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Digital transformation #mindcandy 23 April 2025

Today’s topics are upskilling, AI harming human intelligence, music, sidestepping LLM, IoT sensors, agentic AI, spatial computing, the composable enterprise, digital transformation, and no code computer vision,

Upskilling in the age of AI: A blueprint for organisational growth 

https://manufacturing.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/hi-tech/upskilling-in-the-age-of-ai-a-blueprint-for-organizational-growth/120473904

Merely adopting AI tools isn’t enough; organizations must empower their workforce

Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/19/dont-ask-what-ai-can-do-for-us-ask-what-it-is-doing-to-us-are-chatgpt-and-co-harming-human-intelligence

Time to re-read the Shallows. See https://www.ronimmink.com/the-future-of-your-mind/

AI is coming for music, too

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/16/1114433/ai-artificial-intelligence-music-diffusion-creativity-songs-writer/

New diffusion AI models that make songs from scratch are complicating our definitions of authorship and human creativity.

To Make Language Models Work Better, Researchers Sidestep Language

https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-make-language-models-work-better-researchers-sidestep-language-20250414/

We insist that large language models repeatedly translate their mathematical processes into words. There may be a better way.

How IoT Sensors Are Transforming Industries

https://straitsresearch.com/blog/iot-sensors-are-transforming-industries

Tiny but potent sensors are being incorporated into systems more and more to gather data in real time, improve operational effectiveness, and promote more intelligent decision-making across industries.

Agentic AI: The Transformative AI Enterprises Have Been Waiting For?

https://www.ltts.com/blog/transformative-ai-enterprises

Over the last couple of years, a range of GenAI tools, led by ChatGPT, have captured unprecedented mindshare – revolutionizing content generation, data summarization, and analytical workflows.

Why spatial computing, wearables and robots are AI’s next frontier

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/04/spatial-computing-wearables-robots-ai-next-frontier/

A new AI frontier is emerging, in which the physical and digital worlds draw closer together through spatial computing.

Extend beyond traditional ERP: How the Composable Enterprise Model Empowers Businesses to Take Control

https://erp.today/extend-beyond-traditional-erp-how-the-composable-enterprise-model-empowers-businesses-to-take-control/

The Composable Enterprise, a transformative model, offers a compelling alternative. It champions the idea of decoupling core business capabilities and data, allowing organizations to build a flexible, agile, and cost-effective IT landscape by assembling best-of-breed applications

AI As The Next Logical Step In Digital Transformation

https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/04/21/ai-as-the-next-logical-step-in-digital-transformation/

AI is not just an upgrade to operations; it is a fundamental business driver of change

No Code Computer Vision: Building AI Without Writing a Single Line

https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/278176852/no-code-computer-vision-building-ai-without-writing-a-single-line

No code computer vision is opening the doors wide for marketers, product managers, startup founders, educators-anyone with a vision (pun intended) but no coding chops. 

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