Multiple Selves vs Better Bots

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'Multiple Selves,' Not Better Bots, Is AI's 'Personal Productivity' Future

Published on April 3, 2017 Featured in: Big Ideas & Innovation, Productivity, Technology

by Michael Schrage,   visiting fellow at imperial college business school, innovation & entrepreneurship

MIT Sloan School's 'Initiative on the Digital Economy' recently published some of my new work on how the future of (inter)personal productivity inside the enterprise and out belongs to 'digital selves.' My essential argument: AI's true algorithmic impact will come more from 'Augmenting Introspection' than 'Artificial Intelligence.' We'll see 'Quantified Selves' emerging from the 'Quantified Self' as talented individuals and ambitious firms mash-up all manner of data and 'workplace analytics' in their collective quest to become more valuable and more productive. ... " 

Brainwaves Added to the Quantified Self

Word of a kickstarter project called Melon that would gather brainwaves.  Another example of the quantified self. Also, related this to neuromarketing, there might be the potential to market you brainwaves under different contexts.  " ... The device will use EEG (electroencephalography) to measure brain activity and will come with an iOS app that will provide feedback to the user on “how focused” they are during given any point. According to the screenshots, users will be able to log what activity their doing for a given time and the Melon headband will provide a “focus score” on a 1 – 10 scale to inform users when their brain most focused. Melon’s iOS app will also contain a number of games and exercises to help users improve their focus while using their band. ... "