Podcast appearances and mentions of Peter J Scott

Peter I Scott - Peter J. Scott's resume reads like a Monty Python punchline: half business coach, half information technology specialist, half teacher, three-quarters daddy. After receiving a master's degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University, he has worked for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an employee and contractor for over thirty years, helping advance our exploration of the Solar System. He started in the Navigation section, which maneuvers spacecraft to hit tiny targets a billion miles away, then moved to IT infrastructure, providing solutions for enterprise architecture in distributed computing and institutional cybersecurity.Over the years, he branched out into the Open Source community, writing technical books and videos, and delivering convention speeches and onsite trainings. Yet at the same time, he developed a parallel career in "soft" fields of human development, getting certifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming from founder John Grinder and in coaching from the International Coaching Federation. In 2007, he co-created a convention honoring the centennial of the birth of author Robert Heinlein, attended by over 700 science fiction fans and aerospace experts, a unique fusion of the visionary with the concrete. Bridging these disparate worlds positions him to envisage a delicate solution to the existential threats facing humanity. His new book, “Crisis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy or Save the Human Race” explores these threats. [1] It offers us a fascinating look at advancing technology and how we will either be greatly helped or gravely harmed by it depending on how we act now.Few people are prepared for the seismic changes coming in the next few years, when what today is science fiction will become reality. Nearly half of all job functions will be automated with virtually no alternatives. [2] Those include many jobs currently considered to be premier white collar professional positions, such as $400k financial advisors. Knowledge workers are particularly susceptible: If your job consists of taking in one kind of information and outputting another, it may well be possible to train an AI to perform it, as has already happened with customer service and report writing. Gartner even forecasts that within a year, more than three million workers world-wide will be supervised by a “robo-boss.” [3]Surviving and leveraging this tidal wave of change requires adaptive strategies. Artificial Intelligence can improve efficiency and performance in many areas of, for instance, fraud and abuse detection through machine learning. The FBI's Sentinel system, for one, has demonstrated the ability to correlate information from apparently unrelated and sources of unstructured information to find new relationships. Business analytics tools such as Splunk now incorporate machine learning toolkits to find patterns and causes in massive data streams. AI will become an expected component of Internal Audit operation.As AI subsumes much of what we have come to think of as exclusively human intuition, the future of IA will resemble the current state of the art of chess: the best players on the planet are no longer humans, but neither are they computers. Instead, a human-computer pairing is the best approach. There may be no I in Team, but there is an AI in Team.Beyond even that timeframe, the future holds even more fantastic possibilities for the evolution of employment and humanity…Scott lives in Victoria, BC with his wife and two daughters, writing the Human Cusp blog on dealing with exponential change.Peter@HumanCusp.com[1] http://humancusp.com/book1 and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MUIS9QM/ [2] http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/view/1314[3] http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3143718

