Like any major technology, AI can be used as a tool or a weapon. More ethical guardrails are needed, but most technologists believe that the number of people benefiting from beneficial tools will outweigh the negative impact of those tools being weaponized. One of the technologies squarely in the crosshairs…

The futurist book Life 3.0 by AI researcher Max Tegmark opens up with a story about a benevolent AI taking over the world by making blockbuster movie hits. First, the AI makes thousands of auto-generated movies at low cost, then becomes very profitable, developing a following. …

Benchmarks are a key indicator of progress in the AI field, and great progress has been made. Large models are compared against large test sets of questions, images, and tasks. As a control, humans take these tests to set a benchmark for comparison vs. AI models. Over time, one of…

After another year of learning, challenge, and growth in the AI finance world, I am taking the time to recap some of the big trends and think about overall progress during a tumultuous year. With overall IT investment growth slowing overall during the pandemic, COVID-19 has caused budgets to shift…

Working in cloud finance, I often get the question: “what should I do to prepare for an interview?”. The question is hard for me to answer as working in cloud finance is quite different than other finance roles which I have had exposure to. …

Review of 2019 in Finance for AI 2019 has been a really interesting year to be a finance manager in AI. The industry continues to change and innovate at a rapid pace, but the practical implementations have not seemed to reach a popular boiling-point. There is still no flashy consumer-ready iPhone-esque implementation of AI. However, there are…

Background In 2018, I joined Microsoft finance after 7 great years with Procter & Gamble. After gaining a lot of background in IT, product, and sales team finance at the world’s largest packaged goods company I wanted a change of pace. So I joined the world’s largest software company. Specifically, I…

Amazon hiring of humans has been relatively flat for 3 quarters. Meanwhile, they have continued exponential hiring of robot employees and increased automation across new generations of fulfillment centers. …

AmazonGo tests the flexibility for America’s second largest profession. — For consumers, early tech adopters, and downtown Seattle employees, it’s been an exciting couple weeks of news in the world of computer automation. It may not have been such an exciting time for the 3.5 million people whose jobs this news affects. …