One of Amazon’s core values is customer obsession, it’s a keystone that holds together everything they do. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, 2017 Letter to Amazon Shareholders outlines four key principles that he believes are critical to keeping his company, any company, relevant, competitive and dominant.
Archive for: June, 2018
How Do You Never Stop Learning?
The Next Economy will be driven by 10 key technologies. Underpinning all of them is artificial intelligence. Though people believe that truly intelligent computing already exists, it’s not true. Rather, current techniques such as machine and deep learning give us automation; not intelligence.
Is it possible to lead a creative team with some members who are closed-minded?
Unless you’re a newborn baby, there isn’t a single person in this world who is completely open-minded. It’s common that people become more close minded the older they get; hanging out with people who think alike, following the same routines and just avoid getting uncomfortable.
Video: Ethics of Using Technology to Capture Emotions
Any discussion of applied AI will naturally gravitate to ethics. Last week, Sunil Malhotra (CEO of Ideafarms) and I hosted a highly informative chat on the ethics of emotional artificial intelligence; specifically on using it to capture people’s emotions.
Thomas Koulopoulos: AI Isn’t About Tech, It’s About The Survival of Humanity
The Next Economy will be driven by 10 emerging technologies, underpinning them all is artificial intelligence. AI is buzzword that comes with many expectations that have yet to come true. When it does become smarter and truly autonomous, will it leave humans without jobs? Will we become slaves to it?
These are the types of questions that get the headlines and the clicks, but AI will be revolutionary in many ways; the benefits outweigh the fears.
4 Ways To Get Value From Social Media
Last week I had a great chat with a very smart group of people on the ethics of using technology to capture people’s emotions. It was a very accomplished group of people I had never met; except for Sunil.
Why Everyone Should Write a Failure Resumé
From the department of ideas that are worth sharing, check this out. Bill Taylor, co-founder of Fast Company, has a very interesting newsletter you should subscribe to; failure is the theme of the latest one.