https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/igniting-african-ai-ecosystem-jacques-ludik/ Amidst the Artificial Intelligence (AI) avalanche in our midst, let us collaborate to ignite the African AI Ecosystem to help shape a better future for everyone in the Smart Technology Era! The AI Avalanche With all the excitement, hype and debates on Artificial Intelligence in 2023, there is a lot of sense-making going on […]
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-singularity-threat-humanity-promise-better-future-jacques-ludik The technological or AI singularity is a hypothetical future event in which artificial intelligence will have surpassed human intelligence, leading to a rapid and exponential increase in technological development. Some refer to it as when AI becomes capable of recursively self-improving, leading to rapid advancements in technology that are beyond human comprehension or control. […]
Thanks Sarah Luyele Njamu (MBA)! It was awesome chatting with you on the podcast about Human-centric AI and how Artificial Intelligence will change the future. https://www.podbean.com/ei/pb-n76w2-140ea02 LinkedIn article : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jacquesludik_artificialintelligence-future-technology-activity-7064622456593891328-9tB7 Book: “Democratizing Artificial Intelligence to Benefit Everyone: Shaping a Better Future in the Smart Technology Era” jacquesludik.com Democratize AI Newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/democratizing-ai-6906521507938258944/ Machine Intelligence Institute of […]
Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, one of the most influential Machine Learning researchers of the past few decades, recently left Google to, amongst others, speak out about the potential risks of AI such as the significant job losses, flood of misinformation, as well as concerns about AI or machine intelligence surpassing human intelligence and posing a potential existential risk for humanity. In order to make […]
In preparation for our upcoming Twitter Space: “Quantum Computing for Generative AI” on 07 May 2023 at 1PM (GMT), which has also been announced on LinkedIn, I’m sharing some background on both Quantum Computing and Generative AI as a backdrop along with some brief answers to some common questions on this topic (in collaboration with […]
Thanks to John Kamara as well as the AICE Africa and Adanian Labs teams for an excellent #AI Leaders Summit 2023 in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as the follow-up events discussing the Future of AI policy in Kenya and Trustworthy AI and Research in AI, which were also very stimulating and thoughtful. I’m sharing my […]
The Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa | MIIA is also thrilled to announce that MIIA is a Knowledge and Event Partner for Digitizing Africa 2023. As the President & Founder at Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa | MIIA, Dr. Jacques Ludik has also joined Digitizing Africa 2023‘s impressive lineup of speakers! Don’t miss the chance to hear Dr. Ludik’s insights and expertise at […]
#AI for Leaders Summit 2023, Nairobi, Kenya. Looking forward to participate in a keynote address at this event on April 27th, 2023.The topic is “AI IN FINANCE AND FINTECH SPACE. NEW TRENDS IN BANKING, INSURANCE AND FINTECH. WHAT IS THE COMMERCIAL VALUE TO YOUR BUSINESS AND WHY” See also:AI Revolutionizing Personalized Engagement for Consumer Facing Businesseshttps://lnkd.in/eq8V5Fbk […]
WEBINAR INVITE: AI and Web3: A Perfect Match?on 25 April at 9 am ET These days most conversations are centered around Artificial Intelligence and its potential to transform how we interact with data and do business online. The convergence of AI and blockchain technology is opening up new possibilities. Experts predict AI will play a […]
As a further follow-up to the post below, see also Sam Altman from OpenAI claiming that the Age of Giant AI Models is already over and Greg Brockman’s statement that GPT 5 will be released ‘Incrementally’. Although this will in no way damper the tremendous applications of Generative AI and AI more broadly along with other smart technology, […]
Dr Jacques Ludik will be moderating the panel discussion on “Generative AI: What lies behind and how it propels businesses” at SwissCognitive, World-Leading AI Network‘s global conference “Redefining Business Performance with Generative AI”on March 28th 17:15 – 18:08 CET. See also “The Power of Generative AI: Exploring its Impact, Applications, Limitations, and Future” article for background.https://lnkd.in/ggNxN96J Here are […]
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 […]
The Machine Intelligence Institute of Africa | MIIA is an event partner for the Africa Tech Festival 2022 which takes place from 7 – 11 November 2022 at CTICC, Cape Town https://bit.ly/3u0jPfj Africa Tech Festival 2022 – The Home of Africa Com The Home of AfricaCom and AfricaTech | Uniting Business and Technology To Create […]
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 […]
Dr Jacques Ludik’s Keynote on AI-driven Digital Transformation at the ITWeb’s BPM & Automation 2022 Keynote: AI-driven Digital Transformation to help Business and People Thrive in the Smart Technology Era https://youtu.be/qKFtkj-74G4 Dr Jacques Ludik – jacquesludik.com Many business owners and directors view the adoption of new technologies, especially those for business process management, as too […]
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