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Digital transformation #mindcandy 18 July 2025
The topics are enterprise architecture, hyperpersonalized AI slop, rogue AI, AI maturing and you are the upgrade.
Why Enterprise Architecture Should Be Designed Like A Genome, Not A Blueprint
When it comes to enterprise technology, there are limits to the idea of a predefined plan like “blueprint,” “roadmap” and “gameplan.” A better conceptual framework for enterprise technology is to think of it as a “genome.”
The Hyperpersonalized AI Slop Silo Machine Is Here
https://www.404media.co/the-ai-slop-niche-machine-is-here/
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, or YouTube can feed you anything they perceive its users to possibly want. So this means that AI slop makers are exploring ever more niche areas of content.
AIs Are Talking to Each Other in a Language of Their Own. No One Knows What They’re Saying.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65289681/ai-chatbots-secret-language/
What seems like a chilling sign of rogue AI is more common than you think. Here’s what’s going on.
Why Some Companies Are Pumping the Brakes on AI
https://www.rtinsights.com/why-some-companies-are-pumping-the-brakes-on-ai/
AI isn’t failing. It’s maturing, and the companies pulling back may be the ones thinking most clearly about what comes next.
You are the upgrade
You are the upgrade, augmented natural intelligence as the only way forward
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
