Writing in a world with ChatGPT Several jobs and their associated skills face existential threats from automation. Conventional wisdom, and assertions from inventors, almost always focus on automating activities that detract from the human experience by removing physical burdens or eliminating mind-numbing tedium. Automation frees humans, it is argued; it unleashes them from … [Read more...] about Co-Existing with the ChatGPT: Standing Up to AI’s Attack on Writing and Art
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Naivete and the Fight Against Facial Recognition
The fight against facial recognition and its reflection of systemic racism in algorithms and the training data sets fails to see the context for why the technology will likely continue to be developed. The bigger issue isn't facial recognition but the "fake it till you make it" culture of software development that ships tools that aren't ready, to markets that don't know how to … [Read more...] about Naivete and the Fight Against Facial Recognition
Time to Take on Time as X.AI Repositions and Extends Scheduling Agent Features
Time to Take on Time as X.AI Repositions and Extends Scheduling Agent Features Summary AI scheduling service provider x.ai relaunched their scheduling service at the end of 2018. They have delivered more accessible pricing models for entrepreneurs, Gig Economy workers and enterprise team, along with a more elegant on-boarding experience. Serious Insights has been using … [Read more...] about Time to Take on Time as X.AI Repositions and Extends Scheduling Agent Features
CES 2019 Wrap-up: What We Learned and the Best of CES 2019 [Video]
CES 2019 Wrap-up: What We Learned and the Best of CES 2019 Last week at this time I was cool hunting the floor of the Las Vegas convention center in search of the questions Serious Insights found most pressing about the future of work. I managed to find a few items of interest. The major hype ended up focusing on AI and 5G. To that theme, AP posted a headline that read: “CES … [Read more...] about CES 2019 Wrap-up: What We Learned and the Best of CES 2019 [Video]
KMWorld 2018: Knowledge Management in the Age of AI, IoT and XR
KMWorld 2018: Knowledge Management in the Age of AI, IoT and XROn November 7, 2018, I gave a talk at KMWorld 2018 on knowledge management in the age of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things (IoT) and XR (AR/VR/Mixed reality). This is a post based on that talk. It is not a transcript. IntroductionWhen it comes to the discussion of AI for knowledge management, much of … [Read more...] about KMWorld 2018: Knowledge Management in the Age of AI, IoT and XR
