What can Tay teach us about social media?

What, besides figuring out that trolls (some of whom work here at bloomfield knoble) rule the Internet, can Tay teach us about social media? By now you’ve probably heard about the rise (and very dramatic fall) of Microsoft’s Tay, an artificially intelligent bot on Twitter. Microsoft was hoping to show off that it had made significant

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True Artificial Intelligence Closer to Reality

I, for one, welcome our new computer overlord. I’ve seen enough movies to know that an Artificial Intelligence will rule the planet some day. While these usually end up going pretty poorly for humans (The Matrix, Terminator), I’m hoping that a pro-AI article (most likely being read by the AI) will allow me a position

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The Branding Genius of Amazon Dash

First and foremost, let me make a confession: I’m pretty lazy. In fairness to me – as well as a desire to keep my job here at bloomfield knoble, I’m actually only lazy at some things – more specifically, things that I don’t consider important like: what I wear; what consumer goods I buy; consumption choices,

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The bk ‘We Care’ Campaign Launches for 2016

I know, I know. The year just ended and you were barraged with social media messages about holiday charitable support from seemingly every company in the U.S. Holiday charitable support now seems as ubiquitous to the holiday season as “Holiday Sales Events” (kill me). At that time of year we, bloomfield knoble (bk), may appear to

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Southbound ‘Thirty-Five’

2015 has been quite a busy year, one that has brought about a number of changes for both bloomfield knoble and myself. Most notably, I was recently afforded the opportunity to become somewhat of a conquistador, planting the orange bk flag in a new center for emerging ideas, creative ventures and business prosperity… In September,

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bk Life

Southbound 'Thirty-Five'

2015 has been quite a busy year, one that has brought about a number of changes for both bloomfield knoble and myself. Most notably, I was recently afforded the opportunity to become somewhat of a conquistador, planting the orange bk flag in a new center for emerging ideas, creative ventures and business prosperity… In September,

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