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Software is a great career with a future, right? The OpenAI folks may be trying to quash that dream. But experts say "hold on...." AI doesn't grasp context or business nuance. It takes people can ensure software is doing the right thing. zdnet.com/article/will... @ZDNET From zdnet.com

Okay, I think "vibe" and "vibing," totally meaningless terms, have reached their point of annoying saturation. Let's put them back where they belong -- in music and interpersonal spats.

We in the US love Canada. Love the country and its people. Only one person in the States seems to have an issue with our friendship and mutual respect -- one and one only...

AI won’t design itself, won’t deploy itself, and won’t maintain itself. It won’t decide what kind of business or markets to pursue. It’s going to take more people to do these things than people being replaced by it.

As #AIagents multiply, IT becomes the new #HR department "Getting to an agentic AI-powered enterprise has its challenges, however -- especially when it comes to data, trustworthiness, and talent." ~ @joemckendrick.bsky.social www.zdnet.com/articl...#AIagents#HR#GenerativeAI

Every Company A Technology Company? Some Lessons They Need To Absorb | @joemckendrick.bsky.social 1/3

Crawl, then walk, before you run with #AIagents, experts recommend | @joemckendrick.bsky.social www.zdnet.com/articl...#AIagents, #ArtificialIntelligence

"Diversity of thought fuels innovation," says Syracuse U Professor Shelly Palmer. GenAI may spur "a homogenization of thought where every report, analysis, corporate strategy is shaped by the same AI logic — a super-amplified groupthink." shellypalmer.com/2025/02/will...

PsiQuantum says it will have a commercial quantum computer available as soon as 2027. But whether businesses are ready to take advantage of that accelerated timeline is another story, according to the Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/articles/qua...

One of my personal favorite pieces that I've written in Forbes. Will artificial intelligence kneecap human creativity? The jury is still out on that question, but there are encouraging signs that AI will help boost the creative mind. www.forbes.com/sites/joemck...

In The Age Of #ArtificialIntelligence, Polymaths Are Back In Vogue | @joemckendrick.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites...

Why some companies are backing away from the public #cloud "Close to 7 in 10 companies (69%) have moved at least some apps off the cloud and back to on-premise systems or private clouds, the survey of 1,420 IT executives from Rackspace finds." ~ @joemckendrick.bsky.social www.zdnet.com/articl...

If Ben Franklin were alive today, he would have been dabbling in artificial intelligence big time. via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/joemck...

These tech skills drove the biggest salary increases over the past year "Professionals and managers working directly with #artificialintelligence solutions are seeing their compensation shoot upward...also experience greater job satisfaction." ~ @joemckendrick.bsky.social www.zdnet.com/home-a...

There is a "Goldilocks Zone" for job hopping -- not too frequently, not too static, but a more rewarding middle ground. www.zdnet.com/home-and-off...

My latest in Forbes: Diversity is a strength, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence design. That’s why people from diverse professional backgrounds, from law to creative arts need to be involved in AI design and development. www.forbes.com/sites/joemck...

CES: "AI is not a loud feature on display; it’s the subtle thread running through every product/service. Cos. that thrive will work hard to design systems that learn, adapt, evolve faster than their competition." @shellypalmer shellypalmer.com/2025/01/ces-...

Personal message: My daughter seeks opportunities in video/TV dev and production. She has worked on several primetime shows (Baking Show, Chopped, Alaska PD). NYC area or remote. If anyone knows someone, that would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! www.linkedin.com/in/alyssamck...

The Coming Year: #GenAI Enters The Roll-Up-Our-Sleeves-And-Get-To-Work Phase | @joemckendrick.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites...#GenAI #GenerativeAI

Amazed by Real-time Applications? Thank the Computer Gaming Industry www.rtinsights.com/amazed-by-re...

Keep an eye open for 2038, when 16-bit UNIX systems may have a similar binary date challenge

The rise of AI threatens many types of jobs... ...but is delivering huge opportunities for one occupation: electricians www.nytimes.com/2024/12/25/t...

Productivity rose 2% in Q3 compared to year earlier, according to USDOL -- fifth quarter in a row with a 2%+ increase. "Cos. learned new ways of doing things, adopted new technologies, upheaval in labor market moved workers into more productive jobs." www.wsj.com/economy/jobs... @WSJ

My vote for quote of the year, 2024

imagine if people went to retailers and just took stuff and called it "generative shopping" and then, when the retailers said that's illegal, people said "regular shopping is too expensive so we have disrupted it" and then the retailers were like "OH! Carry on, innovators!"

