The document highlights the top three sessions from SXSW 2019, focusing on themes such as the future of retail, cultural appropriation, and the influence of sci-fi on technology perceptions. Key takeaways include the need for AI in retail applications and critical questions about cultural adoption. The document also emphasizes the importance of respecting the narratives of non-dominant cultures and the role of storytelling in technology discussions.

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SXSW 2019
Top Three Sessions

2. Top Three SXSW 2019
These slides are an excerpt of an
inspiration sharing talk I did at
Liganova in April.
Here are my top three sessions from
South by Southwest 2019.

3. „You should say no to any project that
takes longer than a year – AI or not!“

4. Session-Title
The Future of Supermarkets
and Retail
Key Takeaways Links
1. Forget general AI. Use Machine
Learning for vertical retail applications.
2. Don’t do promotion planning or similar
„spreadsheet-tasks“ without AI.
3. The future of retail is about new
acronyms: BOPIS, BOLSFS, ROPIS, …
Session Description
Soundcloud Track
Retail AI Platform "Rubikloud"
Top Three SXSW 2019
„You should say no to any project that takes longer
than a year – AI or not!“ – Kerry Liu

5. „Cultural appropriation is when you
love the food, the clothes, but you
don't respect the people.“

6. Session-Title
Cultural Appropriation vs.
Cultural Appreciation
Key Takeaways Links
Recommended questions to ask, if you
adopt elements of a non-dominant culture.
1. Is this sacred?
2. Do I cause harm?
3. Do I do the work to know enough?
4. Can I tell the story?
Session Description
„Cultural appropriation is when you love the food, the
clothes, but you don't respect the people.“ – Chas Moore
Top Three SXSW 2019

7. „90 percent of blockchain
conversations are nonconsensual.“

8. Session-Title
Untold AI: Is Sci-Fi Telling Us
the Right Stories?
Key Takeaways Links
1. Sci-Fi influences our opinions on tech.
2. Chris Noessel matched movie tropes
and practitioner’s manifesti to find
blind spots (see link on the right!!).
3. These panelists are fantastic speakers
and should be at me Convention 2019.
Session Description
"Untold AI" poster by Chris
New Book by Cory
Top Three SXSW 2019
„90 percent of blockchain conversations are
nonconsensual.“ – Cory Doctorow

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