Tag: Future
The Future of AI: Separating Myths from Reality
The holy grail of AI, the pinnacle of human achievement, the ultimate weapon, our future master, and the end of the world as we know it. Is that plain enough? Don’t Panic… yet. In the […]
Transforming Citizen Engagement in Digital Government
Because the digital landscape is evolving so rapidly, the concept of digitising government services has reached a crossroads. Where we used to think about what’s worked before, we now have a tougher question to consider: […]
Harnessing Sovereign AI for New Zealand’s Economic Growth
Unless you live under a rock you will be familiar with “consumer AI”, be it ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Midjourney or even the older and somewhat stupider Siri and Alexa. For most people this is the […]
The Future of Efficient Government: Introducing Digital Advocates
Have you ever found yourself lost in a maze of government websites, filling out form after form, only to realise you’ve missed a crucial document or deadline? I certainly have, and I’m sure I’m not […]
Digital in plain English
Emerging technology is coming at us thick and fast. IoT, augmented reality, neural networks, big data, robotic process automation, deep learning, analytics, wearables, blockchain, bots, and digitalisation. This field is becoming so complex that even for the […]
Blockchain in plain English
Unless you’ve been living under a digital rock, you would have heard about blockchain, and chances are someone has told you it will change the world and be the downfall of banks (or similar grandiose claims). Unless you are part of the 1% that understands what blockchains are and how they work you are probably at a loss as to what all the fuss is about (if you are part of that 1% then please forgive the brutal simplification of the concept that I’m about to provide).
WAN 2.0 – “Granddad, what was a WAN?”
The end is near for the corporate wide area network. In the same way that we now live in the post-PC era, we are entering the post-WAN era. The Internet is your new WAN.
Quantum Computing in plain English
Quantum computers are one of the trickiest but most colourful things to try and explain in the entire technology sector. What other technology is explained by talking about zombie cats that aren’t dead or alive until you look at them, spooky action at a distance, quantum-mechanical phenomena, superposition, and teleportation?
In Plain English 