In a McKinsey Global Survey involving many CTOs and CEOs of companies ’round the world, that took place in July/August 2022, from several industry sectors the response on what will be the most needed technology in the coming years the overwhelming consent is on artificial intelligence. Doesn’t matter the industry …
Read More »A Merry Merry Christmas with AI
Does Santa Claus really exist? Let’s look at what AI responded to the question posed by a parent asking to explain her daughter that Santa was a fictional character: Dear Emile, I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to let you know that I am not a …
Read More »Getting younger with AI
Disney has been at the forefront of technologies and tools, starting from mechanical ones, to simplify the process of creating animation movies. This required creating many many drawings, each one slightly different from the previous that once placed in sequence would generate the character motion. Computers have simplified the process …
Read More »Checking the heart with AI
Artificial intelligence is spreading in healthcare, flanking doctors in interpreting data harvested from exams and pointing to a diagnoses. Mammography analyses AI assisted is growing, proving to be particularly useful in early stage detection when subtle abnormalities may go undetected to the human eye. AI is also being applied in the …
Read More »Impact of AI in the healthcare landscape – III
In the two previous posts on the Impact of AI in the healthcare landscape I focussed on those areas that I expect AI to have the most impact within the coming two three years and that will further progress in the second part of this decade. Rather than discussing the …
Read More »AI is a tool, although we often forget it
Few days ago I participated to an event organised by Anitec Assinform, the Italian Association of ICT Industries on the topic of “Impact of AI on jobs”. I was there representing the AI working Group I am chairing. The discussion was mostly focussing on the legal aspects, although several topics …
Read More »Impact of AI in the healthcare landscape – II
If chatbots and personal digital twins are just starting to be considered in healthcare industry the use of artificial intelligence in drug design and in clinical trials is already a reality. This was made clear to the world during the pandemic when pharmaceutical companies turned to AI to speed up …
Read More »Impact of AI in the healthcare landscape – I
I have been asked to give a talk at MedicRes AI 2023, a conference that will play out virtually in the week of February 6th, 2023. I actually gave the talk few days ago when it was recorded well in advance of the conference. I just want to outline the …
Read More »The power of “I don’t understand”
GPT-3 the OpenAI software that can answer your questions in a very intelligent way, sometimes come up with nonsensical answers. It simply did not understand your question and made up an answer. In these situations you can prompt (type in) GPT-3 with a different text expressing your question in a …
Read More »The “inside” and “outside” of the Metaverse
On December 14th we had a great discussion on Persistency as a crucial characteristics of the Metaverse. I was fortunate to have on the panel three great speakers, and most importantly three persons having hands on experience on the past evolution of the Metaverse and on the slates of possibility …
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