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12 AI predictions for 2025

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The evolution of agile development The agile manifesto was released in 2001 and, since then, the development philosophy has steadily gained over the previous waterfall style of software development. Weve seen so many reference implementations, and weve done so many reference implementations, that were going to see massive adoption.

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Marc Benioff rails against Microsoft’s copilot

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In 2001, Microsoft deactivated Clippy by default, and a few years later the unloved Office assistant disappeared from the program altogether. The animation in the form of a cartoon paper clip appeared in certain work situations, asking if users needed help and giving suggestions. However, Clippy was not well received.

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AI success depends on a culture of innovation

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In 2001, Steve Jobs called it as big a deal as the PC and venture capitalist John Doerr said it might be bigger than the internet. The fanfare around artificial intelligence (AI) today is even bigger than the lofty talk about the Segway over twenty years ago. What revolutionary technology were they referring to? The Segway.

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IT’s ‘war for talent’ is a losing battle

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In his 2001 best-seller, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t , author Jim Collins reminds us that “Great vision without great people is irrelevant.” Every year, lack of critical IT skills is blamed for failure to deliver the full promise of IT investments. Talent matters — but is ‘war’ the right metaphor?

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Managing the ‘H’ out of AI

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There are the darker artifacts: Terminator , Blade Runner , and 2001 Space Odyssey , the one where HAL decides humans are in the way of the programmed mission. Our next exercise is asking the executives to select the movie, TV show, work of literature, or work of art that comes closest to capturing the “State of AI” today.

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IT pros say tech budgets to stay strong, but mainly for big companies

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Companies that did so in 2001 and 2008 were frequently punished for it by the market. Hence, larger businesses , particularly those that have already weathered past economic crises, tend to be much more likely to either maintain their IT spending levels or even to increase them during economic headwinds. t spur IT cutbacks.

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Generative AI & data: Potential in cybersecurity if the risks can be curtailed

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Artificial intelligence (AI) in 2023 feels a bit like déjà vu to me. Back in 2001, as I was just entering the venture industry, I remember the typical VC reaction to a start-up pitch was, “Can’t Microsoft replicate your product with 20 people and a few months of effort, given the resources they have?”

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