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The four steps of DIKW
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Data (raw facts), information (data with context), knowledge (a pattern you can act on), wisdom (knowing whether you should).
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Define: data
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Raw facts, figures or symbols with no context to give them meaning.
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Define: information
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Data that has been given context, so that it means something.
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Which step do machines struggle with?
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Wisdom. They can find patterns, but deciding whether acting on a pattern is right is a choice about values.
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