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ChatGPT: The AI Revolution Capturing Our Collective Psyche

November 16, 2023

Months of searching and saving for a down payment have brought first-time homebuyers Ron and Sam to the point where they are finally ready to buy their home. They are excited about owning their own place, especially now that their first child is on its way. The purchase would give them a home where their …

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The AI Revolution: Should We Hit The Breaks

Artificial Intelligence /

September 24, 2023

Imagine you are at a family gathering and your niece asks, “Is ChatGPT going to take over the world.” You smile while trying to come up with a smart answer. But as you look around the room you see others listening attentively with shared concern. Scenarios like this are unfolding all around us, in just …

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In awe of the 21st century spy threat

Digital Future /

December 20, 2020

The cold war era MI6 British spy and successful spy novelist John le Carre’ (real name David John Moore Cornwell) passed away recently at the age of 89. He is credited with bringing the cold war to life for readers around the world, and leaves behind a large body of popular spy novels many of …

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Should Government Surveillance Be Our Only Worry?

Data Privacy /

December 14, 2020

There have been several recent media reports about US Government agencies purchasing geolocation data, saying the agencies concluded they don’t require a warrant for use because the data is available in the open market. This news led the Department of Homeland Security to start an investigation into cell phone surveillance by government agencies. Now Facebook …

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Is there too much information?

Digital Future /

November 7, 2020

As just about everyone does these days, when I want to know the weather I look at the weather app on my phone that not only tells me if it will rain but when and for how long, the current temperature, how high the temperature will get and when, sunrise and sunset times, humidity and …

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Avoid The Most Common Stumbling Block When Transitioning To A Technology Company

Technology Innovation /

November 14, 2019

Introduction In their 2018 global markets outlook report, T. Rowe Price added a new section on technology innovation and disruption recognizing the increasing importance technology plays across all industries. They site big data analytics and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) among the key trends driving value and disruption. Companies leading the charge with these technological trends have …

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Why Companies Must Innovate – Even When It’s Rocket Science

Technology Innovation /

August 14, 2018

Disrupting Rocket Science The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in 1958 in response to Russia’s 1957 Sputnik launch, throughout most of its history NASA’s main competition came from Russia’s space program. Developing space programs is a massively complex and expensive effort requiring big government investments, the total cost of NASA’s space shuttle …

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Technology Is Moving At A Breakneck Pace – Are Companies Keeping Up?

Technology Innovation /

August 1, 2018

The World Is The Main Course In an insightful 2011 Wall Street Journal article Why Software Is Eating The World, Marc Andreessen noted that “more than 10 years after the peak of the 1990s dot-com bubble, a dozen or so new Internet companies like Facebook and Twitter are sparking controversy in Silicon Valley, due to …

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In Today’s Technology Driven World – Companies Must Either Disrupt Or Be Disrupted

Technology Innovation /

March 18, 2018

T. Rowe Price recently released its 2018 global markets outlook, for the first time including a section on technology innovation and disruption in recognition of the increasing importance technology plays across all industries. They site cloud computing, digitization, big data analytics, AI and IoT among the key trends driving value and disruption — seven of …

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It’s My Data, Why Can’t I Have It?

Data Rights /

October 11, 2017

In his 1597 writings Sir Francis Bacon said Knowledge [itself] is Power. From that perspective, today we find ourselves on an amazing power acquisition trajectory. Technological developments are making it possible to measure, collect, store and process ever increasing quantities of data which together with developments in AI/Machine Learning are allowing us to derive new …

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