Europe, need to decide how to play in this world: surrender, resist or adapt. “Radical reciprocity” seems to be the way forward…
Insights
Writing and talks on AI and technology in practice.
The same questions I ask in a due diligence, worked through in public: in articles, and on stage for boards, investors and leadership teams. See the talks
AI insights from the real world
Here are some of the real-world, no-nonsense, leave-the-hype-at-home insights from a round table on AI and Automation
We need more qubits!
Despite calls to “start today,” it seems to me that few companies urgently need to board the quantum train. For most, it’s okay to wait and see….
Is programming becoming an obsolete skill?
while we agree mastering a domain requires serious dedication, there’s less consensus on which skills we need to master
Code Crash Debug Repeat
In a recent MIT experiment, three student teams were asked to write software code in Fortran, a programming language none of them knew.
Context Matters
This screenshot from a fitness app humorously illustrates the importance of context and human oversight when using AI translations.
On stage since 2016
Keynotes, lectures and panels
From board briefings for Allen & Overy and Summa Equity to TEDx, CIONET and THINK Oslo. Each links to the story behind the talk.
“Thank you Wouter for the brilliant speech and thoughts yesterday. It got us all thinking and there was a lot of discussion about it during the dinner afterwards.”
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