By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson In the previous three segments of this series, we looked at what a singularity is and as part of evidence for the possibility of a technology singularity, we studied the frequency and impact of five scientific revolutions. Let us now catalog the modern intersubjective realities (ISRs) that have co-evolved with
Sramana Mitra: Do you want to take a different example from a different vertical perhaps and illustrate more of your point of view? Angela Zutavern: We can talk about healthcare. We partnered with the National Institute of Health on reading MRI scans for heart health. Trained cardiologists had to spend 20 to 30 minutes looking
Sramana Mitra: Can you parse that out? What are the tasks that machines do better and what are the tasks that humans do better in that context? Josh Sullivan: They were having people look over their existing loyalty club members and trying to figure out how to upsell or get them to use their points
Josh and Angela have written a book called The Mathematical Corporation, based on their exposure to various customer use cases of Machine Intelligence at Booz Allen. They discuss a few here. Sramana Mitra: You can decide who goes first. Please introduce yourselves as well as frame this conversation in the context of Booz Allen as
By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson In the previous two segments, we looked at what a Singularity was and as part of evidence for the possibility of a technology singularity, we studied the frequency of five scientific revolutions. Let us now analyze the impact of these revolutions. It is perhaps hard for us to realize that
By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson In the first segment of this series, we saw what a singularity was and were looking at the evidence for the possibility of a technology singularity. So, let’s now fill in the revolutionary landscape (remember that the agricultural revolution which started about 10,000 BCE was the first one!). The next
By Guest Author Frank H. Levinson Ray Kurzweil began writing more than 25 years ago about the possibility of a technology singularity occurring sometime in the late 20th century. He defines “Singularity” as “a future period during which the pace of technological change will be so rapid, its impact so deep, that human life will be irreversibly transformed.”
Sramana Mitra: In your estimate, how are we in getting to that kind of usability of being able to use AI in a highly-leveraged way without having rocket science capabilities in the individuals? Mike Flannagan: I think we’re doing a great job on the consumer side. Amazing work has been done to provide those sorts