Irving Wladawsky-Berger
A collection of observations, news and resources on the changing nature of innovation, technology, leadership, and other subjects.
RECENT POSTS
CATEGORIES
- Artificial Intelligence (277)
- Blockchain and Identity (61)
- Blogging (28)
- Cloud Computing (84)
- Complex Systems (679)
- Cybersecurity (24)
- Data Science and Big Data (277)
- Digital Money and Payments (68)
- Diversity (73)
- Economic Issues (787)
- Education and Talent (417)
- Future of Work (193)
- Healthcare Systems (53)
- Innovation (814)
- Management and Leadership (694)
- Media and Communications (43)
- Open Source (38)
- Political Issues (529)
- Services Innovation (285)
- Smart Systems (274)
- Society and Culture (887)
- Supercomputing (28)
- Technology and Strategy (733)
- Uncategorized (6)
- Various Other Subjects (20)
- Virtual/Augmented Reality (27)
- Web3 (10)
Subscribe to this blog via email
Category: Technology and Strategy
-
Some Facts about the Recent Impact of AI on Employment
No comments on Some Facts about the Recent Impact of AI on Employment“The proliferation of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a global debate about its potential impact on the labor market,” said a recent article, “Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence,” by Stanford Digital Economy Lab (SDEL) Director Erik Brynjolfsson, Postdoctoral Fellow Bharat Chandar, and Research Scientist Ruyu Chen…
-
“The term Embodied AI is having its moment in the sun right now,” wrote MIT professor emeritus Rodney Brooks in a recent post, “Alan Turing on Embodied Intelligence.” Brooks was a former director of the MIT AI Lab, and the founding director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). In addition, he has…
-
A few weeks ago, The Economist published “The World Ahead 2026,” its 40th annual issue examining the trends and events likely to shape the coming year. Two years ago, the overriding message of “The World Ahead 2024” was the mind-boggling speed at which life was changing—from turmoil in the Middle East and economic uncertainty to…
-
When OpenAI released the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT in late 2022, expectations inside the company were modest. Earlier consumer-facing language models had drawn little interest—or even backlash. Instead, ChatGPT became perhaps the most successful consumer product in history. As a recent New York Times article, “The Race to Build the World’s Best Friend,” reported, in…
-
Given AI’s continuing advances, many observers argue that we’re entering a new technological revolution. But are we? To make sense of the moment we’re living through, it’s helpful to step back and look at the broader historical patterns that have shaped past waves of disruptive innovation. Few scholars have done more to illuminate these patterns…
-
“Artificial intelligence is reshaping economic systems at a pace we have rarely seen in modern technological history,” wrote Frank Nagle in “Revealing the Hidden Economics of Open Models in the AI Era,” a blog posted in November of 2025. Nagle is Advising Chief Economist at the Linux Foundation and a Research Scientists at MIT’s Initiative…
-
“In the expectation that artificial intelligence will be transformative, large American tech firms poured over $400bn into data centres and other necessary infrastructure during 2025; by one estimate, a staggering $7trn will be spent by the end of the decade,” wrote The Economist in its November 10 issue on “The World Ahead 2026.” “Yet revenues…
-
“As artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes culture, science, labor markets, and the aggregate economy, experts debate its value, risks, and how quickly it will integrate into everyday life,” noted “The Longitudinal Expert AI Panel,” a recently published report. “Leaders of AI companies forecast transformative AI systems that cure all diseases, replace whole classes of jobs, and…
-
A few weeks ago, Linux Foundation Research published “The State of Global Open Source 2025,” the third annual report based on its survey of the open source community. The report highlights the evolution of open source software (OSS) from a productivity tool to a key component of global mission-critical infrastructures. The 2025 global survey on…
-
“In small factories across America, agile automatons are making everything from parts for AI supercomputers to the hulls of America’s future autonomous naval weapons,” wrote technology columnist Christopher Mims in a recent WSJ article, “America’s Manufacturing Resurgence Will Be Powered by These Robots.” “Once a luxury reserved for big manufacturers, smaller, smarter, more flexible and less…