by John Macdonald | Mar 10, 2025 | AI, The250
When some construction companies invested in power drills and saws, they fired some workers to offset the costs. Then, they asked the ones that remained to ensure output kept up. But not the successful ones. The successful ones invested in the tools, kept their... by John Macdonald | Mar 5, 2025 | AI, The250
As humans, we can be a curious bunch when it comes to deciding who’s good at their job. Take medicine. Most people, over 80%, rank the most important quality in their doctors as trust (fair enough), and the way they build trust is through communication, empathy,... by John Macdonald | Mar 3, 2025 | AI, The250
I’ve been reading Ethan Mollick’s excellent book about AI called “Co-intelligence.” If you’re looking for a good read on the topic, this is it. Smart and relevant, yet easy to digest. Nice work, Ethan. A... by John Macdonald | Feb 19, 2025 | AI, The250
How will we know? First, we had the Turing Test. Now we have others that test specifically for consciousness and cognition along particular axes — Perturbational Complexity Index (PCI), Unlimited Associative Learning (UAL), AI Consciousness Test (ACT),... by John Macdonald | Feb 12, 2025 | AI, The250
What does smart mean? I wrote this before: We’ve outsourced our memory to the cloud. Why remember what you can look up? Ask Google, Wikipedia, Wolfram-Alpha, or ChatGPT.We’ve outsourced our decision-making to media. Why risk being an... by John Macdonald | Feb 8, 2025 | AI, The250
Natural selection is about adaptation. The species that survive are the ones that adapt. People didn’t or don’t lose jobs to computers. They lose jobs by failing to adapt to a world that requires computer skills. People won’t lose jobs to AI....