Intelligible Intelligence: Deep XAI still more R&D than toolbox

Intelligible Intelligence: Deep XAI still more R&D than toolbox
Most architectural tradeoffs are hard. So is the one between the accuracy of Deep Machine Learning (ML) and explainability/transparency of explainable AI (XAI). Therefore, DARPA’s initial XAI program is expected to run through 2021. Few explainability...

What’s wrong with repairs?

What’s wrong with repairs?
That’s a question, let go just a rhetoric one. Copy-pasting most of what I wrote in this Swedish article in Ny Teknik, 7½ years back, would still work: since then, rather few business-to-consumer industries have replaced the disposable-product mentality,...

Utnyttja dina SA-vouchers innan det är försent

Utnyttja dina SA-vouchers innan det är försent
Sen, vad som känns som, tidernas begynnelse har Microsoft erbjudit sina kunder möjlighet att skaffa sig utbildning inom Microsoft-produkter genom sitt Software Assurance-program. Med så kallade SA-vouchers har du som IT-proffs eller systemutvecklare kunnat...

Conscious Leadership tip of the week: Self-esteem

Conscious Leadership tip of the week: Self-esteem
Your self-esteem will define how you as a leader deal with challenges, would it be conflict, performance or other work-related issues. When we lack self-esteem, our responses to challenges tend to increase our disposition to blame other people’s...

Conscious Leadership tip of the week: Selflessness

Conscious Leadership tip of the week: Selflessness
There’s a paradigm shift happening in the business world. The traditional top-down carrot and stick management mentality is being replaced by a more human value-oriented leadership style. But, why? Studies show that it is not efficient anymore. Only...

Pyttestyrning eller coacha till självstyre?

Pyttestyrning eller coacha till självstyre?
Du är chef. Du har en gruppering under dig som vill styra mer av sin verksamhet själv. Du låter dem. Men efter en tid märker du att grupperingen nog lider av problem. Du har inte sett riktigt det resultatet från dem du velat se, och när du betraktar...

Conscious Leader Tip: Accountability

Conscious Leader Tip: Accountability
It is a misconception that conscious leaders would only be nice, wherefore average financial results are to be expected. The fact is that conscious companies have superior financial performance, since a lot of value creation is done towards all stakeholders...

Twin examples of multiple trees: 1. UML models, 2. Machine Learning

Twin examples of multiple trees: 1. UML models,  2. Machine Learning
“Today, professionals get trained in using tools…  there’s a lack of education of fundamentals like modeling, architecture, methods, or concepts... Getting value out of data needs professionalization based on education and practical experience.”                                                                  Andreas...

Leadership Tip - Week 23

Leadership Tip - Week 23
Trusting relationships are a prerequisite developing an organization characterized by teamwork, cooperation and success. To build trust you need to be perceived as trustworthy before you can release human potential and empower your co-workers. But...

6 Things AI and Machine Learning Reshape in SW

6 Things AI and Machine Learning Reshape in SW
In my recent post, I mentioned that AI and ML challenge architecture, but also offer tools to tackle the challenges. Needless to say, automation of repetitive tasks will change our job descriptions, just like those of our end users. The SW development lifecycle...

Yet another AI language you miss in your CV? 4 reasons why it will matter less and less.

Yet another AI language you miss in your CV? 4 reasons why it will matter less and less.
It never hurts, but it varies how helpful a (fairly) new programming or script language is. From more or less a prerequisite in R&D and platform-vendor firms, to a nice-to-have CV footnote in mainstream businesses that rather emphasize extended...