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“Thinking in Systems” (Book Review)
“Thinking in Systems” is a short but pretty dense book about systems thinking. Its author, the late Donella H. Meadows, was an environmental scientist who back in the Seventies started applying the then relatively new tools of system thinking to global problems. In “Thinking in Systems” Meadows covers the three aspects of any system in…
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What does generative AI have in store for us?
Whilst generative AI isn’t a new concept. Unlike traditional AI technologies, generative AI doesn’t predict or classify based on input; it generates content and images based on text input. This form of AI first became popular in 2014, through the introduction of Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). In this post, I’ll focus mostly on image generation…
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Copy.ai (Product Review)
My summary of Copy.ai before using it? A design friend of mine recently referred to the likes of Copy.ai, Linear and Vev as “great examples of modern software”, referring to the simplicity and intuitiveness of these products. Intrigued, I decided to check out Copy.ai, expecting a service around copywriting. How does Copy.ai explain itself in…
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What does it mean to be a product leader?!
A few months ago I sat on a panel with some great product people* and the topic of product leadership came up. “I’m not a product leader” I thought to myself. A good people manager perhaps, but not a leader?! Was this a case of impostor syndrome or a need to understand what product leadership…
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What Is The Turing Test?
The ‘Turing Test’ was designed back in 1950 by mathematician and computing engineer Alan Turing to determine whether a machine can show human intelligence. In simple terms; can a computer talk like a human? At the time Turing called it the ‘Imitation Game’. As part of the test, a human judge has a text conversation…
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