Boooo! I’m not really a Halloween guy, but then again I don’t need an excuse to eat candy. What would be your “spooky name”? I’d be KEN VILE (MUAAHAHAHAHA) reply to me with your most creative spooky play on your name!
**1. Code red! **
Those of you who know me from my previous role as Center Transformation Leader for IBM know my feelings have changed about automation since the early days (it’s awesome). Now, even coding can be automated… are coders and programmers coding themselves out of a job?
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/agents-of-automation/568795/
2. What’s New with Big Blue: Guardians of the galaxy
Wait… open cloud-based security? Whaaaaat? That’s right… cybersecurity needs to be strong, but it doesn’t need to be complicated. Check out how IBM can enable your security needs without the ensuing headache.
**3. Selfie-esteem **
Social media is changing everything. EVERYTHING. An interesting article on how even going to the gym has changed because of the technology pervading our lives.
https://www.gq.com/story/gym-selfies-changing-workouts
4. Lost in translation
We're still a long way from the "universal translator" from Star Trek. How on earth is our brain capable of taking language syntax, intent, meaning and context and using all that to translate between languages, sometimes almost effortlessly? AI continues to advance albeit slowly.
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/live-translation-pixel-buds
5. What Kenvi learned this week: Shadow of a doubt
How much does your shadow weigh? I’m not getting all philosophical on you. The answer isn’t “nothing”.
http://www.sciencelet.com/2012/10/the-weight-of-shadow.html
You know those epic space battles in Star Wars? What happens to the laser beams that miss their targets? Do they just keep going on and on and on until they hit some poor unlucky spaceship a million miles away?