AI breakthrough
The Future of Work With AI - Microsoft event was a seminal moment in technology and a masterclass in presentation. If you haven't watched it yet it’s linked below-
Satya Nadella highlighted other such groundbreaking advances like the Mother of all demos by Douglas Engelbard in 1968. In the presentation, he sets broad context for the new era of tools ... and the demo does deliver. Almost each example use of the next generation of tools was a wow moment for me. This has been the greatest demo of my generation.
Beyond productivity, repercussions for human society are going to be immense. In a few years these tools are going to be the new normal for the younger generation. Exciting and scary at the same time.
Writing these blogs is a hard process trying to synthesize complex thoughts to articulate something precise. That skill will be automated soon. Although human agency was mentioned as part of the new generation of tools, it will become severely limited if that skill is never exercised by the next generation.
I err on the side of favoring new technology rather than having luddite tendencies, but even for me as an active technology worker the potential disruption and transformation is immense.