Kevin Benedict is a TCS futurist and lecturer focused on the signals and foresight that emerge as society, geopolitics, economies, science, technology, environment, and philosophy converge.
Will Over Weapons, Again
Transparency and Swarming are Both Good and Bad for Businesses
We swarm to new TV shows. We swarm to new music. We swarm to picturesque mountain villages. We swarm to newly Instagram "discovered" trails, rivers, beaches, restaurants, mountains, neighborhoods and resorts. Swarming can cause chaos. It can upend communities overnight. Housing prices can skyrocket. Labor, materials and other resources can all suddenly become more expensive as a result of unexpectedly swarming-caused high demand.
Speed and a Doctrine for the Future
"Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the latter than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never." -- Napoleon Bonaparte
Must We be Good to Have a Good Future?
Will You Trust a Robot?
The Latest Developments in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Assistants at Oracle
Speed and Transformational Leadership
It took Magellan’s crew three years sailing ships to circumnavigate the earth. Today, at hypersonic speeds of 7,680 MPH, it takes just over three hours to circumnavigate the earth. Data on the Internet, however, travels at 670 million mph, which means it only takes milliseconds to circumnavigate the earth. In this age of digital businesses and digital interactions, companies must digitally transform to work effectively in a world where global business and information moves at these mind-blowing speeds.
The Future of Managers
- Reduced human errors
- Is available 24x7x365
- Can complete mundane, repetitive and routine administrative work without distraction
- Can scale
- Can make faster decisions, and take faster actions based upon established business processes
- Can find solutions and innovations faster by analyzing patterns within oceans of data
- Leave administration to AI
- Focus on judgement work
- Treat intelligent machines/agents as colleagues
- Work like a designer
- Develop your social skills and networks
Redemptive AI, Biases and the American Dream
The Future of AI Starts Yesterday
~Kevin Benedict
Artificial intelligence (narrow AI) today is beyond its proof-of-concept phase - as it is already proven and delivering tactical value in many well documented areas:
- Reduction in human error
- Available 24x7x365
- Improved quality
- Improved productivity
- Improved efficiencies
- Able to dependably complete mundane, repetitive and routine jobs
- Makes faster decisions and taking quicker actions
Artificial intelligence, although still in its infancy, is already delivering impressive results and competitive advantages for those prepared. The preparation, however, is not insignificant and requires much work including:
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