For all of you who fled to Go after Deep Blue beat Gary Kasparov in Chess, thinking you would be safe from embarrassment at the hands of a machine…
…sorry.
I will share this eulogy to human Go players. Here are a couple of other points of view on the milestone if you are very interested.
This distinction around "narrow AI" is interesting in that, once again, we see the two competing pathways forward: AI (Artificial Intelligence) versus IA (Intelligence Augmentation.) It seems that the consensus is that the short term commercial value favors IA and the long term challenge is a "general purpose" AI that tries to mimic human capabilities - including consciousness. (I suppose that the one we have to worry about destroying the human race is the later.)
One of the other debates around predicted tectonic shifts that I try to follow is the one about how consumerism is poised to remake healthcare. The digital transition of healthcare is intimately intertwined; it is the vehicle that, presumably, will finally allow this shift to be realized. Here are two recent resources that I found useful in evaluating how much hype surrounds this driver of healthcare transformation.
Looking back over the last 30 years, it seems clear that the provider-patient relationship has moved from a relationship that is perceived as primarily fiduciary in nature to a relationship that more resembles a service transaction that is dictated by the ethos of the market. The idea that we will ultimately become another market based commodity seems entrenched in our current strategic thinking about the future; that we must respond to consumerism seems to be an unquestionable assumption. (Given that our entire culture has been heavily influenced by this neoliberal transformation, I guess it would be hard to refute...)
Regardless, we are certainly investing heavily in that strategy.
What do you get when you do a mashup of NASCAR, YouTube, Drones and $8 million in Venture Capital?
Have a great weekend!
Randale
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