11 September 2023 at 10:00PM
AITP | Peter Coffee: A Clear Path Forward
Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023
TIME: 5:30 PM to 6:15 PM Networking; 6:15 PM to 7:30 PM Presentation
PLACE: Virtual via ZOOM wherever your connection is good.
TOPIC: A Clear Path Forward
SPEAKERS: Peter Coffee, VP for Strategic Reasearch at Salesforce.com
COST: FREE for all with Advance Registration
Technology Trends Shaping our World
Many have heard the William Gibson quotation that "The future is already here – it’s just not very evenly distributed."
This year, Peter will look at some specific "technologies of the future" already achieving levels of useful deployment or influencing current decisions and plans – and will discuss the new viewpoints required, the new skills demanded, and the rules of new games to be played.
Generative AI is in the headlines. Peter emphasizes the immediacy of this -- the advent of generative AI, and the growing acknowledgment of climate change as an immediate “now” rather than a “maybe someday” challenge.
Peter recently wrote an interesting article, called “AI Truth – User Assembly Required” (https://diginomica.com/ai-truth-user-assembly-required) in which he points out that GPT models built on public data will encounter obstacles – plagiarism, hallucination, GDPR compliance -- whereas company-specific models assembling enterprise data into a conversational knowledge base may be a far more valuable role. Indeed, Salesforce is already providing an AI product called Einstein GPT. Blackstone uses it in its private wealth management business to contact clients with personalized investment suggestions. Einstein GPT’s features have been compared to Google’s ability to tailor ads to customers’ preferences.
Peter also points out that employers who are visibly investing in their people’s skills, and deploying AI in ways that augment rather than seeking to replace human beings, will have an edge in attracting and retaining talent as well as a competitive advantage in their markets.
The path forward requires major contributions by technology leaders -- CIOs, software developers, entrepreneurs -- enabling the new connections, data flows and processes, and empowering the team collaborations and customer experiences that form foundations for the future.
Peter Coffee brings us the global and multi-industry perspective of cloud leader salesforce.com, promising us an evening of insights and opportunities for action.
Join this tech visionary for a glimpse into the future – to better understand the major trends accelerated by the pandemic and the profound impacts of technology in shaping how the entire world moves forward.
