Zuckerberg's Manifesto

If you've been following AI news, Meta has been putting together a "AI super intelligence" team, and they have been hiring away the best scientists from Open AI, Google, etc. for professional athlete money ($100+ million).

Today, Zuckerberg released his manifesto (https://www.meta.com/superintelligence/).

The highlights are:

1. They have seen AI start to improve itself in the last few months, so developing super intelligence is within sight.

2. The rest of this decade will likely be decisive for determining the path forward.

3. He believes the other companies subscribe to the model of a central AI super intelligence taking all jobs and people living on the dole of it's output.

4. Meta's vision is personalized super intelligence in everyone's hands, for people to achieve their visions.

5. He feels our primary computing devices will be something like glasses that see and hear everything we do, and interact with us during the day.

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Project Management

Stages of any long term project: 

1. I have plenty of time. 

2. Oh sh*t.

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Are App Stores Shopping Malls or Liquor Stores?

I read about this analogy in Fortune magazine.  It concerns possible age verification legislation.  

If, for example, Meta's Snap gets restricted by law from children under 13, who is responsible for checking IDs?

The App stores (Apple, Google) say that they are like a mall, and Snap would be like a liquor store in their mall, and is responsible,    Meta says that the App stores are the liquor stores, and apps are simply a variety of alcohol.  It's the liquor store's responsibility to check IDs.

It's just another example of how the digital world has become such an integral part of life that tech discussions are now around more than just software or technology.  They also revolve around society and the law.

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Can You Give Me An Example?

Famed consultant Edgar Schein talked about avoiding misunderstandings in business discussions by "going down the abstraction layer."  He said the best way to do this is to ask "Can you give me an example?"

#strategy

#businesscommunication

#communication

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Cardinal Health CEO on Turnaround: Another Example Why Strategic Simplicity® Is Underrated

“This concept of relentless simplification and ruthless prioritization was the cornerstone of the change management and the strategy,” Hollar tells Fortune.

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Data Capture = Lottery Ticket?

The present and future require data.  Data to both train AI, and give intelligent systems the info it needs to optimize decisions. 

What if, 50 or 100 years ago, companies began recording data on their customers, parts, failure rate, etc.? Even though there was no AI or IofT back then, today that data would be valuable.

So, is your company capturing data today that maybe useful in the future?

If you think about it, it's like buying a lottery ticket.  You pay a little now, hoping for a huge payoff later.  Except that, unlike a lottery ticket, the odds are better than even that it will pay off.

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Gambling to Beat Tariffs

Today, I read an article in Crain's Chicago Business about a Chicago toy store, Timeless Toys, that took a big chance back in Jan/Feb.  After the tariff talk started, the owner used a line of credit to buy $700,000 worth of toys.  Basically, a year's supply in advance.

Now,  the bet is paying off.  The store is able to market the fact that they have ample supplies and low prices, and so their sales are up 18.4%, year to year.

This is an example of taking strategic advantage of change, and taking prudent business risks.

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