Peter I Scott - Peter J. Scott's resume reads like a Monty Python punchline: half business coach, half information technology specialist, half teacher, three-quarters daddy. After receiving a master's degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University, he has worked for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an employee and contractor for over thirty years, helping advance our exploration of the Solar System. He started in the Navigation section, which maneuvers spacecraft to hit tiny targets a billion miles away, then moved to IT infrastructure, providing solutions for enterprise architecture in distributed computing and institutional cybersecurity.Over the years, he branched out into the Open Source community, writing technical books and videos, and delivering convention speeches and onsite trainings. Yet at the same time, he developed a parallel career in "soft" fields of human development, getting certifications in Neuro-Linguistic Programming from founder John Grinder and in coaching from the International Coaching Federation. In 2007, he co-created a convention honoring the centennial of the birth of author Robert Heinlein, attended by over 700 science fiction fans and aerospace experts, a unique fusion of the visionary with the concrete. Bridging these disparate worlds positions him to envisage a delicate solution to the existential threats facing humanity. His new book, “Crisis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy or Save the Human Race” explores these threats. [1] It offers us a fascinating look at advancing technology and how we will either be greatly helped or gravely harmed by it depending on how we act now.Few people are prepared for the seismic changes coming in the next few years, when what today is science fiction will become reality. Nearly half of all job functions will be automated with virtually no alternatives. [2] Those include many jobs currently considered to be premier white collar professional positions, such as $400k financial advisors. Knowledge workers are particularly susceptible: If your job consists of taking in one kind of information and outputting another, it may well be possible to train an AI to perform it, as has already happened with customer service and report writing. Gartner even forecasts that within a year, more than three million workers world-wide will be supervised by a “robo-boss.” [3]Surviving and leveraging this tidal wave of change requires adaptive strategies. Artificial Intelligence can improve efficiency and performance in many areas of, for instance, fraud and abuse detection through machine learning. The FBI's Sentinel system, for one, has demonstrated the ability to correlate information from apparently unrelated and sources of unstructured information to find new relationships. Business analytics tools such as Splunk now incorporate machine learning toolkits to find patterns and causes in massive data streams. AI will become an expected component of Internal Audit operation.As AI subsumes much of what we have come to think of as exclusively human intuition, the future of IA will resemble the current state of the art of chess: the best players on the planet are no longer humans, but neither are they computers. Instead, a human-computer pairing is the best approach. There may be no I in Team, but there is an AI in Team.Beyond even that timeframe, the future holds even more fantastic possibilities for the evolution of employment and humanity…Scott lives in Victoria, BC with his wife and two daughters, writing the Human Cusp blog on dealing with exponential change.Peter@HumanCusp.com[1] http://humancusp.com/book1 and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MUIS9QM/ [2] http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/view/1314[3] http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3143718

In this part of a two episode podcast series, Peter J. Scott, the IT specialist and futurist, and host of AI and You, interviews Rajiv Malhotra on important issues of the AI debate. Malhotra discusses his latest book, particularly the socio-economic inequity due to AI advances in markets, and makes a strong case for more representation of voices from the non-west, from the consumers and from different impacted groups in the AI debate. Rajiv Malhotra discusses in this episode the contrasting approaches of biological materialism on one hand and consciousness movements on the other, in light of advances in AI. The Battle for Self, as Malhotra calls it, highlights how newer and more ubiquitous AI and allied technology products are advancing the argument for the reductionist, mechanistic model of man and how the exponents of the consciousness model of man have not yet woken up to this new challenge To support Infinity Foundation's projects including the continuation of such episodes and the research we do: इनफिनिटी फ़ौंडेशन की परियोजनाओं को अनुदान देने के लिए व इस प्रकार के एपिसोड और हमारे द्वारा किये जाने वाले शोध को जारी रखने के लिए: http://infinityfoundation.com/donate-2/ Do check out our YouTube channel 'Rajiv Malhotra Official' and do follow us on Facebook '@RajivMalhotra.Official' and Twitter '@InfinityMessage' and '@RajivMessage'. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kurukshetra/support

In this first part of a two episode podcast series, Peter J. Scott, the IT specialist and futurist, and host of AI and You, interviews Rajiv Malhotra on important issues of the AI. Malhotra outlines his latest book's major thesis on digital colonization and how AI is creating new superpowers out of nations like China and the USA, led by private companies such as Google and Alibaba, similar to how the erstwhile private East India Company led the colonial enterprise. Rajiv Malhotra also explains how western universalism is perpetuated further through AI algorithms, and discusses China as a case study that is successfully contesting the western lens and asserting its own universal worldview. Even the ethics of AI, is being controlled by the big tech companies, which have created inequities in the first place through digital colonisation and algorithms that operate from western universalist principles. Malhotra also considers India as a case study, and how it lost the opportunity to emerge as an AI superpower and continues to punch below its weight. To support Infinity Foundation's projects including the continuation of such episodes and the research we do: इनफिनिटी फ़ौंडेशन की परियोजनाओं को अनुदान देने के लिए व इस प्रकार के एपिसोड और हमारे द्वारा किये जाने वाले शोध को जारी रखने के लिए: http://infinityfoundation.com/donate-2/ Do check out our YouTube channel 'Rajiv Malhotra Official' and do follow us on Facebook '@RajivMalhotra.Official' and Twitter '@InfinityMessage' and '@RajivMessage'. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kurukshetra/support

