Week 4 – MBA6101 – Surfing the Tsunami

Kelsey posits that there are three ways one could respond to AI: Adapt, Adopt, or Adept with Chapter 4 of Surfing the Tsunami focusing on what Adapt is all about.

Kelsey writes that adapting is a "good" response to AI, where one should learn more and pay attention to what's going on and the trends or patterns being seen.

Reading the provocative question posed, "who is in control? You, or your Smartphone?" reminded me of being on a subway train in Tokyo back in 2002, laughing to myself at seeing so many Japanese people glued to their phones! I could not fathom what would be so enthralling--I only had my trusty Blackberry. Japan was one of the first nations with 3G so their phones offered a whole experience! The younger population even had devices with unique bling (charms, stickers, cases). I had no idea that it was only just the beginning. It wasn't until years later, when the behavior was evident in American culture that I realized it was inevitable...I just wasn't paying close attention.

Back to the topic though. I don't believe people think of reminders, as Kelsey points out, as being AI. My daughter uses Alexa to set reminders or timers, do calculations, play music (including playlists on Spotify). I see it. I am paying attention.

I also agree with reading articles--Kelsey has a great list to start off, to which I'd also add Harvard Business Review for folks who want to "dig deep"--reading books (I, too like the physical act of turning pages, and Kindle must've realized that too when they introduced page turning or page scrolling as a settings option...note: you can highlight things on a Kindle, make notes, and do searches based on all these things (game-changer!). By the way, Amazon got big because they harnessed the power of data. People should not hate Amazon for using the power for greater profits. Kelsey is absolutely on point when he says that "the environment will become more competitive." And "more competitive" is an action, an act. Not passive. Hungry like a wolf. On the subject of AI, I'm not hungry for knowledge enough to buy a book; I will stick to articles for now. If/when I do decide to venture out, I'll have a list to start with.