ICTP 411: Navigating LLM efficacy, digital fatigue, and infrastructure realities, with Matthew Cowen of dgtlfutures
We were promised that digital tools would shrink work weeks and boost efficiency—so why do our days feel busier and longer and our organisation’s overheads higher? We are joined, once again, by longtime friend of the Podcast, IT Specialist, Researcher and Digital Analyst Matthew Cowen to try to cut through the tech hype. In this conversation, we discuss: the efficacy and usefulness of LLMs; the link between technology, productivity and business, and whether technology has truly increased productivity; the growing pushback against all things digital and the rise of the desire for physical things; and whether data centres are the Achilles’ heel of tech.
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