Technology – Dr Seamus Phan

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.

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.

Decades ago, if you flipped over a plastic toy or a cheap household gadget, a familiar imprint stared back at you: “Made in China.” For a generation of consumers and business analysts, the Middle Kingdom…

Google just hired its first philosopher, hoping to uncover and learn the journey from AI to AGI. This is congruent with what I said during my speech at the Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS)…

When Gutenberg (Block Editor) came about in 2018, I resisted the migration to this blocks paradigm. I have my reasons, and I will remain committed to authoring and maintaining WordPress sites with the Classic Editor.

I presented a session at the prestigious Asia Pacific Airline Training Symposium (APATS) 2023 in Singapore, under the Pilot Track, on “Pilot & Leadership Transformation in the age of AI“. The key question many pilots…

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