Facing the transformation required for growth, thriving, and even survival, the non-profit finds itself in a white-water rapids situation. The team is ill prepared, unsure of its roles, and challenged with the eddies and rocks and constantly dealing with change.
In 1993, Vernor Vinge wrote of a coming technological singularity where artificial super intelligence (ASI) ignites explosive growth in knowledge creation. So, where will all this knowledge come from? Knowledge
Once a consultant’s tool for slashing corporate costs (and boosting CEO and consultant bonuses), Business Process Reengineering is making a bold return.
On January 20th, President Trump rescinded Executive Order 14110, a Biden directive fostering the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” Big Tech can now, as Mark Zuckerberg said, “Move fast and break things.”
Large Language Models (LLMs) are spinning their wheels in a quest to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI). Now, new breeds of slimmed-down AI models are gaining traction — the destination may surprise
The industrial age brought enormous benefits but also the First Great Pollution of our physical environment. Similarly, the benefits of IT are now being offset by the Second Great Pollution – of our ‘Infosphere’ – by social media and AI spreading mis/disinformation, vitriol, fakes, hallucinations, etc. We discuss the resulting harms to Society and recommend urgent countermeasures.
Some experts predict we will reach AGI within a decade — or sooner. But hold off polishing the medals. Reaching the AGI finish line requires overcoming significant hurdles along the way.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) hits the headlines every day with its promises of new benefits for mankind, but also by concerns about new harms. Normal commercial investment and competition will ensure we get the new benefits, but the harms of AI are already evident and many are very difficult to deal with; ‘AI Safety’ is therefore an urgent priority.