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Supply Chains:  IT’s Failed Frontier

I brought my family’s passenger van for repairs at the car dealership where we bought it from.  The van had trouble accelerating especially going uphill.  It would sometimes stall.  The dealership’s engineer pulled out a portable device which he plugged into an electronic box under the van’s hood.  When I asked what the device was,Continue reading “Supply Chains:  IT’s Failed Frontier”

It’s 2024, and 1984 is Not Far Off

George Orwell wrote about a dystopian future in his book, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984).  1984 was Orwell’s last novel and it was published in the year 1949.  Seventy-five (75) years later, in 2024, 1984 doesn’t seem far off.  In the novel, an authoritarian government led by a character named Big Brother monitors its country’s people viaContinue reading “It’s 2024, and 1984 is Not Far Off”

What Problems Will AI Solve?

The debut of artificial intelligence (AI) applications like ChatGPT in late 2022 ignited viral media firestorms around the world. AI is no longer science fiction.  It is here.  It has arrived.  It is on our fingertips, demonstrating its power and ready for our use.  With AI apps like ChatGPT, we can use our devices (i.e.,Continue reading “What Problems Will AI Solve?”