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Digital transformation #mindcandy 6 June 2025
Today’s topics are the internet, sustainability, technology architecture, vibe coding, grounding Ai agents, AI understanding flowers, vibe hacking, and meatbots.
Why the infrastructure needs of AI are upending the way the internet works
A funny thing happened on the way to digital transformation. Just as many firms were celebrating moving their data crown jewels to the cloud, the unexpected advent of generative AI suddenly meant they had to move as much data as possible, as fast as possible, between their new clouds and the data centers of AI “hyperscalers”
How AI In IoT Is Powering Sustainability
Amid a world striving for sustainability, the convergence of AI and IoT is becoming a key enabler, helping industries optimize resources, cut emissions and build intelligent systems.
The greatest gift to the business: A strong technology architecture
Starbucks Coffee Company CTO Deb Hall Lefevre explains why architecture is strategy for modern businesses looking to compete in the technology age.
How vibe coding is tipping Silicon Valley’s scales of power
While vibe coding has helped people without any technical experience create software through AI-powered assistants, the practice is also sweeping the upper echelons of the startup ecosystem, where, until recently, software talent was the scarcest and most coveted resource.
The Battle For Grounding Your AI Agents Has Begun
https://www.forrester.com/blogs/the-battle-for-grounding-has-begun/
Grounding AI agents in reality rather than hallucinations is neither natural nor free. It will cost money and establish the foundations for your future. Already, the battle for grounding your AI agents in the proprietary knowledge that differentiates your business has begun
Why AI can’t understand a flower the way humans do
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-06-ai-humans.html
A large language model can’t smell a rose, touch the petals of a daisy or walk through a field of wildflowers
The Rise of ‘Vibe Hacking’ Is the Next AI Nightmare
https://www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-ai-hacker-agents/
In the very near future, victory will belong to the savvy blackhat hacker who uses AI to generate code at scale.
Anthropic Researchers Warn That Humans Could End Up Being “Meat Robots” Controlled by AI
https://futurism.com/anthropic-meat-robots
You’ll have humans with AirPods, and glasses and there’ll be some robot overlord controlling the human through cameras by just telling it what to do.”
