Author: MartijnVeldkamp
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Architecture is Like a Game of Cluedo
Really? Designing an architecture is as fun as a game of Cluedo? I know, they seem worlds apart. One is a classic murder mystery board game, and the other is a structured approach to solving complex technical problems. However, when you squint your eyes a bit and look a bit cross-eyed, the process of uncovering…
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Moving Beyond the Honeymoon Phase
Lucidworks, in its 2024 Generative AI Global Benchmark Study released last Tuesday, declared that “The honeymoon phase of generative AI is over.” source/A While business leaders remain optimistic about AI’s transformative potential, the initial excitement has evolved into a more cautious and much needed measured approach. It is great that we start to see more…
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Be very sure on what you want !
But that goes for more things in life. No matter how good the tech is, you have to think of the use-case. You have to see it. You have to notice something you spend a lot of time doing and realise that it could be automated with a tool. And when it is automated it…
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Herding Cats, Seeding Clouds
Yesterdays post/A by Bard Papegaaij/A talked about the often used statement “Culture eats Change for breakfast”. And that got me thinking about the term I use often. Professional Cat Herder. Like there are levels to that endeavor. Maybe I use it too often? In my day-to-day balancing act both in work and private life I…
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Do what I mean, not what I say
And the gentle art of wrangle meaningful responses from our Generative AI tools While listening to Welcome to the machine by Shadows Fall I was wondering about the current state of Gen AI. These AI-powered assistants are designed to generate human-like responses. But did you know these “human-like” tendencies spread beyond the general responses to…
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Gravitational Lensing in Digital Transformation
I love when I am walking the dog and different words or concepts mesh together and give me a new way to think about my experiences as an architect and consultant. With digital transformation, organizations are traversing through a cosmic landscape where familiar landmarks seem to shift and/or warp under the influence of all these…
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Decision making, to err is human
This idea has been on my mind for a while now. Ever since I heard the news that Algorithmic management, primarily known in the platform gig economy, where algorithms manage employees, is now being introduced in other sectors as well. Being fired by an algorithm is not how I would have predicted the rise of…
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AI is coming for your job!
There were some awesome news articles about AI and the new stuff they could do: Devin a generative AI powered coding engineer from Cognition OpenAI the company behind ChatGPT has been working with a robotics firm Figure to develop humanoid robot There are quite some releases around AI and Project Management Yes I’m skipping SORA,…
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Architectural OCD
A couple of week’s ago the Fridays Nonsense post by Karsten Scherer had an interesting topic that had me thinking about internal systems. He mentioned systems that we are not aware of, until they stop working. For example your inner ear balance. That post kickstarted my thinking about switching between unconscious and conscious. Becoming aware…
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Data Governance as the Bedrock of Effective AI Governance
As an organisation you need a plan to address the market disruption of Generative AI. You don’t need to build your own version of ChatGPT. But you need a plan on how your organisation will deal with all the initiatives that will start. Otherwise I wish you good luck with the conversation you will have…