The problem with AI, and other predictions for the future of technology
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4.4 • 116 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Popular methods of artificial intelligence have an "explainability problem," the inability to understand exactly what's happening between input and output, and this black box will hinder new advances from neural networks
That's one of the predictions for 2023 from Mark R. Anderson, founding chair and CEO of Strategic News Service (SNS) and the Future in Review Conferences. An author, scientist, and entrepreneur, he's known for using pattern discovery to accurately predict the future, and his predictions are part of the reason SNS has been followed closely in the industry since 1995.
Anderson happens to have vested interest in his take on neural networks as the CEO of machine learning company Pattern Computer, which uses an alternative approach, focusing on pattern recognition.
On this episode of the GeekWire Podcast, Anderson explains Pattern's approach and shares details from two more of his predictions for 2023: skeptical takes on the near-term future of autonomous systems and the metaverse.=
The full list of predictions is available to SNS subscribers. Anderson is also the featured speaker at an upcoming dinner event, Feb. 9 in Bellingham, Wash., benefitting the Rotary Club of Bellingham. Tickets available here.
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| 0:00.0 | You know the FUP for me is tongue in cheek is like failure to understand the potential of what you're obsessed with |
| 0:07.6 | Okay, so let's make sure we get this acronym right. I think I might have been mispronouncing it. You call it the mega fup. I kind of like the mega fup. |
| 0:16.2 | You can do whatever you want with it. But you... |
| 0:20.3 | It's a screw up. Yes, that's per- It's an F up. There you go. There you go. The perfect. All right. |
| 0:31.2 | Welcome to GeekWire. I'm GeekWire co-founder Todd Bishop. We're coming to you from |
| 0:36.3 | Seattle where we get to report each day on what's happening around us in |
| 0:39.8 | technology, business, and innovation. |
| 0:42.8 | What happens here matters everywhere, |
| 0:44.4 | and every week on this show, |
| 0:45.9 | we talk about some of the most interesting stories |
| 0:48.1 | and trends in the news. |
| 0:50.2 | My guest this week is Mark Anderson, |
| 0:52.4 | founding chair and CEO of Strategic News Service and the future in review conferences, |
| 0:57.6 | and the CEO of Machine Learning Company Pattern. |
| 1:01.1 | An author, scientist, and entrepreneur, he's known for you. company pattern |
| 1:05.0 | discovery techniques to accurately predict the future. |
| 1:09.0 | Mark Anderson, it's great to see you and thank you for being here with us. |
| 1:13.0 | Thank you. It's fun to be here and I always enjoy talking to GeekWire. |
| 1:17.0 | Strategic news service has been around for many years and one of your flagship activities every year is your predictions for the upcoming year. |
| 1:29.0 | And we're going to be talking about some of the highlights from your 2023 predictions for Strategic News Service, but how did this come about? |
| 1:36.4 | Tell me about the predictions, the role they play, and what you're doing here. |
| 1:40.4 | So when I was a kid, I was a science kid kid I knew I was going to be a scientist and here is the deal at least until |
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