Software is a great career with a future, right? The OpenAI folks may be trying to quash that dream. But experts say "hold on...." AI doesn't grasp context or business nuance. It takes people can ensure software is doing the right thing.
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Okay, I think "vibe" and "vibing," totally meaningless terms, have reached their point of annoying saturation. Let's put them back where they belong -- in music and interpersonal spats.
We in the US love Canada. Love the country and its people. Only one person in the States seems to have an issue with our friendship and mutual respect -- one and one only...
AI won’t design itself, won’t deploy itself, and won’t maintain itself. It won’t decide what kind of business or markets to pursue. It’s going to take more people to do these things than people being replaced by it.
As #AIagents multiply, IT becomes the new #HR department
"Getting to an agentic AI-powered enterprise has its challenges, however -- especially when it comes to data, trustworthiness, and talent." ~ @joemckendrick.bsky.social
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#GenerativeAI
Every Company A Technology Company? Some Lessons They Need To Absorb | @joemckendrick.bsky.social
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Crawl, then walk, before you run with #AIagents, experts recommend | @joemckendrick.bsky.social
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#ArtificialIntelligence
"Diversity of thought fuels innovation," says Syracuse U Professor Shelly Palmer. GenAI may spur "a homogenization of thought where every report, analysis, corporate strategy is shaped by the same AI logic — a super-amplified groupthink." shellypalmer.com/2025/02/will...
PsiQuantum says it will have a commercial quantum computer available as soon as 2027. But whether businesses are ready to take advantage of that accelerated timeline is another story, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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One of my personal favorite pieces that I've written in Forbes. Will artificial intelligence kneecap human creativity? The jury is still out on that question, but there are encouraging signs that AI will help boost the creative mind.
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In The Age Of #ArtificialIntelligence, Polymaths Are Back In Vogue | @joemckendrick.bsky.social
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Why some companies are backing away from the public #cloud
"Close to 7 in 10 companies (69%) have moved at least some apps off the cloud and back to on-premise systems or private clouds, the survey of 1,420 IT executives from Rackspace finds." ~ @joemckendrick.bsky.social
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If Ben Franklin were alive today, he would have been dabbling in artificial intelligence big time. via @forbes
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These tech skills drove the biggest salary increases over the past year
"Professionals and managers working directly with #artificialintelligence solutions are seeing their compensation shoot upward...also experience greater job satisfaction." ~ @joemckendrick.bsky.social
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There is a "Goldilocks Zone" for job hopping -- not too frequently, not too static, but a more rewarding middle ground. www.zdnet.com/home-and-off...
My latest in Forbes:
Diversity is a strength, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence design. That’s why people from diverse professional backgrounds, from law to creative arts need to be involved in AI design and development.
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CES: "AI is not a loud feature on display; it’s the subtle thread running through every product/service. Cos. that thrive will work hard to design systems that learn, adapt, evolve faster than their competition."
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Personal message: My daughter seeks opportunities in video/TV dev and production. She has worked on several primetime shows (Baking Show, Chopped, Alaska PD). NYC area or remote. If anyone knows someone, that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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The Coming Year: #GenAI Enters The Roll-Up-Our-Sleeves-And-Get-To-Work Phase | @joemckendrick.bsky.social
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Keep an eye open for 2038, when 16-bit UNIX systems may have a similar binary date challenge
The rise of AI threatens many types of jobs...
...but is delivering huge opportunities for one occupation: electricians
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Productivity rose 2% in Q3 compared to year earlier, according to USDOL -- fifth quarter in a row with a 2%+ increase. "Cos. learned new ways of doing things, adopted new technologies, upheaval in labor market moved workers into more productive jobs." www.wsj.com/economy/jobs... @WSJ
My vote for quote of the year, 2024
imagine if people went to retailers and just took stuff and called it "generative shopping" and then, when the retailers said that's illegal, people said "regular shopping is too expensive so we have disrupted it" and then the retailers were like "OH! Carry on, innovators!"
The new train will connect Beijing and Shanghai in just 3 hours and 20 minutes.
Here are some US city pairs that are a similar distance apart:
- NYC-CHI
- CHI-ATL
- DC-ATL
- ATL-NYC
- ATL-MIA
- CLT-BOS
- ORL-DC
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People had to manually comb through millions of lines of code and fields to identify and expand the 2-digit date fields.
It was an outsourcer’s delight.
Next issue will arise as the year 10k approaches! 2/2
Time flies. It’s been 25 years since the clocks rolled over to Y2K. There was a time when systems only used 2-digit year fields (“98” “99” etc). Wasn’t as simple a fix as one might think.… 1/2)
In the past; reading in bed, cycling, radio listening, & chess—considered virtues today—were deemed by some as degenerate sins of modernity. Did we have opposite resolutions?
2024: cycle, read, play chess MORE
1884: cycle, read, play chess LESS
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