Artificial Success Intelligence (ASI)
Wouldn't it be great if we could all rely on a PDA (personal digital assistant) that contains Artificial Success Intelligence (ASI)? This ASI would provide precisely the advice we need, at the time we need it, so we can always make the right decision (in one's career, in business, in love, etc.).
This ASI would have to contain two key elements: processing power and memory.
(Interesting diagram HERE.)
The processing power would enable it to rapidly analyze any situation (challenge, problem, etc.) we find ourselves in, and the memory would allow it to draw from a repertoire of "successful moves" the best response to the situation at hand.
Realistically, in order to achieve success in any field, we all have to make our own decisions. Teamwork is great for DOING stuff, but when it comes to DECIDING, we are all alone.
Yet, it doesn't mean that the repertoire of decisions HAS to be built by the decision-maker alone. It could be a collective project, and any person who contributes to it can freely take advantage of it.
It's like a public library. Taxpayers provide funding, and they all have the right to borrow books.
Here's my insight for today: Why can't people from one profession pool their knowledge and create a virtual bank of "success secrets" and professional know-how, so that junior members of that profession can rapidly acquire the key knowledge, skills and experience required to succeed?
Without the Internet and technologies like RSS and push-button blogging, this idea would be farfetched and ridiculous. But given today's enormous power conferred to us by information and communications technologies (ICT), it would be crazy NOT to pool our knowledge. After all, the open-source movement doesn't have to be restricted to software development. It can be extended to "professional knowledge development."
How would it work?
If we have 100 professionals in a room, then perhaps 30 of them can launch this Virtual Professional Knowledge Bank, and the remaining 70 professionals can be users (who pay a small fee of $100 a year to access the Bank).
This Bank, then, would have a value of $7,000. This value would grow over time as the items in the Bank are refined, and as feedback from users guide the development of more useful forms of knowledge.
Of course, if you've ever worked for a Big Six consulting firm or any law firm with more than 100 attorneys, you are already familiar with this sort of knowledge management.
The main idea is simply that ordinary people can and should pool their knowledge, so that all contributing (or paying) users can withdraw valuable knowledge (from the comfort of their Net-connected home).
The necessity for this sort of Bank of Success Secrets is even more evident given the rise of China and India as two economic powers that are likely to dominate the global economy by the middle of the 21st century.
This ASI would have to contain two key elements: processing power and memory.
(Interesting diagram HERE.)
The processing power would enable it to rapidly analyze any situation (challenge, problem, etc.) we find ourselves in, and the memory would allow it to draw from a repertoire of "successful moves" the best response to the situation at hand.
Realistically, in order to achieve success in any field, we all have to make our own decisions. Teamwork is great for DOING stuff, but when it comes to DECIDING, we are all alone.
Yet, it doesn't mean that the repertoire of decisions HAS to be built by the decision-maker alone. It could be a collective project, and any person who contributes to it can freely take advantage of it.
It's like a public library. Taxpayers provide funding, and they all have the right to borrow books.
Here's my insight for today: Why can't people from one profession pool their knowledge and create a virtual bank of "success secrets" and professional know-how, so that junior members of that profession can rapidly acquire the key knowledge, skills and experience required to succeed?
Without the Internet and technologies like RSS and push-button blogging, this idea would be farfetched and ridiculous. But given today's enormous power conferred to us by information and communications technologies (ICT), it would be crazy NOT to pool our knowledge. After all, the open-source movement doesn't have to be restricted to software development. It can be extended to "professional knowledge development."
How would it work?
If we have 100 professionals in a room, then perhaps 30 of them can launch this Virtual Professional Knowledge Bank, and the remaining 70 professionals can be users (who pay a small fee of $100 a year to access the Bank).
This Bank, then, would have a value of $7,000. This value would grow over time as the items in the Bank are refined, and as feedback from users guide the development of more useful forms of knowledge.
Of course, if you've ever worked for a Big Six consulting firm or any law firm with more than 100 attorneys, you are already familiar with this sort of knowledge management.
The main idea is simply that ordinary people can and should pool their knowledge, so that all contributing (or paying) users can withdraw valuable knowledge (from the comfort of their Net-connected home).
The necessity for this sort of Bank of Success Secrets is even more evident given the rise of China and India as two economic powers that are likely to dominate the global economy by the middle of the 21st century.
posted by Super Peter at 9:42 AM
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