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Digital Feudalism and Why Local AI Must Set Us Free

I caught Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi epic “The Creator” on my screen the other evening. Beyond the sweeping cinematography and visceral soundstage, the central premise struck an uncomfortable, contemporary chord.

As a photographer with about 50 years under my belt, I have always felt a tug of war from how I started as a film photographer and the digital mobile world we live in today.…

I have spent the last few years consulting and presenting on local large language models (LLMs) and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures for small-and-medium businesses and aviation and have seen the enterprise AI conversation shift dramatically.

The creator economy is experiencing a seismic shift.

Over the decades I have lived and breathed the nexus of human potential and organizational systems and technology. Long before “HR Tech” was the corporate boardroom buzzword, I was out on the ground facilitating small,…

A recent CNA interview with David Koh, founding chief executive of the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA), was fascinating. Reflecting on his 11 years protecting Singapore’s digital space, Koh mentioned a critical ingredient of…

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