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How is having data more valuable than selling a physical hamburger? If the data engineering program of McDonald's was so encompassing as to engulf the entire Ea
by makerdiety 2y ago
How is having data more valuable than selling a physical hamburger? If the data engineering program of McDonald's was so encompassing as to engulf the entire Earth like a paperclip maximizer, creating the astronomical sized volume of data required for a data science that can do something or enable a scientist-operator to know something, then yes, the maximization of mobile app installations for a data farm should be done. But a company like McDonald's isn't taking over the planet, nor could it ever. It doesn't have the skills or the talent needed for a global viewpoint and operation. McDonald's is intermediate or marginal to intelligence, rather than having an adjacency which is close to super-intelligence.
So, are the modern corporations making a big mistake with their current information technology trends and goals?
- orwin 2y ago> So, are the modern corporations making a big mistake with their current information technology trends and goals? Imho, yes. They think they can improve their marketing efficiency with it, but the truth is that the effects cannot be measured. As ex-sales and ex-marketers tends to be overepresented at the exec level of $bigco, they will say it does have an effect, but its mostly wishful thinking.