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C01 Introduction To Jolting Technologies() |
Welcome to the Jolting Technologies Seminar Series. This unit is a foundational unit that highlights the nature of technological change, and its impact on society, business, and the lives of individuals. I recommend to watch the first few units in the seminar series in sequence, to acquire an understanding of both the approach as well as examples of technologies that will necessarily interact with others that are mentioned, through the examples given.
The unit is divided in various modules, with each module consisting in a short video dedicated to a specific topic.
These are also opportunities for deeper conversations around the topics covered, not only passively watching the videos, but to interact during the course of the next weeks and months. I'm also very easy to find online and you're welcome to connect on any platform that you use, I will be there already. Sometimes I won't be able to accept the connection request because I capped out the maximum number of connections potentially, but we will be able to interact in any case.
The units talk about Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, Internet Of Things, Digital Manufacturing, Renewable Energy, Electric Transportation, Genetics, DNA decoding, CRISPR, Space and Satellite Communications, Decentralization and innovative Business Models, and many others. A lot of very interesting topics, each of them with profound implications in terms of what are the challenges they represent, in terms of their adoption and implementation, the disruption in business models, the regulatory and legal frameworks, each as it is already understood or that need to be better analyzed and understood.
It is important to accept that most of these changes are unstoppable. As a consequence forward looking organizations and individuals like you, must be ready for those questions and challenges that necessarily arise from them. Too many are not, they don’t even know what questions they should be asking, let alone developing the ability to find and implement the answers. You are well positioned to adapt and to thrive, given your curiosity, passion and talent in understanding the future.
You have many tools at your disposal, and I encourage you to take advantage of them, as you explore more deeply the issues that we illustrate. You can watch the videos, read their transcriptions, ask questions during the interactive Q&A sessions, as well as vote on the questions asked by others. There are videos from guest speakers, recommended readings, collections of bookmarks, and articles, for each topic, as well as interactive charts of the concepts illustrated.
You also receive a free copy of my book “Something New” that gets deeper in many of the implications of the changes that we see around us.
We are going to start with what is probably the most important concept that you will need to familiarize yourself with and we will periodically revisit because it is so fundamental. It is the basis of practically everything that we are going to see. This is the nature of exponential change as opposed to linear change. |
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2020/08/04 |
2020/11/17 |
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C02 Artificial Intelligence() |
In this particular course, we are looking at Artificial Intelligence and how Artificial Intelligence is especially a cornerstone technology of the 21st century, as the acceleration of technological change enables us to build extremely powerful applications across many different industries. The course is organized in several components that you can watch one by one or all together. They are organized in a playlist, so you can watch one video and then stop, and then watch another video and then stop. And each of these video is pretty short, so you should be able to consume them at your leisure. There's a certain logic in the sequence of the videos, so you are encouraged to watch them one after another, but you can also jump around. We will start with the definitions of Artificial Intelligence, then we will look at what is the history of AI very briefly, also concentrating on the most recent developments which are of course the most important. We will look at why exactly now AI is exploding in the way that it is. Specifically, the hardware, the data available, and the algorithms that make the difference. We will look at consumer applications and examples, as well as those platforms and applications that are used by enterprises. We will look at how developers can rapidly embrace the power of artificial intelligence in a manner that is lowering the barriers to entry, so that the broadest possible range of corporations can adopt the toolset and independent developers can also incorporate it in their applications.
AI is a hugely attractive and popular research topic, and we will look at what are the frontiers that are being explored in the scientific community. There is a lot of controversy around Artificial Intelligence, and as such we will look at what are the challenges that the rapid deployment of AI applications can imply. Why is it so important that we are aware of the consequences of society and corporations deeply embracing artificial intelligence. |
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2020/08/06 |
2020/11/17 |
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C03 Quantum Computing() |
In this course of the Jolting Technologies seminar series, Quantum Computing, Cryptography and Communications. The course is organized in several components that you can watch one by one or all together. They are organized in a playlist, so you can watch one video and then stop, and then watch another video and then stop. And each of these videos is pretty short, so you should be able to consume them at your leisure. There's a certain logic in the sequence of the videos, and you are encouraged to watch them one after another, but you can also jump around if you feel like it.
The concepts, and theories of the quantum world are counter intuitive. Do not worry if they appear almost incomprehensible. Be assured that the experiments and the theories reinforce each other. Regardless of how far from common sense phenomena they are, our world is really made like this!
What should make us all proud as a civilization, is that regardless of the weirdness of the quantum world, we have been able to leverage it, and developed applications that are already in widespread use.
The next big challenge, which is already getting billions of dollars of funding, and absorbing competing teams from startups to large corporations, is the creation of a practical quantum computer. This is expected to be able to tackle new classes of problems, which are out of reach of any current or future classical computer.
Let’s start exploring the weird and powerful world of quantum technologies! |
89.00 |
2020/08/06 |
2020/11/17 |
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