NEXT17 in Tweets #2: Awesome AI, Virtuous Voice and Brilliant Blockchain
As NEXT17's Day One continue, we explored the ubiquity of AI, the role of voice and the potential of blockchain. Here's how attendees reacted…

This is part two of a journey through NEXT17 in Tweets. You can catch part 1 here.
Meanwhile, over in the Copper House, things were heating up for the Gen Z-curious:
#Next17 10 min to go until we lnow more about GEN Z #thinkheads pic.twitter.com/MN0C5yxksS
— Thomas Kabke-Sommer (@TKabke) 21 September 2017
But, back in Schmidts Tivoli, we were hearing about how Adobe was bringing AI into its work in a useful way for its clients:
#Adobe's @trieloff talking about #AI. Humans will still play a part in creating experiences. #Next17 pic.twitter.com/httnmiugRB
— Thomas Meyer (@ThMeyer) 21 September 2017
That’s a relief. I quite like being able to earn money…
With #Adobe you can use #AI as a #creative director. #Next17 #KI pic.twitter.com/mzHvQpDRzu
— Experience Cloud DE (@AdobeExpCloudDE) 21 September 2017
"We have not enough data to destroy humanity yet" @trieloff schließt sich in der #AI Diskussion der Meinung von Zuckerberg an. #NEXT17
— HochschuleMacromedia (@hs_macromedia) 21 September 2017
(That’s also a relief. I quite like not being destroyed.)
#Tech is neither good nor evil – it depends on how people are using it! @trieloff in conversation w @jeremytai @nextconf #Next17 #AI #KI pic.twitter.com/p4MRUDzt69
— Experience Cloud DE (@AdobeExpCloudDE) 21 September 2017
Nandini Stocker and the promise of voice
And talking of how we use tech, how about how we use tech via our voice. Enter Google’s Nandini Stocker:
Now @sevenofnan on bridging the gap to the SciFi Promise of seamless voice interactions #NEXT17 pic.twitter.com/IGIATpIrEh
— Claudia Sommer (@csommer) 21 September 2017
Trust needs to be declared… @sevenofnan laying out the context for A Declaration of Trust. #NEXT17 pic.twitter.com/ZhMdfT8Jbw
— Jeremy Tai Abbett (@jeremytai) 21 September 2017
That pact with the room – that some of what she said would not eb shared – means that tweeting was quite low volume during her talk.
"the elephant in the room" at the #NEXT17 digital sucks: German's discussion about data and privacy @sevenofnan
— Claudia Guener (@_donaukind) 21 September 2017
@sevenofnan asked me to keep the pictures flattering, and I hope this one is okay with her. #conversationsarebasedontrust #NEXT17 pic.twitter.com/yInqi0iwqB
— Antonia Sommer (@Sommer5Antonia) 21 September 2017
"In the future brands will be voices" @sevenofnan @ #next17
— Daniel Druhm (@daddel) 21 September 2017
While a few people appeared to be struggling to spot Nandini’s essential point, some homed right in on it:
Nandini sharing personal stories to tell us that technology / digital might suck but the children will figure it out #Next17
— Stéphanie MITRANO (@innopilots) 21 September 2017
And that’s a valid point. We’re not just building the tech for the next five years, we’re building the environment that will define the next generation. And about that next generation:
Beethoven's 5th can be a bed-time song for an 8 year old daughter? #next17
— Claudia Guener (@_donaukind) September 21, 2017
Best not to judge. My two girls are rather fond of The Prodigy’s Firestarter, thanks to a German comedy sketch…
Blockchain for a better world – or else
Nandini was followed by Shermin Voshmgir, with a key message:
"Blockchain is key technology" #next17 #blockchain pic.twitter.com/Cu53qv9wej
— Nina.HamburgCVB (@NinaHamburgCVB) September 21, 2017
But she had her work cut out for her:
"Who would be comfortable explaining #blockchain?"- show of hands at #NEXT17 prompted by @sherminvo explains the current adoption problem.
— Silvan Jongerius (@silvanjongerius) September 21, 2017
Trust. Already the third speaker talking about trust in digital / inside the digital world. Interesting pattern… #NEXT17 pic.twitter.com/E6XYiAMsfd
— Gesche Roy (@GescheRoy) September 21, 2017
Lost trust is one reason why "Digital sucks". #NEXT17 https://t.co/V3ScpIrCqQ
— Tina Pickhardt (@PickiHH) September 21, 2017
But a nice expresion emerged:
other name for block chain is "trust machine", nice expression #NEXT17 @sherminvo https://t.co/aNXQq8zz0A
— Claudia Guener (@_donaukind) September 21, 2017
Attendees started taking their own key points from the talk:
#blockcain as ultimate tool to democratise the web and empower people to own their data again? @sherminvo at #next17
— Maximilian Weigl (@mbhw) September 21, 2017
Blockchain -> enabling the decentralized web #NEXT17
— FrauLoeh (@frauloeh) September 21, 2017
@sherminvo: #blockchain is decentralized trust. Freeing us from data slavery of today's broken web. Visionary talk at #Next17
— Daniel Hesselbarth (@DanHesselbarth) September 21, 2017
Or even connecting it up with previous speakers:
@DMattin the future of #blockchain, explained by @sherminvo feels like the hippy movement‘s goal you mentioned today at #NEXT17
— Ulf Stoffels (@ulf_st) September 21, 2017
And the finale of the talk left people thinking:
We have to make a decision if we want to create a universal freedom machine or a control machine with #blockchain. @sherminvo #NEXT17
— Maximilian Weigl (@mbhw) September 21, 2017
Blockchain is very powerful: If we don't use it right, we'll end in a terminator scenario – So let's do it right! Thanks @sherminvo #NEXT17
— Katrin Kilianski (@Kiterinski) September 21, 2017
Blockchain. Very well explained from Shermin Voshmgir #NEXT17 pic.twitter.com/rxrr9R5X2i
— Susanne Maisch (@smaisch) September 21, 2017
Musical outro
And let’s finish this segment of your journey through #NEXT17 in Tweets with a little music:
A much appreciated musical break #Next17 pic.twitter.com/X0FCvXaTfA
— Stéphanie MITRANO (@innopilots) September 21, 2017