Dave Snowden & Simon Wardley - An AI Rant

If you've ever been lucky enough to see Dave and Simon in conversation, you know that it's always highly informative and very entertaining. And it's especially exciting when they're talking about something that irritates them. It can quickly turn into a rant.

The Lounge is delighted to host what we hope is the first in a series of these conversations, this one about everyone's new favorite topic -- AI. Are there things that Simon & Dave like and agree on about AI? Why yes. Are there things that bother them and they disagree on? You bet. So join us as we set the stage for these larger-than-life figures to discuss (or rant) about their favorite or least favorite things in the current AI landscape.

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Dave is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of The Cynefin Company (formerly known as Cognitive Edge) and the founder and Director of the Centre for Applied Complexity at the University of Wales. His work has been focused on looking at complex issues relating to strategy and organizational decision-making. He has pioneered a science-based approach to complex organizational issues - drawing on anthropology, neuroscience, and complex adaptive systems theory.

Simon is a former CEO, former advisory board member of startups (all now acquired by US Giants), fellow of Open Europe, inventor of Wardley Mapping, twice voted in the top 50 most influential people in the UK IT industry, and a regular conference speaker. As a geneticist with a love of mathematics and a fascination with economics, Simon has always found himself dealing with complex systems, whether it’s in behavioural patterns, environmental risks of chemical pollution, developing novel computer systems, or managing companies.