This post is a bit off my main topics, bit I thought it perhaps relevant to many of you. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its derivatives Generative AI, aka Large Language Models (LLM)—which is a real thing—, and hyped buzz words superintelligence and artificial general intelligence—not real things— are all over the news with loads of hype. Over at my technology blog The Manufacturing Connection, I try to get behind the hype diving into real-world applications (in manufacturing, of course).
Those of you who might have your mental and emotional equilibrium knocked a bit off center by the AI hype might find something in the tips I just shared. Consider this as a Public Service Announcement.
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Why pursue AI? As a tool to help entrepreneurs add value to their companies. The appropriate roll out entails organizing small “pirate ships” empowered to experiment and implement with a budget and air cover. Many concerns about AI’s impact on employment and organization are over blown. History shows that new technology winds up creating more jobs than it destroys. This podcast is sponsored by Inductive Automation.
Humans have developed and used technology for millennia. It has provided longer and better lives. It has also created great destruction (check out current photos from Gaza). It’s up to humans to decide how to use it.
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