by John Macdonald | May 2, 2023 | AI, The250
Does or will AI have free will? Your level of fear about AI likely corresponds with your belief in free will. I don’t mean the fear of AI supplanting humans in jobs, or creating deep fakes, or being used to manipulate and influence us. Those are... by John Macdonald | Apr 30, 2023 | AI, The250
An exercise in perspective. Picture a field. Place a farm building in that field. It’s a familiar setting. You know this field and this building. A fence meanders around. You see a bird. Pause for 30 seconds. See the details in your mind’s eye.... by John Macdonald | Apr 18, 2023 | AI, The250
I grew up in the ’80s, and in the ’80s, we knew who was smart. They were the guys and girls who knew the answers, remembered the details, and could recite the formulas. They studied, asked questions in class, and stayed late to talk with the teacher. If I... by John Macdonald | Jan 30, 2023 | AI, The250
Time magazine first sounded the alarm in 1961. Dr. Russell Ackoff, a Case Institute expert on business problems, feels that automation is reaching into so many fields so fast that it has become “the nation’s second most important... by John Macdonald | Jan 25, 2023 | AI, The250
Robots are better than you at certain things. A robot is better than you at repeating the same tasks over and over.A robot is better than you at moving fast.A robot is better than you at working non-stop, 24x7x365. A robot is better than you at shutting up, doing its... by John Macdonald | Jan 7, 2023 | AI, The250
Some would say I’m in the business of replacing humans with AI and robots. That I’m one of the evil puppet masters turning our world into a dystopian Player Piano, all in the name of profit. I don’t see it that way, of course, but I...