After writing an article a few years ago called “Big Data is Dead,” it feels a bit clichéd to call things “dead.” So I won’t say any such thing about the Modern Data Stack. It does, however, appear very, very sleepy. Someone should go and poke it with a stick.

The Modern Data Stack – deceased or just drowsy?

While we’re all dead in the long run, one thing that is different now is that AI is bringing the “long run” a lot closer than it has ever been. In the last couple of years, AI has forever changed a number of professions that were once thought to be safe from disruption. From art to software engineering, AI is changing how people get things done, and changing things much faster than you’d expect.

… The interesting question to me is, “What comes next?” If we assume models continue to get better, companies capitalize on the opportunities, things get tied together in a nice bow, what does the world look like? What could it look like? Let’s start with what we know. — Read More