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Bugmageddon reveals how unprepared we are to squash it
I have a strange fascination with cybersecurity. Not enough to, like, go into it as a profession, but enough to be healthily scared. You know the drill: Not…
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The revolution won’t be televised, but it might go underground
Despite the hype, despite the clarion call to action, despite the mandates, roughly half of the individual contributors in the U.S. aren’t using AI very much, and about…
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Org AI Literacy Step 4: Comfort with chaos
It’s not pleasant when things go to hell in a handbasket. The type of hell and the parameters of the handbasket may vary, but in general it involves…
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Org AI Literacy Step 3: Culture of learning
As a rule, I like to get things right the first time. This is partly because patience is not one of my gifts. But mostly, I don’t like…
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Org AI Literacy Step 2: Clarity in the destination, not the path
I learned about a year ago that making detailed strategic plans had become an exercise in futility. It started with corporate acknowledgement that the stalwart annual operational planning…
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Org AI Literacy Step 1: Changes start at the top
Framework-makers are gonna framework, and last week I introduced one for boosting organizational AI literacy. Hint: It’s more than providing shiny new tools. ICYMI, the upshot is that…
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Why your org needs to be as AI-literate as you are
AI literacy is coming soon to your role guidelines, if it’s not there already. Software engineers have already had this awhile now, and it’s a fair expectation of…
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Does fortune favor the bold? I guess we’ll see
A lot of companies are making a lot of bold moves of late. Bold moves that are even bolder than all the other bold moves we’ve gotten used…
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Your AI learning curve is tech-ier than just the AI
As workers at tech companies are sometimes wont to do — even in non-tech roles like mine — I had occasion last week to audit 1,500 Git repository…
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In the face of adversity, Integrity triumphs
One of my many dreams when I was little was to become an astronaut. At some point, I realized math and physical fitness were involved and decided my…