Category Archives: Technology

Intuitive Intelligence (I2) v Artificial Intelligence (AI)

As technology experts talk today about future intelligent decision systems, they use the term Artificial Intelligence (AI). I prefer the term Intuitive Intelligence (or I2). This implies that intuition must be a part of that intelligent system. There is some science that indicates men and women often arrive at decisions differently. Men are inclined to stick with the facts and make a decision based on what the black and white data tells them. Women are often able to incorporate intuitive (gray area) feelings in the decision process versus a data-driven only perspective. Intuition is an ability to understand something based on a feeling, but in reality that feeling is driven by a multitude of many, many (many) small pieces of often insignificant information that are assimilated in a way to make a better risk assessment. Continue reading

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We Need to Change the Way We Think About Artificial Intelligence

AI is actually neither artificial nor intelligent. It implies decisions made through computers programmed to make choices to act in a certain manner. But those computers are programmed simply to make yes/no decisions. This is really no different than what we consider intuition. Continue reading

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US-China Cyber Talks

Who are we kidding? Do we really expect the Chinese (government and companies) to stop online IP theft because a non-visionary emissary with little concept of national interests, priorities,or strategies met with his counterpart and reached a deal? There is no … Continue reading

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Let’s Understand What the “Cloud” Is Really Changing

Mark Hurd is on target in How Cloud Computing is Revolutionizing Business, but let’s be honest — the cloud is really allowing someone else to own and manage the infrastructure that supports your data needs.  While there are variations on … Continue reading

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DOE’s KBase Moves Big Data in the Right Direction

While Defense and other federal agencies are trying to figure out how to leverage big data, some of the folks at DOE are moving out. The  Department of Energy’s KBase team has set up a way for non-IT folks to … Continue reading

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Defense Acquisition – “Where Did That Requirement Come From, Anyway?”

The PBS series “Connections” was always interesting for me, because it joined the dots between present-day wonders and the science and invention required to make them so. It showed how various discoveries, scientific achievements and world events were successively interconnected to bring about particular aspects of modern technology. For a requirements developer and strategic planner, it provided interesting perspective.

Do you know where the requirement for the height and width of the USAF’s C-17 was derived? Among many other large items, the C-17 had to carry an Abrams tank, so it needed to be so many feet high and wide.

That is interesting bar conversation, until you ask where the Army derived the height and width of an Abrams tank? …..
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Business Value is Driven by Data Context — Big Data Provides Challenge & Opportunity for Additional Insight

Technology is an enabler of new ways to improve the business and getting to the end result. If the next Uber drives down the cost, makes the ride better, improves the publishing process so that more writers are willing to … Continue reading

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