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Category: Innovation
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I often look to biology and evolution for inspiration when thinking about highly complex systems. So I was very intrigued when several weeks ago I learned about the work being done by Elemental Cognition, a company founded in 2015 by my former IBM colleague David Ferrucci. Ferrucci led the team that developed the Watson computer…
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Psychological studies have shown that our judgement is affected by the many decisions we make every day and the friction-based paint points of making these decisions. So, not surprisingly, we look to technology and algorithms to help us make our decisions as frictionless as possible, said Renee Gosline in her keynote at the 2024 MIT…
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I have long been involved with the Linux Foundation (LF). In 2000, a consortium of companies, including IBM, HP, and Intel, founded the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a non-profit organization to support the continued development of Linux and promote its use in enterprise computing. A few years later, in 2007, the OSDL merged with…
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“Imagine you’re a cargo owner in the year 1450,” begins “The multi-billion-dollar paper jam: Unlocking trade by digitalizing documentation,” a McKinsey article published in October of 2022. “You hand over your goods to the ship that will carry them across the world, and are presented with a bill of lading — a piece of paper…
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“Data has become an increasingly critical component to business success,” said “Modernizing Data with Strategic Purpose,” a recently published report by the technology consultancy Thoughtworks and MIT Technology Review Insights. “The ability to make timely and informed decisions, create tailored customer experiences, and identify new opportunities has enabled the rise of today’s leading digital companies.…
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The 2024 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium took place on Tuesday, May 14 at the Royal Sonesta, a hotel overlooking the Charles River a short walk from the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA. Not surprisingly, AI was the dominant theme in this year’s Symposium, with a number of keynotes and panels on the topic. In addition,…
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In 2018 I participated in a blockchain panel at a conference of senior supply chain executives representing a variety of industries and companies. I welcomed the opportunity to learn how these supply chain executives felt about the potential impact of blockchain technologies in complex supply chains. At the time, I was convinced that blockchain technologies…
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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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“Artificial intelligence (AI) systems touch the lives of virtually every American,” said “An Economic Framework for Understanding Artificial Intelligence,” an overview of the economic potential of AI which was recently released by the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) as part of their “2024 Economic Report of the President.” “In recent years, AI systems have…
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“The value of a non-pecuniary (free) product is inherently difficult to assess,” wrote Manuel Hoffmann, Frank Nagle, and Yanuo Zhou in their recent working paper, “The Value of Open Source Software.” “A pervasive example is open source software (OSS), a global public good that plays a vital role in the economy and is foundational for…