I am a genius
Risk researchers are in demand as companies try to make AI safer
AI is creating jobs and not just for hucksters trying to undermine democracy. Last week on B2B Wins I talked about the ethics of AI. Everyone is thinking about this and now we see jobs being created in both software companies and enterprises using this tech to better understand the risk. Forget prompt engineering. Get a deep understanding of AI risk.
Laws of Nature
What is Amara’s Law and why it’s more important now than ever
I was reminded of Amara’s Law earlier this week when chatting with a buddy of mine. Sometimes attributed to Bill Gates, Amara’s Law states very simply: “We tend to overestimate the effect of technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run”. Last year’s AI-feeding frenzy and perhaps the current downturn of investment funding puts AI squarely in the eye of Amara’s storm.
Snooping Tech
GE Profile and Café smart ovens are getting a new food recognition feature
The notion of facial recognition creeps me out. I prefer default anonymity. Does my food feel the same? GE’s food recognition raises some interesting questions, especially “Where is this data going?”. Our TVs have been snooping on us for a long time and now I have to worry about the oven. Like many tech innovations, I’m sure in the long run this will be a boon,
Organization
Inside Adam Savage’s Toolbox
In my research for the enterprise search article below, I was introduced to this notion of “First-order Retrievability,” which was first coined by Adam Savage of Mythbusters fame. He is a talented modeler and special effects guy who always wants his most common tools available so he doesn’t have to move any other tool to access them. He may be a bit too uptight about this, but who’s to say? It’s a cool concept that applies to many things in life including search.
Shameless
B2B Wins #26: The problem with enterprise search
You know there’s a problem with your market segment when they don’t even make clip art to illustrate blog posts. :) Often a business problem isn’t being solved because the fundamental incentives within a company don’t create a scenario where solving that problem is important or valuable to a person. Sure, the company gets value but until a person can align with that value, the problem remains.