Life in the Singularity

Life in the Singularity

Rise of the Revenue Robots

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Matt McDonagh
May 13, 2023
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Automation and AI combined form the greatest force in modern business.

AI has become the brain and nervous system of successful companies, constantly collecting and comparing data.

Sensor readings are compared to forecasts.

Performance fine tuned constantly.

Causal modeling creates maps and forecasts that the AI uses to asses different interventions.

Predicting the future.

Once an optimal decision is detected the AI engages its muscle - automation.

Visualize AI as a super brain in a glass jar.

Generated with AI by Matt McDonagh - “Computer with Brain in Glass Jar”

Endlessly capable, but impotent.

Isolated and inert.

But when you put that Brain inside a titanium robot now suddenly you've got an engine ready to execute work.

And the exciting thing is - AI can analyze its own performance and recursively improve.

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