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Ep 252: A Path to AGI w/ John Thompson (The Hackett Group Inc.)
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In this episode of The Audit Podcast, John Thompson returns to discuss his new book, The Path to AGI. With over 40 years in the field of artificial intelligence, John provides a grounded perspective on what AGI really means—and why it won’t arrive as quickly as many headlines suggest.
John’s book: A Path to AGI
Be sure to connect with John on LinkedIn.
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Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.
Timecodes:
1:36 – A Path to AGI
6:43 – Computer Science isn’t Dead It’s Still Worth Studying
10:57 – Emergent Behaviors are Ridiculous
12:40 – AGI has Predictive Behavior Not Original Thoughts
16:30 – Original New Thoughts Without Data
20:25 – Final Thoughts
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Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.
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In this episode of The Audit Podcast, John Thompson returns to discuss his new book, The Path to AGI. With over 40 years in the field of artificial intelligence, John provides a grounded perspective on what AGI really means—and why it won’t arrive as quickly as many headlines suggest.
John’s book: A Path to AGI
Be sure to connect with John on LinkedIn.
Also, be sure to follow us on our social media accounts on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.
Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel.
Timecodes:
1:36 – A Path to AGI
6:43 – Computer Science isn’t Dead It’s Still Worth Studying
10:57 – Emergent Behaviors are Ridiculous
12:40 – AGI has Predictive Behavior Not Original Thoughts
16:30 – Original New Thoughts Without Data
20:25 – Final Thoughts
*
This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics, the services firm that helps auditors leap-frog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype.
Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.
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