Category Archives: Trends

Peter Norvig about Generative AI and Programming

Posted on December 5, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Peter Norvig, the AI Authority for the last 40 years, recently shared his vision of Software in the age of Generative AI. He talks about the history and the future of programmers, programming languages, and the software industry. Link

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Gartner: “Decision-Centric” is surpassing “Data-Driven”

Posted on December 5, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Gartner predicts that by 2028, 25% of chief data and analytics officer vision statements will become “decision-centric,” surpassing “data-driven” slogans, as human decision-making behaviors are modeled to improve data and analytics. Data alone doesn’t change decision-making behaviors, unless it is … Continue reading →

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The importance of handwriting

Posted on September 30, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

The Economist published an interesting article “The importance of handwriting is becoming better understood”: “In modern life, writing means typing. Writing by hand has become an endangered species. But one series of studies has found a big advantage in note-taking … Continue reading →

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YouTube to Auto-generate Video Summaries

Posted on August 8, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

YouTube is running a new test to auto-generate video summaries with the use of AI. As noted on the support page, the summaries have begun appearing on the watch and search pages, but are only available for a limited number of English-language … Continue reading →

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The Black Belt Of Digital Decisions

Posted on June 30, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

In Jan-2017 Mike Gualtieri from Forrester published a report “Prescriptive Analytics: The Black Belt Of Digital Decisions” which tied Analytics to actionable Decisions. Mike wrote: “Enterprises must stop wasting time and money on unactionable analytics. These efforts don’t matter if the resulting … Continue reading →

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Towards Programming as Conversation

Posted on June 13, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

With LLMs taking the world, the prediction “What comes after serverless? Conversational Programming!” becomes a reality. It is interesting that even in 1967 Marvin Minsky understood the possibility of a 2-way conversation between programmer and computer, where the program is … Continue reading →

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wAIting for Godot

Posted on May 28, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Kurt Cagle’s “When the Jobs Don’t Come Back“: “The hopes that AI will result in significant staff reductions may be premature at best. What it will do is make it easier for smaller companies to become capable of producing products … Continue reading →

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RFP Process is Waste of Time

Posted on January 25, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Silvie Spreeuwenberg wrote: “As someone who has experience drafting RFP questions, being on an assessment team, and responding to RFPs, I can honestly say that this process is often a waste of time and can lead to disappointing results for … Continue reading →

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Gartner’s Low-Code Application Platform Magic Quadrant

Posted on January 13, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

Paul Vincent: “Gartner’s Low-Code Application Platform Magic Quadrant and Critical Capabilities research covers platforms for building applications that range from enterprise business applications to smaller departmental applications. Many business process automation tools overlap with LCAP in terms of capabilities, and … Continue reading →

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The End of Programming?

Posted on January 1, 2023 by decisionmanagementcommunity

This is one the the first tweets of 2023 based on the Matt Welsh Jan-2023 article in CACM that states: Programming will be obsolete. I believe the conventional idea of “writing a program” is headed for extinction, and indeed, for all … Continue reading →

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