With the astonishing pace of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) more broadly and OpenAI‘s ChatGPT becoming the world’s fastest-growing consumer application in history with 100 million users in 2 months, we have entered a next phase in the Smart Technology Era where AI is starting to show some more of its true power to comprehensively change the way we work, […]
Thanks to SwissCognitive, World-Leading AI Network, for the honour and privilege to be selected as one of the Global AI Ambassadors in 2023. I fully identify with the shared mission of promoting responsible and equitable #AI adoption for the benefit of all. AI has the potential to revolutionize the way we work and live, but we must approach […]
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jacquesludik_big-tech-was-moving-cautiously-on-ai-then-activity-7025336847362895872-BRWy With all the chat about ChatGPT, the book “Democratizing Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Everyone: Shaping a Better Future in the Smart Technology Era” (see jacquesludik.com) also shares Yann LeCun sentiments (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yann-lecun_big-tech-was-moving-cautiously-on-ai-then-activity-7025141400795017216-V_jw) and takes us on a holistic sense-making journey and lays a foundation to synthesize a more balanced view and better understanding of AI, […]
Dr Jacques Ludik did a keynote address “AI-driven Digital Transformation to help Business and People Thrive in the Smart Technology Era” at BPESA Global Business Services (GBS) Investors Conference 2022 Herewith a link to the presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wmdTXJroeNtJC7yG4AyDdMt1lbPUR-kZ/view?usp=sharing He has also given examples of AI for social good applications such as Vive Teens (viveyou.com) and Journey […]
Dr Jacques Ludik has given a presentation on “AI-driven Digital Transformation to help Business and People Thrive in the Smart Technology Era” to a group of Postdoctoral researchers at Stellenbosch University and other universities in South Africa. The theme was on Democratizing and making AI practical , the fundamentals of this discipline and business applications […]
Dr Jacques Ludik has given a presentation on “AI-driven Digital Transformation of Education to help Business and People Thrive in the Smart Technology Era” at the ZAMBEZI PRIDE Education 4.0 Hybrid conference themed “Investing in Tech Advancements for a Better Future”. Herewith a link to the presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HJZ-uNawJEu6SKCE9zWA–HlN4hosIkd/view?usp=sharing For access to the paper back, electronic, and […]
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Thomas “Ai Nerd” Helfrich from Ai Nerd interviewed Dr. Jacques Ludik, Serial Entrepreneur & Author of “Democratizing AI to Benefit Everyone” a few months ago about Democratizing Artificial Intelligence. The video of the interview is now available at https://youtu.be/80N-kfEZ8RY See also https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/democratizing-ai-6906521507938258944/ Dr Jacques Ludik Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/JacquesLudik #AiNerd #AIwithAttitude jacquesludik.com Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa […]
To examine the role that new technologies such as #AI, #ML and #IOT can play in taking the business to the next level, Dr Jacques Ludik will be presenting a keynote address virtually on “AI-driven Digital Transformation to help Business and People Thrive in the Smart Technology Era”, at the ITWeb BPM & Automation Summit, to be held on 29 June at […]
Having seen the evolution, success, and impact of many platform businesses over the last two decades and being myself involved in building AI-driven platform businesses within the health and financial wellness space, I have been contemplating for several years various ways of how AI and its benefits can be democratized to as many people as […]
How can we democratize AI to help shape a beneficial human-centric future? Whereas a previous article “AI’s Impact on Society, Governments, and the Public Sector” amongst others discussed the risks, concerns and challenges of AI for society, this ninth article in the Democratizing AI series, starts by sharing some solutions to counter AI’s potential negative impacts. This article […]
In this eighth article in the Democratizing AI series the focus shifts to discussing the beneficial outcomes for humanity and how we can democratize AI to help shape a beneficial human-centric future. In the previous articles which share extracts from the book Democratizing Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Everyone: Shaping a Better Future in the Smart Technology Era, a foundation […]
In this seventh article in the Democratizing AI series the focus is on the debates, progress and likely future paths of Artificial Intelligence. Over the last number of decades, we have seen AI’s impact, progress, and future direction being debated and discussed on so many different levels, AI research going through several rough “winter” and blossoming “summer” periods […]
In this Democratizing AI series of articles, we have so far, amongst others, covered AI’s revolutionary transformation on the world and its people across multiple industries, and will in this article consider AI’s impact on society, governments, and the public sector. We also know that the potential benefits of AI for society and social good are […]
Education, Healthcare and Wellness are sectors that I am personally passionate about and would love to see how smart technology and AI-driven technology can help shape a better and more equitable educational and healthy world. In this fifth Democratizing AI article we continue our sense-making journey on the application front to understand how these sectors are […]
In follow-up to the following articles in the Democratizing AI Newsletter which focused on “AI as Key Exponential Technology in the Smart Technology Era“, “AI-driven Digital Transformation of the Business Enterprise“, and “AI Revolutionizing Personalized Engagement for Consumer Facing Businesses“, this article shares some text and audio extracts from Chapter 6, “”AI-powered Process and Equipment Enhancement across the Industrial World […]
Dr Jacques Ludik is speaking at the HIGHER LEARNING & THE 4IR CONFERENCE “Integration of AI in African Higher Learning Institutions” on 24 March 2022 at 15:10 -15:55 on the topic: Democratizing Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Everyone: Shaping a Better Future in the Smart Technology Era jacquesludik.com https://www.linkedin.com/posts/miiafrica_higher-learning-the-4ir-hybrid-conference-activity-6911993114853314560-rexs? ZAMBEZI PRIDE proudly presents the HIGHER LEARNING […]
In follow-up to the first two articles in the Democratizing AI Newsletter which focused on AI as Key Exponential Technology in the Smart Technology Era and AI-driven Digital Transformation of the Business Enterprise, this article shares some text and audio extracts from Chapter 5, “AI Revolutionizing Personalized Engagement for Consumer Facing Business” in the book Democratizing Artificial Intelligence to […]
AI’s Impact on the Workplace, Employment and the Job Market Global Technology & Business Services Council- GT&BSC https://www.linkedin.com/posts/global-technology-business-services-council-gt-bsc_gtbsc-globaleventseries-talentcrisis-activity-6910618828020289536-Cg-Z Given the current state-of-the-art in #AI, the introduction of AI in the #workplace will initially focus on augmenting and helping #employees to do their jobs better and not necessarily replace them. AI-based technology is creating new ways […]
In follow-up to the first article in Democratizing AI Newsletter which focused on AI as Key Exponential Technology in the Smart Technology Era, this article shares some text and audio extracts from Chapter 4, “AI-driven Digital Transformation of the Business Enterprise“, of the book Democratizing Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Everyone: Shaping a Better Future in the Smart Technology Era as it […]
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