John Fitzgerald

Jun 11, 2024 | scvo.scot | John Fitzgerald

Digital is probably the oldest new thing in your life. The iPhone is old enough to sit its driving test, charity websites have been around for 30 years, and email is as old as me (the ‘experienced’ side of 40). While new technologies such as generative AI and 5G are rolling out at speed, most people and organisations have been trying to get better at being digital for a lot longer than that. To quote a blog post from 21 years ago, ‘the best technology is invisible’.

Mar 11, 2024 | nature.com | Chio Yokose |Natalie McCormick |Nicola Dalbeth |Frédéric Lioté |John Fitzgerald |James L. Januzzi

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Oct 19, 2023 | scvo.scot | John Fitzgerald

Can you have a strategy for an emerging, frothy technology like AI? Yes, you can, but it needs to be realistic and flexible. In this blog, I’ll highlight some of the areas you should cover. We’ll expand on this in our AI guide for the voluntary sector. The core of your strategy should be about improvements that will deliver value even if AI turns out to be less relevant to your context, or takes longer than expected to deliver on the hype.

Jun 9, 2023 | knox.villagesoup.com | John Fitzgerald

I have absolutely nothing against individuals who use cannabis products, but I don’t think we need stores here in Camden. There are plenty of businesses nearby, up and down Route 1, where those who want to purchase cannabis products can go for them. I share the many opinions expressed in the several letters to the Herald in the past weeks that are in opposition to cannabis stores here in Camden.

May 30, 2023 | scvo.scot | John Fitzgerald

Tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard and Stable Diffusion have been hitting the headlines since the start of the year. Why all the hype about generative AI? We’re not all next week, but generative AI will have profound impacts on the way that we work within a fairly short timeframe.  If you can use a search engine, you can work with generative AI. And if you use any written communication in your work, it’s likely to be very helpful. So what are the potential risks and downsides?