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Author Archives: Doug Bergman
Why the double standard?
Self-driving cars: Over 1 million people die in road traffic accidents each year in the world, 20 to 50 million people suffer non-fatal injuries. According to this report , Since 2019, there have been almost 4000 autonomous vehicle accidents. with … Continue reading
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Do you need a human? Or AI?
Would you be OK interacting with an AI doctor, as compared with a human doctor? How do you know when you should use a human, instead of AI? First, you need to know how AI LLMs work. They are intelligent … Continue reading
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The good ol’ days of AI Natives
We call the most recent generation ‘digital natives’ because they have never known anything other than smartphones, smart watches, smart devices, and the internet. They have nothing to compare it to. They don’t shy away from technology and they are not … Continue reading
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The Cost of Learning
The cost of learning is minimal, but the cost of NOT learning is HUGE. Business leaders, are you measuring the costs only in money?
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Do we still need Computer Science in an AI world?
Absolutely. The programs and applications that we use to access AI are written in code. The algorithms that are used to train models for machine learning are written in code. The data that are collected, and the data wrangling that … Continue reading
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The place of AI in 2024
The automobile The airplane The phone The internet The smart phone And…..artificial intelligence Every technology breakthrough from the last 100 years has transformed society. Some overnight, and some over decades. Every one of these has incredible potential for doing amazing … Continue reading
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Story
The human brain craves story. Books, libraries, movies, poems, literature, myths, legends, even stories in science astrology signs, zodiac patterns, songs, novels, short stories, magazines, even religion. How many us can describe the scene in Titanic where Jack spread his … Continue reading
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The Coming Wave
As promised, here is a summary and reflection on the ideas in (co-founder of DeepMind, co-founder of Inflection AI) Mustafa Suleyman’s new book, The Coming Wave. What the author does well in the book is show where and how AI … Continue reading
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Un-Learning Un-training, Un-workshop
Ask yourself Is there a lack of excitement and energy around learning and training in your organization? Are learning and training viewed as a requirement and not an opportunity? Is there a disconnect between training and the people being trained? … Continue reading
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Digital Natives and ChatGPT. (Not what you think)
In regards to this Scientific American article. AI in education. Ah yes. The big conundrum. We forget students are still kids, still learning how the world works. Their brain is still developing. How does AI impact that? Yes, they are … Continue reading
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