The topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the most important issues facing our Association (and the World) in both the short and long term. In an effort to wrap our arms around AI and understand it from all sides of the spectrum, NACVA has taken the initiative to develop a platform, the AI Data University, to track and categorize the vast volume of data/information on AI coming at us at such a rapid pace that is it overwhelming.
Just like flipping a switch to turn on a light, most of us do not think about what had to happen to make that light turn on. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already become as effortless as a light switch. You type a prompt into ChatGPT or Copilot, and it returns an answer, yet you likely have no idea how it works or what went into making it function. Unlike understanding electricity or the internet, graspi ...
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AI Insights Not to Be Ignored In 1997, I was invited to be a guest speaker at a local heavy equipment dealers association dinner at Tuscany in Salt Lake City. The dinner was amazing, but then it was my turn to speak about the changing landscape of this new thing called the “Internet.” I explained that e-commerce would disrupt everything. I told them the day would come when anyone would be able to buy heavy ...
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