IT Automation: A Case with Redhat’s (now IBM’s) Ansible

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In this blog post, we will review how an entire IT infrastructure – computing, storage and networking resources – using the automation tools Ansible and Terraform. Emphasis in this blog post will be placed on Ansible. Ansible’s tag line is that it delivers: Radically simple IT Automation. It delivers on this claim through its playbook architecture covered with supporting files such as inventory files that […]

Automation vs. Artificial Intelligence

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While Artificial Intelligence is the center piece topic in the realm of information technology, its less sexy counter part – boring ho-hum “Automation” – is having just as big an impact on our economy, on jobs and our civilization overall. Currently, we encounter “automation” everywhere: at the grocery story in the self-service check out lane, at the airport with the check-in kiosks, and now even […]

Feeding AI Data

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AI systems function best with clearly defined win/loss outcomes. Examples of clearly defined win/loss outcomes are: (1) playing a game like chess or checkers: you either win or lose, (2) investing: you either make money or lose money, or (3) analyzing x-rays: you either find the fractured bone or you don’t. For each of these applications, you can feed the specific Artificial Intelligence “Expert System”  […]

Categories of Software Intelligence

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In the book The Big Nine, Amy Webb lists three forms of Artificial Intelligence: (1) Artificial Narrow Intelligence (p. 53) (2) Artificial General Intelligence (p. 53) (3) Artificial Super Intelligence (p. 143) While Webb provides the three categories of AI above, there are other categories used to classify artificial intelligence. Here are three common terms used interchangably with artificial intelligence: 1). Expert Systems (Webb’s Artificial […]

Father to Son Advice: Your Ideas for an Extracurricular School Project Will Look Good on Your College Application

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Son, I like your ideas for an extracurricular school project. Since your high school is right outside of Washington DC and since you have a “Washington Program” that takes you into DC every Wednesday, you are in a perfect position to get involved with the 2020 Presidential election in some way. Furthermore, I like your very cool idea to investigate the impact of technology in […]

Entering My Junior Year in High School: Searching for an Extracurricular Activity to Make My College Applications Stand Out

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In two weeks, I begin my junior year in high school. This means that I will be applying for colleges in just one year! I need to keep my grades up, do well on my SAT/ACT’s, score lots of goals for my lacrosse team (that will be lots of fun!!!) and…. participate in some extracurricular activities that make me stand out from other college applicants. […]

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