Peter J. Scott is an IT specialist and futurist who worked for NASA for over 30 years. Now, he's a coach and the author of Crisis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy or Save the Human Race, and the host of Artificial Intelligence and You, a podcast that seeks to communicate the intricacies of both the challenges and opportunities of artificial superintelligences in away that non-experts can grasp. On this episode, Peter joins us to discuss the future of AI in the workforce, his big takeaways from working at NASA, using an engineers mindset to approach people problems, and so much more. Here's a breakdown of our previously live conversation: - The future is now for AI and tech - One takeaway from working at NASA - How he approaches the people side of problems - Big challenges faced at NASA - How AI will impact the C-suite - & more // Learn more about strategic planning & implementation: ► Subscribe so you never miss a video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHLNRrpk3rGUdg7qUQjiog/?sub_confirmation=1 ► Get free workbook to guide you along the process: https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-process-template-workbook ► Learn how to successfully lead your next strategic planning process: https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-steps-course // More strategic planning resources: ► Join our free community: https://strategy-and-leadership.mn.co/ ► Are you looking for someone to facilitate your strategic planning process? https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-facilitator-consultant ► Want software to track your strategic plan. Get a 90-day free trial of Cascade Strategy: http://www.smestrategy.net/cascade // Connect with us: Blog ► https://www.smestrategy.net/blog Strategy & Leadership Podcast ►https://www.smestrategy.net/podcast Alignment Book ► https://www.smestrategy.net/alignment-book Contact us ►https://www.smestrategy.net/contact Subscribe on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOHLNRrpk3rGUdg7qUQjiog/?sub_confirmation=1 // ABOUT SME STRATEGY CONSULTING: SME Strategy is a management consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations develop and implement their strategic plans. We work with teams to facilitate conversations about strategic direction and business strategy so that our clients can focus their energy on what will move them forward faster. Based out of Vancouver, BC, we've worked with organizations all over North American and beyond in various industries including nonprofits, universities & government organizations. For more information on working with a facilitator for your next strategy session: https://www.smestrategy.net/strategic-planning-facilitator-consultant

Timeline For Artificial Intelligence Risks Peter’s Superintelligence Year predictions (5% chance, 50%, 95%): 2032/2044/2059 You can get in touch with Peter at HumanCusp.com and Peter@HumanCusp.com For reference (not discussed in this episode): Crisis of Control: How Artificial SuperIntelligences May Destroy Or Save the Human Race by Peter J. Scott http://traffic.libsyn.com/friendlyai/ConcerningAI-episode-0060-2018-01-21.mp3

Peter J. Scott is a thought leader, author and sought-after keynote speaker. He received a master's degree in Computer Science from Cambridge University and worked for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an employee and contractor for over thirty years. His role at NASA involved helping advance our exploration of the solar system. Over the years, he branched out into writing technical books and training. At the same time, he developed a parallel career in "soft" fields of human development, getting certifications in NeuroLinguistic Programming from founder John Grinder and in coaching from the International Coaching Federation. In 2007 he co-created a convention honoring the centennial of the birth of author Robert Heinlein, attended by over 700 science-fiction fans and aerospace experts, a unique fusion of the visionary with the concrete. Bridging these different worlds positions him to envisage a delicate solution to the existential crises facing humanity. In this episode, we discuss the impending challenges artificial intelligence poses to the survival of humanity. As A.I starts to become more commonly used, many jobs and career options face the risk of being eliminated. Peter, realized that the world his kids will live in will be fundamentally different from the one he was raised in. Therefore, he decided to create a framework and philosophy to help them navigate the future He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two daughters, writing the Human Cusp blog on dealing with exponential change. Resources Human Cusp - www.humancusp.com Book - A Crisis Of Control

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