Will Tomorrow's Adaptive Technology Make Us Dumber?

Five of the world's primary players in developing adaptive software products need to further explore how adaptation can make people dumber.

The field of adaptation, where systems learn user tastes, and adapt products to each user's unique tastes will become an even bigger part of future technology than most of today's futurists may realize.

The world leaders in adaptation include IBM, Microsoft, Google, FaceBook. The largest known and broadest patent applications on adaptations are coming from Innovation Institute's Genius Adaptive Design www.GeniusAdaptiveDesign.com and other adaptive patent applications.

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