This is explicitly an eye-opener. Thank you.

I think AI should be viewed as part of a long, continuous trajectory of human technological evolution rather than being suddenly disruptive. For decades, low-intensity forms of AI have been at work just as the world itself once functioned at a lower level of speed and complexity. From the 1960s to the 1980s, technology matched the pace of human life and thought at that time: *Manual and early electronic calculators replace pen-and-paper arithmetic but operate slowly and sequentially. *Vehicles and aircraft are mechanically simpler, less automated, limited by materials, computing power, and knowledge of safety that was available at the time. *Industrial systems and even warfare technologies relied heavily on human decision-making, linear logic, and analogue control systems. These were not ‘primitive’ by choice. They were constrained by the speed of thought, the availability of data, and the societal needs of that time. People thought more slowly, processed less information- largely within linear frameworks. Technology matched that reality. And so did Artificial Intelligence. The first rule-based systems, expert systems, basic optimisation algorithms- it was effectively ‘slow AI’ for a slow world. What has changed is not just AI but us. The world of today is connected; there is data, and everything moves in flows rather than straight lines. Humans deal with large flows of information, shorter deadlines, and increasingly complex systems. So machine learning! So large language models! So autonomous optimization! Higher-level tools of AI are needed because the environment now demands it.

Yes, absolutely. I’m very interested in developing my LinkedIn as a platform for communicating my research and positioning myself as an expert in my field. I’d be keen to see the training plan.

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Season’s greetings to this great community