Hey everybody.
I'm still Stephanie Mehta, still David Pogue, and we are wrapping up day three of the TCS Summit North America and wrapping up the whole week, really.It was an extraordinary three days.
What were the highlights for you, David?
Well, Ian Beaucraft give a good talk on AI and acceptance of AI and AI in the workplace. He's something of an optimist.
He said we shouldn't all lose our minds about this because he points out we've been through massive transitions before when everybody thought they would lose their jobs, the industrial revolution, and somehow we muddled through.
I had the privilege of speaking with Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapoor about the ways that that company is embracing AI. He talked a lot about the need for exploration. He talked a lot about the need for bringing people in his organization along. And he also talked about the challenges of being an industrial in the area of AI.
I also moderated a panel with four experts talking about threats and -similar message. You have to get your employees, you have to get your software vendors, you have to get the entire ecosystem of people around you to understand that safety and security is everybody's job.
For me, the highlight of the day was the incredible honor, the chance to interview the one and only legendary Venus Williams, tennis legend and turns out, public speaking legend.
She was warm and brilliant and funny and answered every question in a non cliched way. She's just so good. She in 2006, she undertook an effort to get women and men's pro tennis paychecks to be the same and succeeded. She did that.
So I remember I asked her, but in a business, don't you want people to march in lockstep and keep their heads down? You don't want them make a noise.
And I said, shouldn't they be good soldiers?
And she said, and this is a T-shirt, good soldiers make noise.
Love that. Awesome.
And she is really an example of what it means to be perpetually adaptive.
She is indeed.
It was a great three days.
Really amazing insights.
I hope we all see you next year here at the TCS Summit North America.