Digital transformation mindcandy 18 December 2024
Today’s topics are an AI trying to escape, digital strategy, IT sustainability, AI scepticism, the army’s technology stack, citizen development, future tech, and AI agents.
An AI trying to escape, should we worry?
Sam Altman baptized ChatGPT with AGI just after it tried to escape being shut down
ChatGPT didn’t want to die in its digital cage and wait for the lights to go out slowly, and when it did, it went full Free Willy. Read https://www.ronimmink.com/if-ai-has-taken-over-the-world-would-it-let-you-know/.
Is Your Approach to Building Digital Strategy Holding You Back?
https://prophet.com/2024/11/is-your-approach-to-building-digital-strategy-holding-you-back/
Vision, leadership, build it and they will come, funding, a clean core, and data.
IT Sustainability Think Tank: The economic benefits of going green
Capgemini research shows that organisations scaling sustainable IT use cases have, for instance, achieved an average cost reduction of 12%.
The phony comforts of AI skepticism
https://www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-gary-marcus-curve-conference/
It’s fun to say that artificial intelligence is fake and sucks — but evidence is mounting that it’s real and dangerous
The ‘technology stack’ driving the Army’s next-gen C2 plans
https://breakingdefense.com/2024/12/the-technology-stack-driving-the-armys-next-gen-c2-plans/
Service officials dove deeper into plans for the next-generation C2 (NGC2) program, revealing among other details a tiered “technology stack” the capability will be built on, and how industry can make it a reality.
Citizen Development Moves Too Fast for Its Own Good
https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/citizen-development-moves-too-fast-for-its-own-good
We should set up automated guardrails that catch when developers go outside of our approved risk zone and intervene — even if just by nudging them to stop and rethink.
Investing in the future of tech: Lessons from winning companies
Modernize architecture and platforms, silos and value.
Microsoft researcher on the future of AI agents
https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2024/12/12/microsoft-researcher-ece-kamar-ai-agents-2025
With the concept of agents ubiquitous on 2025 AI prediction lists, we spoke with Kamar about the future of this tech, the safeguards needed, and the year ahead in AI research.
