial Intelligence, with maximum number of patents having been filed by the Chinese. Companies  such as Alibaba and Tencent, who  have been building data at a fast pace.

Crime and Terror are the new face of our future wars! Hope this shall allow us to understand the new doctrine and downsizing of the conventional war machine, both in size and status.