For the past two decades, I’ve been a vocal advocate for Usage-Based Insurance (UBI) across various industries, from general insurance to health, automotive to banking and finance. My core message? We’re headed towards a world where you should only pay for what you use, not some generic actuarial guesstimate based on the “average person.” Now, […]
The landscape of technology keeps evolving at breakneck speed. Remember when deepfakes were the stuff of science fiction films? Today, AI can generate hyper-realistic human faces with astonishing expressions and movements. Imagine a world where the grandkids of this technology are everyday ordinary: This is a glimpse into the future, and it’s both exhilarating and […]
One of the provocative hand grenades I love throwing into a client’s foresight discussion is an example of an obscure industry and how it’s adopting a new technology or change. In a recent strategy session I used the one about AI deciding if paintings were real or fake, here’s how it goes… Imagine AI systems […]
In this episode, the hosts discuss the challenges of content moderation in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). They highlight the issue of deepfake explicit images of Taylor Swift circulating online and the negative uses of AI technology. The conversation also touches on the difficulty of determining what is considered “bad” or “good” content and the need for more accessible ways to remove harmful material. The hosts then shift to discussing the threat of generative AI and online hallucinations, where the belief in something’s truth is based on the number of people saying it. They mention the potential impact of AI-generated information on upcoming elections and the need for solutions to combat the spread of misinformation. The episode concludes with a call for caution in consuming information, verifying sources, and developing a moral compass to navigate the challenges posed by AI.
In our first segment for 2024 Hong Kong Radios’ Phil Whelan and I chat about some of my 2024 foresights and what the year ahead might hold for us. Let’s dive in! Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advancements: In 2024, we can expect to see significant progress in the field of AI. Companies like Google are already […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a notion that’s been around since the beginning of humanity, when we believed some people, objects and gods had super thinking powers. We institutionalized it when classical philosophers found ways to describe human thinking using symbols and flow diagrams and in the 1940’s we built the first mechanical programmable digital computer, […]