Artificial Intelligence is impacting our lives for good, so we need to take a closer look
In his book “21 lessons for the 21st Century”, historian Yuval Harari notes that “Already today, ‘truth’ is defined by the top results of the Google search.”. In a different vein, an academic, Professor Nicholas Diakopoulos suggests in his research work that authority is becoming increasingly algorithmic. Last week, journalist…
During the last months, I spent (quality) time with people of diverse backgrounds and roles; from executives in the banking sector, founders of health or tech startups and translators to name a few, discussing the impact of technology and algorithmic decision making on their daily work. …
… so make sure software developers are part of it
It was late 90s, the era of .coms and “e-everything” and yours truly was a Computer Science student admiring a bunch of nerdy guys who were creating cool stuff like a web-browser (Netscape in particular) or an electronic (not digital, it wasn’t a cool term at that time) bookstore (Amazon…
For the last 14 years I have been conducting research and then practicising consultancy on software quality matters. I was merely trying to find answers to questions like: What defines good software? How can we measure it? How can we make its technical quality transparent? …
One of the most memorable speeches I remember, was delivered some years ago by the Group CIO of a bank. It was just before the term Digital Transformation made its appearance, and I remember it for two reasons:
- This guy was talking for 20 minutes straight, without using any…
I do read a lot of articles (mainly hymns I must say) on Digital Transformation and Strategy. …
Some weeks ago WIRED in this article announced the end of coding and the rise of the so-called Artificial Intelligence (AI). The claim is that soon enough computers will be trained by skilled engineers instead of being programmed to follow explicit, step-by-step instructions typically written by a software developer.
Soon…
There has been lots of talk about “software eating the world” or about “digital transformation” as they call the former these days and I hope I am not being cynical here.
Working at Software Improvement Group the last 8 years I got the privilege to make an impact at large…
