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“What people call #AI is no more than using correlation to find answers to questions we know to ask. Real #AI has awareness of causality, leading to answering questions we haven't dreamed of yet.” - Tom Golway”
― Tom Golway

“As a society we need to reflect on the events to date and realize that it is critical that a vision for the transformation of how we deliver public services is the top issue to be debated in all elections. This vision is needed at all levels of gov't. - Tom Golway”
― Tom Golway

“There is a current perception is that science has overtaken Philosophy and in effect rendered Philosophy irrelevant.

Science, when sufficiently abstracted, approaches Philosophy in seeking questions we are unaware exist, though from a direction that is based on current measurable knowledge. Philosophy should approach the undiscovered without relying on our current perception of baseline knowledge. Unfortunately, Philosophy has lost significant respect as a critical component of progress and as such has become virtually stagnant with very few significant big ideas or thinkers.”
― Tom Golway

“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”
― Bill Gates

“Take the time to dream and take the risk to realize your dreams!”
― Tom Golway

“Great leaders do not movitate people, they inspire them.”
― Tom Golway, Planning and Managing Atm Networks

“Always create the need before you show a solution.”
― Tom Golway

“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Critic As Artist: With Some Remarks on the Importance of Doing Nothing and Discussing Everything

“Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth,”
― Kip S. Thorne, Black Holes & Time Warps: Einstein's Outrageous Legacy

“Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“The everyday actions of average citizens have a greater impact on society than any politician. Unfortunately politicians exert a disproportionate amount of influence on the actions of the average citizen. If we all use our own ability to positively influence the people around us, time will erode the negative impact of any politician.”
― Tom Golway

“Philosophy makes literature clear, literature makes philosophy real.”
― Peter Kreeft, The Philosophy of Tolkien: The Worldview Behind The Lord of the Rings

“You are never too old to set another goal, or to dream a new dream.”
― Les Brown, Live Your Dreams: Les Brown's Formula and Action Planner for Achieving Success and Happiness

“By 2030, some form of Crypto will become the global reserve currency but it will not be based on what exists today. Existing cryptos need to transform or will disappear. Also around 2030 or so, the first Nobel Prize in Economics will be awarded to a Cryptoeconomist.”
― Tom Golway, Planning and Managing Atm Networks

“Blockchain by itself isn't transformational, however it is foundational. As a foundational innovation, Blockchain's value can only be fully realized when the business process is transformed to take advantage of its capabilities, leading to ROI for existing business models and the ability to create value through new ones.”
― Tom Golway, Planning and Managing Atm Networks

“Without transforming the business process, Blockchain only offers the potential of incremental value in reducing TCO.”
― Tom Golway, Planning and Managing Atm Networks

“Your creativity has value. You’re not wasting your time dreaming.”
― Ron Howard, A Beautiful Mind: The Shooting Script – An Academy Award-Winning Drama of Genius, Schizophrenia, and Redemption

“The deeper, philosophical question is does the 1st Amendment apply to AI algorithms. Resolving this is an immediate challenge that needs open dialogue that includes a broad set of disciplines, not just technologists”
― Tom Golway

“Agility and transformation isn't restricted to private industry. Governments need to transform maintain relevance to the rapid pace of change.”
― Tom Golway

“Attempting to manage ethics in the hyperconnected world through legislation only creates an environment that encourages the rationalization of the negative impact of the behavior and limits it to selective areas where there is no personal connection.”
― Tom Golway, Planning and Managing Atm Networks

“Education isn't something you can finish.”
― Isaac Asimov

“Politicians and celebrities seem to exert a disproportionate amount of influence on the average citizen. If each of us use our own ability to positively influence the people around us time will erode any negative influence and our actions will amplify the positive.”
― Tom Golway, Planning and Managing Atm Networks

“Innovation has always been a catalyst of economic creative destruction, triggering the extinction of certain types of jobs while fostering the genesis of new types of jobs with new types of skills.”
― Tom Golway, Hybrid IT and Intelligent Edge Solutions

“It is becoming more difficult to find differentiated information on the Internet. Likewise it is becoming more difficult to contribute meaningful input because of the tendency of people only hearing recognizable voices.

As this plays out, we will see more fracturing of society with people only hearing siloed information without an intelligent contrary view to provide balance.”
― Tom Golway, Planning and Managing Atm Networks

“Lately I've seen many references to the classic "Trolley Problem" which is designed to put people in scenario that invokes a moral dilemma. The point is to see how people react, their thought process and how emotions and visual imagery influence a moral judgment. It isn't about the choices.

There has been a steady increase in papers written on this problem (with new variations) in the past few years, which is not surprising since the definition and role of Ethics in a digital world has become an important topic. It is broader than AI, though the accelerated use of AI has likely been a major catalyst for ethics research. One could say that an answer is to avoid being in a situation where you have a moral dilemma.

The conventional ways we have looked at ethics in the past have been too singular in view and the increasing innovations in technology have made the singular view obsolete. The only way to break out of the box is by having ethics in AI being driven through collaboration among a diverse population.”
― Tom Golway, Planning and Managing Atm Networks

“Actively self-reflecting on the approaches that you are taking fosters a strategic stance that is really important in life. Strategic thinking distinguishes between people of comparable ability and effort. This can make the difference between people who achieve and people who have the potential to achieve, but don’t.”
― Patricia Chen.

“The whole is greater than the sum of the parts" For #Blockchain, the sum of the parts is equal to or greater than the whole for many use cases. Immediate ROI could come from the leveraging the parts instead of the whole.”
― Tom Golway, Hybrid IT and Intelligent Edge Solutions

“What people call #AI is no more than finding answers to questions we know to ask. Real #AI is answering questions we haven't dreamed of yet.”
― Tom Golway, Hybrid IT and Intelligent Edge Solutions

“Saw 2 articles, one says we are in the "golden age of #AI", the other says "Demand for data scientists is booming and will only increase". If we really were in a golden age of #AI, then there would be no need for #DataScientists.”
― Tom Golway, Hybrid IT and Intelligent Edge Solutions

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
― Niels Bohr