GenAI Radically Changes the Economics of Knowledge
Insights from Dr. John Sviokla. Can you articulate why this moment is so transformational?
We are at an unprecedented moment in time, comparable to the dawn of the printing press, the industrial revolution, the steam engine, and the internet.
My colleague and co-founder, Dr. John Sviokla, explains why in a 7-minute talk at the MIT AI Summit. Some highlights:
Highlights
Fred Taylor, the time studies expert, was a transformational thinker and the originator of modern knowledge management, which moved knowledge from the guilds to management
We are in the 3rd major way of automation: automation of unstructured data
The world is becoming fundamentally more computable
This is a Ford/Taylor moment, as important as electricity or steam
Three phases for business leaders: understanding, leverage, transformation
We are pleased to announced our initial set of confirmed speakers for Generative AI World 2024 conference Oct 7-8 in Boston.
The conference focuses on driving business value with enterprise GenAI with case studies
Audience: Board member, CEO, SVP Digital, Chief Innovation Office, CTO, CDO, and AI team leads
350 attendees, 60 speakers, 50 case studies, 30 AI startups, 15 exhibitors
2 days of fantastic networking and learning in a 5 star hotel on Boston Harbor and in the center of Boston. Spend the weekend as it will be peak leaf season in ME, VT and NH
Special discounts for companies sending their entire management or AI team
Media: CIO Magazine, Wired Magazine, 15 others
Gold sponsor: UBS
Confirmed speakers as of May 23
Shikhar Ghosh, Professor, Harvard Business School
Melissa Smith, CEO, WEX (NYSE: WEX)
Ramesh Raskar, Professor and Director Media Lab, MIT
Kevin Shatzkamer, Managing Director, GenAI, Google
Nina Lee Grooms, Board Member, Alamo Group (NYSE: ALG)
Ian Roberton, Director Technology/AI, American Securities
Dr. Thomas Kingsley, Professor of Medicine & Biomedical Informatics, Mayo Clinic
Matt Lewis, Global Medical Analytics and AI Officer, Inizio Health
Jose Pedro Almeida, named World’s Top 70 Health AI leaders
Pieter Schouten, Chief Innovation Officer, Ensemble Health Partners
Sandeep Sacheti, EVP CIO, Wolters Kluwer
Badri Raghavan, VP AI/ML, ResMed
John Spottiswood, COO, Jerry
Pankaj Dugar, SVP GTM North America, AI21
Igor Jablokov, CEO, Pryon
Mary Purk, Executive Director of AI, Wharton Business School
Erik Oken, Chairman, MidOcean Partners
Chip Hazard, General Partner, Flybridge Capital Partners
Rudina Seseri, Managing Partner, Glasswing Ventures
John Werner, Founder, Imagination in Action
Rizwan Mallal, COO, Quantum Gears
Scott Kirsher, CEO at InnoLead & Boston Globe Columnist
Pete Blackshaw, CEO, BrandRank.AI
Katie Taylor, CEO Narrative
Chris McKay, CEO, Maginative
We are finalizing sponsors; contact me if you are interested.
Notable upcoming events
Weekly GenAI Learning Lab (Zoom call) 7p ET/ 4 PT every Monday Recent episodes
June 4 (in person, paid). The AI Advantage in Sales workshop presented by the Distribution Strategy Group. This 3 hours, hands-on workshop shows you how to use GenAI to increase your sales effectiveness to drive cash to your pocket.
June 7 at 9a ET (virtual, free). AI Blueprint for MA monthly Zoom call. AI Blueprint for MA is a volunteer effort to help attract and retain AI talent to the State of MA in USA. Email Paul Baier to be added to the calendar event. This event is open to the public.
June 7 (in-person, free). MIT CSAIL and Imagination in Action Conference focused on Academics and Technology. will.i.am is confirmed to speak. Apply to attend here
Oct 7-8 (2 days. in-person, paid): GAI Insights’ Generative AI World 2024 Conference Boston, MA.
Reminders to seize the day:
“You get what you deserve. Instead of being a good person, you choose to become one tomorrow." -- Marcus Aurelius
"I don't complain about lack of time ... what little I have will go far enough. Today -- this day-- will achieve what no tomorrow will fail to speak about. I will lay siege to the gods and shake up the world." -- Seneca
Onward,
Paul