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The Potential of AI Agents: Three Stories Drawn from Real-World Experiences
No comments on The Potential of AI Agents: Three Stories Drawn from Real-World ExperiencesAbout three years ago I started following and writing about Generative AI (GenAI), Large Language Models (LLMs), chatbots, and related topics. Then a few months ago I started hearing about agentic AI, and since then I’ve been trying to better understand what agentic AI is all about. I asked Babson College professor Tom Davenport, a prolific…
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I’ve been a member of the Linux Foundation (LF) Research Advisory Board for the past three years. At a September, 2023 meeting of the Advisory Board, we discussed that one of the few industry sectors in which the LF doesn’t have projects is healthcare, — despite the size and importance of healthcare around the world.…
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Since 2011, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has published an annual list of the Top Ten Emerging Technologies that are likely to be disruptive within three to five years. The Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 was released by the WEF in June. The report is based on the insights of over 300 world-leading academics…
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The March 30, 2024 issue of The Economist includes a special section on Health and AI, with six articles on the topic. “Artificial intelligence (AI) is generating excitement and hyperbole everywhere, but in the field of health care it has the potential to be transformational,” said the lead article, “The AI doctor will see you…
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As we’ve learned since the advent of the Industrial Revolution, major technological advances have the potential to radically transform a whole industry, but realizing that potential generally requires large intangible investments and a fundamental rethinking the industry being transformed. So, it’s not surprising that there’s much hope and excitement that the advent of AI as…
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In 2021 the Linux Foundation (LF) announced the formation of Linux Foundation Research, a new organization to broaden the understanding of open source ecosystems and to explore opportunities for new open source initiatives. Given my long involvement with Linux, the Linux Foundation and open source communities in general, I was invited to become a member…
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“AI explodes: Taking the Pulse of artificial intelligence in medicine,” is the title of the latest issue of the Stanford Medicine Magazine. The issue includes a number of articles that explore the promise of AI in medicine, ranging from What’s driving this tumor, — which discusses the efforts to stymie breast cancer through gene testing…
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“Since they became publicly available in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence (genAI) tools such as ChatGPT have elicited enormous enthusiasm, as well as concern, in all sectors of the economy,” said “Will Generative Artificial Intelligence Deliver on Its Promise in Health Care?,” a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by…
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In 2009 I participated in a panel at an MIT Symposium on complex systems where I gave a talk on complex social organizations. The panel included talks on financial, energy, and healthcare systems by three eminent leaders in their fields. I was particularly impressed by the talk given by Denis Cortese, who at the time…
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“The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted labor markets globally during 2020,” said a February 2021 McKinsey report on “The future of work after COVID-19.” “The short-term consequences were sudden and often severe: Millions of people were furloughed or lost jobs, and others rapidly adjusted to working from home as offices closed. Many other workers were deemed essential…