Category: Week1

Let's take a deeper look into server virtualization benefits and disadvantages

In our first class we discussed IT fundamentals. One of the topics explained was Virtualized Data Center, and more specifically, the benefits from it. There are two main positive outcomes from virtualization: increased hardware utilization and improved business processes. After doing some research and reading articles about the topic, I found some less obvious perks… Read more Let's take a deeper look into server virtualization benefits and disadvantages

AI is changing the world. But is it for the good?

We live in a world filled with conflicts. Whether it is our conflict with nature, one religion’s with another, simply a conflict of inequities and opportunities that never seem to balance or the one that always exists between a world that is advancing rapidly and the one that is left behind, we are always trying,… Read more AI is changing the world. But is it for the good?

Less Considered, Unintended Consequences

The everyday effects of consumer based artificial intelligence are significant and far reaching. There are tangible benefits such as the proliferation of intelligence personal assistants like Siri as well as more indirect benefits like the incredible improvements in suggestion algorithms that power Netflix. Additionally, companies must also consider the unintentional effects of implementing such technologies.… Read more Less Considered, Unintended Consequences

A CONTRARIAN’S GUIDE TO VENTURE INVESTING FOR THE 2020S - Part I.

BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) Be clear: We do not know what the next big thing will be. First-principles thinking still holds (i.e. we want to find those ideas that are both “non-consensus” and “right”).   Disclaimer: if you are looking for investment ideas about specific companies and verticals/industries here, you will be disappointed. This… Read more A CONTRARIAN’S GUIDE TO VENTURE INVESTING FOR THE 2020S - Part I.

Industries and Jobs Ripe for Disruption

Technologies disrupt the old and the new. Even those aware of new technologies and competitors are disrupted. This is true for companies, industries, and job fields (or collectively ‘Markets’). In this post, I want to explore a) types of disruption, b) determinants of disruptions, and c) markets primed for future disruption. Types of Disruption There… Read more Industries and Jobs Ripe for Disruption

The uncertainty of relevance

Having ideas is easy, we produce myriads a day, and when it is about deciding on their adoption when they will directly affect our personal life; it is quasi-immediate to discriminate between good and bad ideas. Why is it then so difficult to predict the success rate of an idea to flourish, a product to… Read more The uncertainty of relevance

Technological advancements - Balance between Earnings-Per-Share and Ethics-Privacy-Security

Processing Power accelerating new technologies: AI/ML, Big Data and IoT Computing power is the driving force for recent advancements in AI/ML, Cloud Computing, BigData and IoT technologies. Tech companies are striving hard to maintain and expand their dominance in the tech field by using advanced processor technologies. For instance, Google has released its third-generation TPU… Read more Technological advancements - Balance between Earnings-Per-Share and Ethics-Privacy-Security

Is Artificial Intelligence Fair ?

We a live in the Data realm. From every picture clicked to every Card Swipe, you’re data is being stored and fed into an algorithm that will make a decision about your daily day life. Artificial Intelligence is used to make decisions about targeting people in fields like – Advertisements, Loans, Justice Systems, so it… Read more Is Artificial Intelligence Fair ?

The Two Surfaces of Google Duplex

At this year’s Google I/O Developer Conference, Google Duplex, an AI system caught my eye. Google Assistant was able to make calls on behalf of its user and do simple tasks such as booking an appointment or making a reservation at a restaurant. The system uses a Recurrent Neural Network while interacting with humans. The… Read more The Two Surfaces of Google Duplex

New trends in space exploration thanks to latest leading trends in IT

I am a fan of space exploration and can’t pass reading any new article in the news about SpaceX. Since December 2015, Elon Musk’s space company SpaceX had made breakthroughs in the way of sending rockets in space. SpaceX had developed a new way to send and return a rocket back to earth by vertically… Read more New trends in space exploration thanks to latest leading trends in IT