Collaborative Intelligence Week in Review - 01Dec2023
Best business article(s) I read this week…
What are a board’s responsibilities regarding generative AI?
This article by a Managing Partner at McKinsey & Company argues that boards focus too much on the risks of generative AI and not enough on the opportunities it presents.
This podcast is from MIT’s Me, Myself, and AI series. It is an interview with Shopify’s Director of Product, Miqdad Jaffer. During the interview, he describes how Shopify is using generative AI to help its users get their products to market more quickly.
Organizational Implementation of AI: Craft and Mechanical Work
This California Management Review article presents insights from the study of 55 AI implementation efforts across firms/industries. It is currently open-access, so you should be able to view it.
Best technical article(s) I read this week…
Facilitating Human-Robot Collaboration through Natural Vocal Conversations
This is a very brief article describing an experiment conducted with Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Azure (and Python programming) that enabled humans to collaborate with robots using natural language as they worked together to complete an assembly task.
Other item(s) of note…
Google DeepMind’s GNoME helped create more than 700 new materials
This is another example of how intelligent machines can be used to speed discoveries. This application is focused on identifying stable materials. Similar tools have been used in other industries, such as drug discovery and industrial product design.
O’Reilly Survey on Generative AI in the Enterprise
I’ve included an earlier version of this survey (2,800+ technology professionals surveyed) in a previous newsletter. This is the latest update. The full report can be viewed here.
Unpacking the hype around OpenAI’s rumored new Q* model
If you haven’t been following the drama at OpenAI closely, you may not know that one of the unexpressed concerns of the board was Altman’s plans for releasing Project Q*. This article provides some background on this project.
Generative AI: Precursor to Autonomous Analytics
This article has some interesting insights into how generative AI may affect the practice of data analytics and its use within organizations.
Coolest thing I saw…
This was announced in October, but I discovered it this week. It is a human-piloted industrial robot that seems to have been inspired by The Transformers. See for yourself…