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Will the Coming Combination of AI and Oligarchies Produce a New Feudalism?

Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Governance, Insights, Knowledge / Michael W. Wright

In this article, we examine how the aggregation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Domain Specific Knowledge (DSK) is coalescing with the concentration of wealth. Oligarchy is a form of power structure in which power rests with a small number of people. These people may be distinguished by membership in nobility, a wealth class, a family, […]

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What’s Shaping the Exponential Era? Example: CORONA Virus (CoV-19)

Featured, Insights, Knowledge / Michael W. Wright

For most of us it is almost always easier to see change more clearly in retrospect. However the outcomes of the exponential growth of events, and the exponential adoption rates of technologies, requires us to find those ramifications early enough to mitigate the ones that are threats and capitalize on the ones that are opportunities.

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Innovation is Our Best Weapon in the Fight Against Coronavirus

Featured, Insights, Knowledge / Michael W. Wright

The coronavirus pandemic is what some authors refer to as a ‘wicked’ problem. A problem that appears suddenly, that grows exponentially, and for which there are no prescriptive solutions. We have never experienced this before, so there is no playbook to guide us. This type of problem will become increasingly common in the Exponential Era

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Do We Know the True Cost of Energy?

Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Insights, Knowledge / Michael W. Wright

By Michael W. Wright with David Jimenez If you could go back in time, would you have chosen fossil fuels as the energy source for the 20th century? Wouldn’t you have liked to look at the actual lifetime costs to the planet and, by proxy, to the economy? In some industries, the models to examine

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Stay Ahead of the Curve

Featured, Insights, Knowledge / David Espindola

Today I had a call with Derek Notman and asked him how his business was going. “Excellent,” he said. “Business is booming, and I am very busy.” His response may sound very strange amid the Covid-19 crisis when unemployment is soaring, and most small businesses are struggling to survive. You would be even more surprised

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Technology is Exponential But Humans Are Linear

Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Insights, Teams / David Espindola

How to Thrive When We Can’t Compete with the Machines We are living in one of the most exhilarating times in human history. A time of new discoveries and fast changes unlike any other era. What makes this time particularly unique is that these changes are happening at a rate that is difficult for our

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Artificial Intelligence is Upon Us – Are We Ready?

Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Insights / David Espindola

“Philosophically, intellectually—in every way—human society is unprepared for the rise of artificial intelligence.” Henry Kissinger, How the Enlightenment Ends Artificial Intelligence (AI) is getting a lot of attention these days, particularly in the technology industry and in corporate boardrooms. AI is also becoming prevalent in consumers everyday lives. Consumers don’t always recognize it as

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