Use AI Ethically To Build Relationships, Not Data Warehouses

As technology evolves at a rapid rate – especially technology that incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities – so too does the potential for bias, disconnect, misuse of data, and the automation of impersonal actions or decisions. With the vast amounts of data collected, stored, and exchanged, capitalist societies risk the commoditization of personal data at the expense of the individual, instead of using personal data to foster valuable individual and societal relationships.

Alan TreflerAlan TreflerJanuary 18, 2022Alan Trefler, AI, Ethical AI, Build RelationshipsComment

Democratizing Software For The Greater Good

ABCs and 123s—letters and numbers are some of the first things we learn—even before we enter school. We’re taught to recognize, memorize, understand, and eventually manipulate them to communicate and persuade. These characters reveal their greatest value when we’re able to use them as the foundation for something greater, that not only moves individuals forward, but entire communities, businesses, and societies.

Simple letters and numbers underpin some of the greatest technology innovations of the last decade (and those that have yet to come)—often in the form of software code. And yet, when manipulated for coding, these familiar characters take on a new level of complexity that only a few specially trained people understand. Most application development today still requires people to learn archaic languages that only a small minority understand—to think the way machines think.

Alan TreflerAlan TreflerApril 7, 2021Alan Trefler, Democratizing, Software, The Greater GoodComment

The Big RPA Bubble

Robotic Process Automation (RPA). It’s a hot topic among the C-Suite. Where to implement. How to implement. How many headcounts can be saved through robotic implementations? Business leaders want robots – powered by AI – to drive automation into every mundane task people now do … but there’s a lot of misinformation and misunderstanding about what bots can and can’t do for an organization.

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