Countdown to Comic-Con: Which Were the Most Realistic Star Trek TOS AIs? All images were generated via Meta.ai llama 3 from prompts written by the author. This is the first in a series of posts leading up to my The Science of Science Fiction panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July 26th. I will be covering questions about AI and the Future of Work. Colleagues will be … [Read more...] about Countdown to Comic-Con: Which Were the Most Realistic Star Trek TOS AIs?
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Why Back-to-Office Policies Won’t Help Big Tech Sell AI: The Remote Work Contradiction
Why Back-to-Office Policies Won't Help Big Tech Sell AI All images were generated by the author's prompts on Meta.ai. There is a growing tension between Big Tech's pre-pandemic promotion of remote work and its current back-to-office efforts. The shift in workplace dynamics and management strategies forces buyers to question the tech industry's credibility. This reversal … [Read more...] about Why Back-to-Office Policies Won’t Help Big Tech Sell AI: The Remote Work Contradiction
LLM Proliferation Will Challenge Emerging Testing Market
LLM Proliferation Will Challenge Emerging Testing Market Cover image from Meta's llama 3 via a prompt by the author. The advent of smaller, more efficient LLMs will result in an even more rampant LLM proliferation as they become available to run on smaller and smaller devices. At the same time, problems with models, from safety to misinformation and bias, have created a … [Read more...] about LLM Proliferation Will Challenge Emerging Testing Market
2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report: The Worrisome Microsoft and LinkedIn Report
2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report: The Worrisome Microsoft and LinkedIn Report All images via Dalle-2 and Microsoft Copilot. Some images may have been edited after their creation. The 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report from Microsoft and LinkedIn delivers some worrisome insights about the future of work. Most notably, it shines a bright light on the power of automation … [Read more...] about 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report: The Worrisome Microsoft and LinkedIn Report
Listening to the Future: Revisiting “The Thinking Factory”
Listening to the Future: Revisiting "The Thinking Factory" Cover image via DALLE-2 from Microsoft Copilot on Edge. I was sitting in a ballroom of the famed Queen Mary ocean liner, docked and aging in Long Beach, California. A filtered light streamed through the curtained windows behind me. At the front of the room was a large square screen. Round tables with sumptuous … [Read more...] about Listening to the Future: Revisiting “The Thinking Factory”
