The Data Hiding in Plain Sight | Two Guys in a Random Forest Ep. 3

What can pizza orders, fitness apps and Pokémon GO reveal about the world? In this episode, we explore the Pentagon Pizza Index, Strava’s military data leak, prediction markets, autonomous drones and how AI agents are transforming the way we work. Symbyte is a Cape Town-based data and analytics consultancy that helps businesses unlock more value from their data through AI, predictive analytics, strong data foundations, lakehouses, semantic reporting layers, and data products. Explore Symbyte: https://symbyte.tech/ 00:00 Pokémon GO and autonomous drones 00:24 Welcome to Dialed In Random Forest 00:46 Meet the hosts and guest 01:44 What does your personal data reveal? 06:09 The Pentagon Pizza Index 10:24 How Strava exposed military activity 13:49 Finding aircraft carriers with tugboat data 15:26 Prediction markets and the wisdom of crowds 19:47 Could Pokémon GO data train autonomous drones? 21:50 GeoGuessr, AI and visual intelligence 25:09 Journal Corner: Meetings vs. Uber Eats 29:25 Turning screenshots into usable data 33:07 How AI agents are transforming work 37:15 From months of development to hours 40:57 Why AI agents suddenly became useful 42:34 How to start working with AI agents 43:14 Closing thoughts #Symbyte #DataAnalytics #DataEngineering #AI #MachineLearning #PredictiveAnalytics #Podcast