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Opinion: Anyone with desire and a computer can have a successful career in AI

With this post I would like to provide an opinion on Artificial Intelligence.

Everything I have observed for decades leads me to believe that with hard work anyone can succeed in a career in AI.

Of course this is a technical field, but it is actually not the most technical field. Everything a person needs to know about the tech of AI can be self taught using online sites like Udemy or Coursera or MOOC. If a person has just a little exposure to computer tech they can start with basic courses and work their way up to programming and before long can be working through tutorials that show the real meaning of machine learning, deep learning and neural networks. It is really not as difficult as calculus or organic chemistry. Like anything else it can take hard work, but I really believe almost anyone can learn this stuff.

And, for those who already have time in a career field, your successes there can contribute to your successes in AI, since the real power of AI will be in applying it to real world challenges.

So, if you want a successful career in AI, it is yours for the taking. With hard work and persistence, the same two factors that drive success in other fields, you can have a fantastic career in AI.

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Cyberwar and Cybersecurity:

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Don’t Worry, We Now Have Three Old Ideas for Solving the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

The Wall Street Journal proves once again that anyone can claim to be an expert in cybersecurity challenges and even provide us with solutions to enduring problems.

One enduring problem is that businesses need more cybersecurity talent. The Wall Street Journal cites a career website for cybersecurity professionals in saying there are 300,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs in the U.S.

The WSJ  includes context from experts in cyber security education and training, and provides three big “moonshot” solutions to the problems of cybersecurity education and training. No earth shattering ideas were in the article, all are things that have been discussed at least since the late 1990’s. But let’s pull them up from the good idea shelf, dust them off and admire them.

What are the ideas?

  • A cyber peace corps
  • A cyber ROTC
  • Financial incentives like tax breaks for cyber training

We love all those ideas! Lets do them! There, see how easy it was to say that!

I have a better idea. If you are a business leader, make sure you understand that you are responsible for mitigating cyber risks and that includes responsibilities for having a good pipeline of technical talent. Provide training and leadership to your current workforce, and seek out sources of talent that are proven to provide the types of tech champions needed in your workforce. And architect to take advantage of new approaches that outsource key parts of your commodity IT to organizations that can look over it for you so you don’t have to, and be sure to take advantage of all the security and functionality available to you in new cloud computing approaches.

And whatever you do, don’t hold your breath hoping that a government program like cyber peace corps or cyber ROTC will deliver talent to you.

There are so many more actionable things to do. Let me know if you want a list.

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A Fierce Domain: Conflict in Cyberspace

Cyberspace is our interconnected information technology. It is also an area of continuous conflict.

A Fierce Domain: Conflict in Cyberspace, 1986 to 2012 by Jason Healey is a well researched, well history of how humanity is using cyberspace to seek to impose their will on others. It contains the lessons learned in previous episodes of our history.

This book is a first of its kind. It provides a comprehensive history of cyber conflict in a way that generates lessons learned from every major engagement. It identifies key issues for policy makers, and spells out clearly the difference between common myths and reality.

There is a great conflict underway right now. We want to be on the winning side. That will only be possible if our populace and policy makers are well educated on what we are up against. That is possible now, thanks to Healey.

For more see: A Fierce Domain: Conflict in Cyberspace, 1986 to 2012

If you are a policy-maker over a large organization or responsible for crafting law/regulations you need this book to help shape your actions. If you are a citizen you need this book to help shape your agenda for action and what policies you will support. And if you are home user or business user you can use this book to help strengthen your defenses.

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