The current Hollywood writers strike has drawn international attention to the plight of TV and film writers in the streaming era.
Much has been made of television’s golden age, during which streaming platforms have offered audiences an abundance of well-written, highly produced television shows, often called “prestige TV.” Continue reading
The first major discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) took place on the Campus of Dartmouth College in 1956. One result of this meeting was funding by the U.S. and British governments for AI research. The participants in the 1956 meeting included Claude Shannon and Nathan Rochester from IBM, Marvin Minsky, John McCarthy, and others. McCarthy proposed the term “artificial intelligence” which was accepted by the group. Continue reading
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
Winston Churchill – British Prime Minister
Do you agree with these assertions? In VUCA time, all work is risk work. By extension, all management is now risk management. And, all project management is risk management. Continue reading
Your mind is working its best when you’re being paranoid. You explore every avenue and possibility of your situation at high speed with total clarity.
Banksy – Street Artist
Healthy paranoia is a necessary condition during these disruptive times. Paranoia is not a medicated condition. Paranoia is not a psychiatric condition. Paranoia is awareness of life disruptions that provide direction in how you work, respond, sustain, improve, and even excel. Continue reading
The light and dark sides of AI have been in the public spotlight for many years. Think facial recognition, algorithms making loan and sentencing recommendations, and medical image analysis. But the impressive – and sometimes scary – capabilities of ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and other conversational and image-conjuring artificial intelligence programs feel like a turning point. Continue reading