Mar 20, 2019 | Leadership in the Digital Era, Resources | Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Future, Superintelligence
Superintelligence, by author Nick Bostrom, is a great tool for framing the importance of the topic of digital transformation. As he evaluates the potential of a reality in which artificial intelligence is superior to human intelligence, many of the considerations he examines are at the center of digital transformation itself. Adaptability, collaboration, and communication: these are topics that will be the vocabulary of the most success companies/industries in a digital era. They also happen to be key themes of his book.
Mar 20, 2019 | Leadership in the Digital Era, Resources
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, by Klaus Schwab, introduces readers to the new revolution taking the world by storm. The previous revolutions have brought great changes, but Klaus stresses the impact that digitization will have on history. His intention for the book is to make aware what the fourth industrial revolution is, what it will bring, how it will impact us, and what can be done to harness it for the common good.
Mar 20, 2019 | Leadership in the Digital Era, Resources
Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work by Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal is a fantastic read on how changes in brain chemistry can lead to dramatic increases in our abilities to solve complex problems. We are able to change our brain chemistry through a number of activities, be that meditation, thrill-seeking, music, or even psychoactive drug use.
Mar 20, 2019 | Leadership in the Digital Era, Resources
AI has left the silver screen and is now everywhere. It is in your pocket and on your washing machine. It is in your car and writing the news you read online. AI is constantly displacing old technology and ways of doing things, but will it stop there? No, it will not. I know what you are thinking; Will AI displace me?
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