Jon Kennard

Go1’s Jared Goralnick dials in from Silicon Valley to talk about the hot topic of the moment, generative AI (artificial intelligence). UNLEASH editor Jon Kennard doesn’t waste any time in asking the awkward questions – will AI put humans out of the job? Here’s what Goralnick had to say… +++ Jon Kennard: I’ve spoken to a couple of people this week with different perspectives on it, in fact, is about whether automation in the workplace will make current jobs obsolete.

I do love a graph. For me, there is none more beautiful than the unique undulation of the Gartner Hype Cycle. While it seems a little odd to be using an emerging technologies sentiment analysis tool such as the Gartner Hype Cycle to analyze AI technology that, in its foundational form is decades old, but for the purposes of my final UNLEASH Op-Ed, I’m going for it.

With rising awareness of the implicit costs of industry across all sectors, environmental sustainability is now a key part of every organization’s growth and maintenance plans. Major international organizations have publicly promised to focus their lens on going green; already over 200 companies have pledged to attain net-zero emissions by 2040, and technology is leading the change.