I recently read a paper that was able to quantitatively illustrate something I already knew from qualitative experience: LLMs love tech: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328725001673?via%3Dihub. Even when I ask it for social trends or political trends, it ends up giving me technology trends. LLMs are trained and programmed by techno-optimists. So, it should be no surprise that everybody's … Continue reading Use Your Illusion: AI loves tech and you don’t have to
Tag: Strategic Foresight
Peggy Smedley and I are now co-hosting a new podcast series, Aiglatson. In the first episode, I explain the meaning of aiglatson. Tune in for insights on building a strategy ready for the futures.
I recently sat down with Peggy Smedley to discuss the work I do with Shaping Tomorrow to augment my work as a strategic futurist with various forms of automation including LLMs which are often called Gen-AI. Peggy Smedley Show: Disrupting White-Collar Work: https://peggysmedleyshow.com/disrupting-white-collar-work Now, let me give you some context: While my wife and I … Continue reading Augmenting White-Collar Work & the Dangers of Blind Trust in Automation
Recently, Marco Bevolo, PhD, Adj. Prof. and I sat with Filiberto Amati of Amati & Associates for a podcast interview on Growth, Brands and More. We discuss some of the work we have been doing with Shaping Tomorrow, University of Breda, and World University of Design which we are currently publishing about through various outlets. … Continue reading Podcast Interview on Foresight and Strategy
I reflect on the past decade of using AI in my foresight work. While GenAI is valuable, it cannot replace human creativity. Emphasizing accountability, I argue that unemployment concerns focus more on corporate profit than tech capabilities, stressing the importance of human dignity and conscious choices in AI use.
