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Trivergence
Accelerating Innovation with AI, Blockchain, and the Internet of Things
"In Trivergence, Bob Tapscott explains how the convergence of technology will drive innovation and success for the next period in business history. Tapscott has put the human (and the reader) in the center of all of these continuously ground breaking technologies. At the end of the day, it's people working together leveraging this ecosystem of tech, that can create better outcomes for our planet and for us."
―Susan Doniz, Chief Information and Data Analytics Officer, The Boeing Company
"Trivergence! Why didn't someone else think of this? This profound new concept, may well find its place in business hall of fame with terms like The Singularity, Cloud Computing, Mass Collaboration, Outsourcing, Wikinomics, and Big Data."
―Hunter Muller, CEO of HMG Strategy and host of the Global Innovation Summit
Bob Tapscott (Author)
9781394226610, Wiley
Hardback, published 28 February 2024
256 pages
23.1 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.431 kg
A Breakthrough Introduction to The Next Phase of the Digital Age In Trivergence, Bob Tapscott, writer, speaker, complex system designer, and former CIO introduces an exciting new concept in explaining how the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT) will transform business and society. He explains the synergies between these technologies and the disruptive potential that they will offer, as well as the challenges and risks to making it happen. He offers an insightful guide through the difficult decisions that businesses and society must make to thrive in a new era where decisions will be difficult, and uncertainties abound. You'll discover how and why AI's power is now exploding, its growth driven by smarter approaches to neural networks trained on a new hardware architecture that can derive its intelligence from ever more massive datasets. You'll also find:
A fresh and innovative guide, rich with case stories, on how the most critical technologies of this new phase in the digital age are combining to drive business transformation, Trivergence will become a critical handbook for forward-looking leaders, and anyone interested in the intersection of cutting-edge tech and business.
Foreword vii 1 Introduction to the Era of Trivergence 1 Welcome to the Trivergence 4 A Glimpse of the Chapters Ahead 7 The Trivergence Technologies 7 Key Enablers of the Era of Trivergence 9 Applications and Implications 11 2 Artificial Intelligence 17 The Evolution of AI 19 When Will AI Surpass Human-Level Intelligence? 23 How Will AI Transform Society? 28 Artificially Intelligent Government 29 AI-Powered Transportation 31 AI-Enabled Entertainment and the Arts 33 3 Animating the Physical World 37 A Global Network for Planetary Monitoring and Conservation 39 Tackling Deforestation with the IoT 41 The IoT and Final Frontier of Ocean Exploration 43 The IoT Meets the Urban Environment 45 The Robotic Future: From Industrial Automation to Robot Swarms 49 Managing the IoT 55 4 Blockchain 61 How Blockchain Is Powering Transparent Global Supply Chains 64 Blockchain for Public Good 68 Putting Land Registries on the Blockchain 68 Estonia’s Blockchain Revolution 69 Solving Global Challenges 72 The Rise of Web3 73 Decentralization 74 User Control and Ownership 75 Censorship Resistance 76 Interoperability 78 New Economic Models 79 NFTs for Christmas 81 The Future of Blockchains 82 5 Walking on a Cloud 87 The Cloud Was Inevitable 90 The Cloud’s Big Three 95 Cloud Growth Is Explosive 98 The Cloud, the Future of Computing, and the Trivergence 100 6 Big Data to Infinite Data 105 The Explosion of New Data: The Food for AI 108 Building the Infrastructure for Infinite Data 110 Science’s Infinite Data Revolution 113 Mapping the Universe 114 The Rise of Big Genomics 116 Preparing for Infinite Data 117 Infinite Data and the Era of Self-Sovereign Identities 119 Breaking Free of Our Digital Landlords 121 7 The Trivergence in Action 125 Trivergence and the Future of Healthcare 126 Trivergence and the Future of Agriculture 132 Trivergent Food: From the Field to the Supermarket Shelf 133 Rise of the Digital Farm: Accelerating Innovation in the Global Food System 137 Trivergence and the Future of Transportation 139 Get Ready for Trivergence-Driven Disruption 143 8 Challenges of the Era of Trivergence 149 Technological Challenges 150 Data Integrity 150 The Trivergence Trilemma 153 Interoperability 159 Software Limitations and Risks 161 Social Challenges 166 Speculation and Hype 166 Privacy 169 Governance 171 Access and Inclusivity 173 9 The Executive Guide to the Era of Trivergence 177 Evaluating Organizational Readiness 178 Identify Business Objectives and Opportunities 178 Review Existing Infrastructure 179 Assess the Digital Skills and Attitudes of Your Workforce 181 Deliberating Key Considerations 182 Identify Risks and Trade- Offs 182 Assess Costs and Resource Requirements 183 Evaluate Potential Benefits 183 Weigh the Risks Against the Benefits 185 Crafting a Trivergence-Focused Business Strategy 187 Step 1: Define Phases and Milestones 187 Step 2: Allocate Resources and Establish Timelines 188 Step 3: Monitor Key Performance Indicators 189 Step 4: Implement and Evaluate 189 Step 5: Iterate, Optimize, Repeat 190 Exploring Opportunities for Collaboration 191 Attend Conferences and Events 192 Join Industry Consortia or Associations 193 Participate in Open Innovation Initiatives 194 Fostering a Culture of Innovation 195 Tune Your Change Management Strategy 196 Provide Learning and Development Opportunities 196 Re-evaluate Incentive Structures 197 Leading in the Era of Trivergence 199 10 Trivergence and Our Digital Future 201 The Perils of the Trivergence 204 The Weaponization of Trivergence 205 Jobs and Prosperity 207 What Happens to Infinite Data? 212 Trivergence and Bias 215 Undermining Our Concepts of Truth and Reality 217 The Trivergence and People 220 Trivergence and You 222 Acknowledgments 227 About the Author 229 Index 231
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
