The UK AI Council, a non-statutory expert committee of independent advisers set up in 2019 published its AI Roadmap today. I've long been interested - and occasionally frustrated - by the issue of so-called AI nationalism. But there are undeniably hotspots of AI and London was certainly the pre-eminent one pre-Brexit in, as I noted… Continue reading The UK’s AI roadmap
The importance of stories
I'm a big sports fan, mainly of cricket and football but also horse racing, cycling, baseball, tennis and more or less anything. And I've missed them during lockdown, but nowhere near as much as I thought I would. That's because of what has replaced them. Like most of us who are lucky enough to have… Continue reading The importance of stories
Taking a post-Covid look at AI adoption by industry
As Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella put it on the company's fiscal Q320 earnings call on April 29, As COVID-19 impacts every aspect of our work and life, we have seen 2 years' worth of digital transformation in 2 months. Things are changing very quickly in certain areas of the technology sector and so surveys we… Continue reading Taking a post-Covid look at AI adoption by industry
Free Covid-19 resources from 451 Research & S&P Global
Just a short note to say that 451 Research and S&P Global both have regularly updated sites that contain free to read research, statistics and news about the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 virus: 451 Research - Impact of Covid-19 S&P Global Coronavirus Coverage Of course we are all part of the same S&P Global… Continue reading Free Covid-19 resources from 451 Research & S&P Global
What might a post-Covid-19 world look like?
Although it scarcely matters in the grand scheme of life, here are some thoughts on what a post-Covid-19 technology industry might look like - and the world beyond. All we know at this point in late March that the effect on our health, liberty and economic status will either be short and sharp, or long… Continue reading What might a post-Covid-19 world look like?
Responsible AI, the Microsoft way
Concerns about ethical and responsible use of AI are as old as the discipline itself. But so far it has been rare in our modern (i.e. from about 2012 onwards) AI journey to find these concerns being put into the practice of shipping software by the companies that build and sell AI software beyond laying… Continue reading Responsible AI, the Microsoft way
New AI & Machine Learning research coming from 451 in 2020
As we come to the end of 2019 - and indeed the decade - I wanted to give you a heads-up of forthcoming Voice of the Enterprise AI & Machine Learning survey research coming in January, so I made a 1-minute video that explains it all. https://youtu.be/5jVJee1rzxo If you want to know more about trends… Continue reading New AI & Machine Learning research coming from 451 in 2020
My thoughts on joining the S&P Global family
So almost 20 years to the day since we incorporated 451 Research,1 our scrappy startup effort of an analyst company with the funny name that people used to get wrong has been sold to a new owner. The press release… Continue reading My thoughts on joining the S&P Global family
- December 23 1999, I remember as I was the one that signed the necessary documents [↩]
Why AI value comes from industry-specific applications
One of the questions I get asked the most, especially when speaking at conferences is a version of the following: I am not Google or Facebook or Tencent or Alibaba. So what can AI do for me? The implied follow-up question is that given we know AI is driven by data and these organizations have… Continue reading Why AI value comes from industry-specific applications
A simple way to look at the AI opportunity
I have a slide I use a lot at the moment in presentations and it looks like this: It offers a simple - but hopefully not simplistic - way of looking at the opportunity AI and machine learning presents us in the overall framework of automation. When I present, the three elements in the slide… Continue reading A simple way to look at the AI opportunity