The key to real AI might be imagination
We humans do not simply react intelligently to what is there, we react to what could be there. And that makes a lot of difference.
On Slippery Ice
The Truth about ChatGPT and Friends — understand what it really does and what that means
On 10 October I gave an (enthusiastically received) explainer talk at the EABPM Conference Europe 2023, making clear what ChatGPT and friends actually do — addressing the technology in a non-technical but correct way — and what that means. That presentation fills the gap between the tech and the results. At the end you will understand what these models really do in a practical sense (so not the technical how) when they handle language, see not only how impressive they are, but also how the errors come to be (with a practical example), and what that means what we may expect from this technology in the future.
Yes, 2-speed IT is real, but not like you think
The idea of 2-speed IT has been doing the round…
Yes, 2-speed IT is real, but not like you think
The idea of 2-speed IT has been doing the rounds for a while. It is now dying. But in a different way, it is actually a really important aspect of IT.
Is Your Consultant a Parasite?
Good consultants do exist. But so do parasitic ones. This story is about why they happen and how to spot them.
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The many lies about reducing complexity part 2: Cloud
The world has been getting a lot more complex, most…
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Gossip, Trust and the Information Revolution
Our massive use of IT (the information revolution with its information inertia and its fast but stupid behaviour) is enabling our innate behaviour to surge against our learned behaviour and that is severely damaging the social structures we humans have created. Why is this happening and what can we do about it?
IT is us
The amount of IT we have brought in the world is turning the human species into something ‘extended’. IT has behaviour and as such is an amplifier of our intentions. IT is us, it is inseparable from us. What culture does your organisation’s IT embody?
Blame the mathematicians!
During the Christmas vacation I was working on the renovation…
To be and not to be — is that the answer?
In a previous article that was about useful-to-know Achilles’ heels…
Something is (still) rotten in the kingdom of artificial intelligence
Nobody can deny that artificial intelligence (or machine learning, deep…
Panta Rhei — How more ‘agile’ can make you less agile
Agile and DevOps are on the rise. Hardly anyone these…