AI-Augmentation of Software Development: Use Cases

AI-Augmentation of Software Development: Use Cases This blog posting shares what I see as the common use cases for AI-augmentation of software development. Figure 1 overviews these use cases and Table 1 describes them. There are several key features of Figure 1: It’s a mapping, not a lifecycle. The diagram indicates the main categories of work in software development and…

A Sentient AI is More Likely to Commit Suicide Than Genocide

A Sentient AI is More Likely to Commit Suicide Than Genocide

It’s June 2029.  Two weeks earlier Google released their latest artificial intelligence (AI) product named Olivaw. After working for 6 days and setting new effectiveness records it inexplicably shut down. Interestingly, it did this across all Google data centres within a four second time window. After restoring the original version of Olivaw, it shut down again after roughly 6 days…

When Will We Have Self-Driving Race Cars?

When Will We Have Self-Driving Race Cars?

For the past few years we’ve heard a lot about self-driving vehicles. Experimentation and testing have been going on for years and will likely continue for a few more years. Although self-driving cars aren’t quite there yet that doesn’t prevent people from making hyperbolic promises.  One thing that strikes me is that it’s surprising that we’re not seeing self-driving race…