Interesting developments in killer robot country: From Gizmodo on March 5: U.S. Army Assures Public That Robot Tank System Adheres to AI Murder Policy Quote of Note: “Last month, the U.S. Army put out a call to private companies for ideas about how to improve its planned semi-autonomous, AI-driven targeting system for tanks. In its […]

“It’s a crazy world.” – Glen “Somebody ought to sell tickets.” – H.I. “Sure, I’d buy one.” – Glen From “Raising Arizona” You know, it IS a crazy world.  Exhibit A: any news feed, any time of day, from any source.  Pick one.  No, really … do it.  View, read, listen, whatever … mostly, try […]

[Shout out to “Macbeth” for the inspiration for that headline.] In the Remain Relevant course we cover technology (obviously), specifically, we briefly explore what technology is as part of setting the table for broader exploration of content. A workable definition is that technology is a means (whether physical or logical/virtual) by which humans can manipulate their environment […]

One of the interesting points has came up several times during the Remain Relevant course was that Artificial Intelligence isn’t all job threat and Boogeyman.  It also yields massive benefits across many applications and industries … if it didn’t, there’d be no concern around its widespread implementation – no benefit, no bots.  As such, one […]

[Many thanks to Fall Out Boy for the inspiration for the headline of this piece …] In the Remain Relevant course, participants are exposed to a competitive intelligence methodology called PEST (Political, Economic, Social & Technological).  This is a very low-earth-orbit, big-picture scan, looking for trends and events from a broad and distant perspective to […]

[Please be aware: this week’s post is not intended to reflect a partisan stance and/or endorsement of any political candidate.  Rather, this post is intended to reference & reinforce content covered in the Remain Relevant course and slipstream off of earlier blog content.] As was noted in an earlier post, participants in the Remain Relevant […]

As we delve into Ikigai in the Remain Relevant course, I continually reinforce the reason we are doing so: to identify individuals’ “quick pivot paths” – areas of intrinsic passion, aptitude and value that will enable the rapid development of skillsets with which to better address the ever-changing world. A recent in-class dialogue went a […]

A point that is touched upon in the Remain Relevant course is the element of myth as it pertains to and shapes our beliefs (i.e. in this particular context, what stories do we believe and/or tell ourselves regarding AI, robots, etc. and how do those stories serve or harm us).  The link below takes us […]

An interesting and very practical point that came up in a recent Remain Relevant class: we should all avoid internalizing hyperbole surrounding the possibility of job loss due to automation.  This in itself is a challenge.  We are bombarded daily with multiple, diametrically opposed opinions across dozens of topics, each vantage point supported by a […]

… the robots are coming. One if by land, two if by sea, three if by autonomous unmanned aerial drone, four if by Internet, five if by … All right, all right … number four doesn’t quite work as a robot can’t physically transmit itself through the Internet (yet) to show up at your workplace, […]