All this week I have been feeling like Cassandra.
Speaking on the AI panel at the Criticaleye Leadership retreat on last Friday, I said a few things.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐’๐ด ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ข.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง, ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ด ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ 100%.
๐๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ต, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด.
Why am I feeling like Cassandra?
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ: ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ — ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ — ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต’๐ด ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ.
๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ: ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข, ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด.
In these Uncharted Spaces, we are navigating much uncertainty and complexity. Ensuring organisational resilience requires vigilance. And the right kind of annoying questions from boards. Especially heed your resident Cassandra, if you have one.
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