The new train will connect Beijing and Shanghai in just 3 hours and 20 minutes. Here are some US city pairs that are a similar distance apart: - NYC-CHI - CHI-ATL - DC-ATL - ATL-NYC - ATL-MIA - CLT-BOS - ORL-DC www.scmp.com/news/china/a...

Time flies. It’s been 25 years since the clocks rolled over to Y2K. There was a time when systems only used 2-digit year fields (“98” “99” etc). Wasn’t as simple a fix as one might think.… 1/2)

In the past; reading in bed, cycling, radio listening, & chess—considered virtues today—were deemed by some as degenerate sins of modernity. Did we have opposite resolutions? 2024: cycle, read, play chess MORE 1884: cycle, read, play chess LESS newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/new-years-...

"Once relegated to factories & warehouses, next-gen robots are popping up in public spaces—from retail stores to museums—cleaning, cooking & even conversing with humans." But these robots "won’t excel at every interaction without some stumbles." www.wsj.com/articles/ai-... @WSJ

We've mastered a lot of the technical challenges with AI delivery... Now comes the hard part www.zdnet.com/article/why-... via @zdnett.bsky.social

In just two years, AI has gone from hype to essential skill, offering massive productivity gains and increasing creativity among teams who use it. Here's how. www.zdnet.com/article/gene... via @ZDNET

With genAI so critical to business, people are realizing that their AI foundations are built on piles of very loose sand. My One Big Tech-Fueled Prediction For 2025 via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/joemck...

My One Big Tech-Fueled Prediction For 2025: #BigData Is Back "yes, data will very much be back in the spotlight in 2025, because we need it, lots of it, and it has to be really good and really timely." ~ @joemckendrick.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites...#BigData #GenerativeAI

The reporting I've been waiting for Digital infrastructure is indeed a house of sand and a terrible foundation for the hopes of an AI initiative. thanks Joe

With genAI so critical to business, people are realizing that their AI foundations are built on piles of very loose sand. via @forbes.com www.forbes.com/sites/joemck...

"More about maturity than crisis: The early days of unbridled innovation and exhilaration around genAI are giving way to a clearer understanding of its capabilities and limitations." Great analysis by @DavidLinthicum www.linkedin.com/pulse/genera...

"Nip them in the bud"? Is that even a phrase used in China? (Government statement) www.wsj.com/world/china/... via @WSJ

We're still trying to figure out what to call "traditional" AI -- machine learning, predictive AI, operational AI... Tom Davenport settles on "analytical AI" -- and it's still extremely important, perhaps more so than generative AI. hbr.org/2024/12/how-...

Solar power: What happens when the clouds roll in and the sun vanishes for a couple of days? Small-scale wind power turbines now available for the home zdnet.com/home-and-off...

Human-AI #Collaboration: Keep The Machines On A Short Leash | @joemckendrick.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites...#Collaboration: #ArtificialIntelligence #GenerativeAI

People who think gAI "learns like a human and therefore deserves rights" genuinely need to go touch some grass and stop projecting Star Trek fantasies onto a software with the intelligence of a lemon

OK non-human AI agents of a non-human person as the principal, the corporation. It's assumed the interests of the agent will be aligned with the interests of the principal, which is itself the agent of the principals of shareholders, oft represented by non-human firms in asset management.

I’d love to see a frame on how valuable Agentic AI is when the agents are automating legacy tasks via archaic, legacy infrastructure As that is what Mr Benioff is selling

First AI wave: Predictive models that analyze data. Second AI wave: Generative AI/ChatGPT. Third AI wave: — Intelligent agents that can autonomously handle complex tasks. - Marc Benioff www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/s...

Bricks-and-Mortar stores are becoming the "vinyl records" of the 2020s. Classic, tangible, everybody wants them back chainstoreage.com/burlington-s...

A good thread pointing out how things can go badly wrong when taking an AI summary in a search result and just running with it. (See how the misinfo-spreading account is replying to corrections to see more examples of them assuming that the top line of the search result is the ultimate authority.)

Just realized I could add accounts to lists without also following them. Great for my breaking news list. I can include everything and not have some of the accounts I was unsure about filling up my primary feed !

New MIT research suggests maybe humans and AI work better separately. But humans should always have override power via @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/joemck...

Ignore The Noisy #AIHype Machine, Just Get Stuff Done | @joemckendrick.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites...#AIHype #ArtificialIntelligence #Bubble