Jan 29, 2024 | Articles, General, Resources
We claim that symbolic, rule-based AIs – millions of which have already been deployed since the phrase ‘expert system’ became popular in the 1980s – can and should be repurposed as generative AIs, enabled by recent advances in mathematics and computer...
Mar 24, 2021 | Articles, General, Resources
Aftershock: Pattern Channeling Who will dominate our future economy and how they will do it. Much of the beauty of Future Shock was in the window it provided to transformative social change. When many were distracted by technical change, Toffler’s insights...
Feb 25, 2021 | Articles, General, Resources
AI: The Economic Engine of the Future AI is often described as the economic engine of the future. But to realize that growth, we must think beyond AI to the whole system of data and the rules and context surrounding it: our data infrastructure (DI). Our DI supports...
Feb 13, 2021 | Articles, General, Resources
Uber Data Consolidation Uber’s incredible growth was partially enabled by an organic data infrastructure strategy, where each city was treated like its own company free to decide how to built their own technology stack. This created big challenges later, when...
Feb 8, 2021 | Articles, General, Resources
Dear Mr. President: A Note on AI Policy Dear Mr. President, AI is often described as the economic engine of the future. But to realize that growth, we must think beyond AI to the whole system of data, and the rules and context that surround it: our data...
Jan 26, 2021 | Articles, General, Resources
Haven’s Failure: A More Helpful Perspective The recent news reports that Haven, the joint healthcare venture between Amazon, JP Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway, was quietly being shut down, came as no great surprise to those of us who work in the...
