Cloud providers have to spend billions on hardware to run AI models for users. Apple will have no such cost because the model will run on… your iPhone.
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
A breakthrough in machine learning could be worth 10 Microsofts
In a 2004 New York Times interview Bill Gates predicted that any company that would create a breakthrough in machine learning (AI) could potentially displace Microsoft.
Highly effective knowledge management is no longer the privilege of elite companies.
I recall visiting a McKinsey office maybe 15 years ago and being very impressed by their structured approach to organising knowledge.
from RAGs to riches
Retrieval Augmented Generation is currently the best way to mitigate Large Language Model hallucinations.
Guilty Pleasure – comparing DALL-E, MidJourney, Stable Diffusion and Photoshop
AI-based image generation tools are transforming the way we perceive and create art. I explored four such tools to understand their unique capabilities and...
This is not my first hype cycle
Every time a new technology comes along, we seem to first believe that it will (a) replace all previous technologies and (b) that it will solve all future problems. Inevitably we then discover the limitations and then finally we put the new tool where it belongs, in its own niche where it shines.
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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