As the business landscape rapidly shifts, our expert guest David Shapiro offers invaluable insights into the convergence of AI, business strategies, and the nuances of private equity. Tailored for Private Equity Firms, portfolio companies, and stakeholders in ERP organizational change, this episode is a crucial guide to navigating the future of business transformation.

AI Thought Leader | Strategic & Product Consultation | Independent Researcher

David has 16 years of IT infrastructure and automation experience and has worked for notable companies as Cisco Systems and Duke University. During that time, he developed an interest in AI, ML, and large-scale automation. With the advent of generative AI technology, David pivoted to promote his independent research and experiments on GitHub and YouTube, amassing more than 60,000 subscribers at the time of recording. David’s work in enterprise scale IT cloud and automation, combined with his expertise in AI gives him a unique perspective on the impact that AI will have at all levels of a business.

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Dr. Jack G. Nestell is a highly accomplished IT and ERP business advisor, author, and speaker with over 30 years of experience in leadership and implementation of ERP systems across various industries. He is the founding partner of Nestell & Associates, a management and strategy firm that specializes in organizational change, readiness, and ERP implementation. Dr. Nestell is also an accomplished academic researcher who has contributed to ERP research. With his practical expertise and academic knowledge, he provides innovative and proven solutions for his clients.

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In your popular videos, you discuss how AI can create a post-scarcity leisure class, where corporations can produce more with less. Let’s talk about this in the context of business systems and ERP.

You have another video about the importance of global collaboration and dialogue in AI development. Let’s draw parallels to that discussion.

The AGI Moloch: Nash Equilibrium, Attractor States, and Heuristic Imperatives: How to Achieve Utopia”

Regarding your video about Ray Kurzweil’s (Curts-While) prediction of biological immortality and its implications, let’s bring it back to AI’s potential role in organizational change.”

logical Immortality by 2030: Social & Economic Implications + Some Predictions!, 

You state in this video that “compounding returns and that it is nearly impossible to predict how new technologies will recombine specifically accurately. AI, nanotech, genetics, quantum computing, and other scientific breakthroughs will almost certainly combine in unexpected ways.”  You then alluded to the iPhone….

You’ve talked about post-labor economics in your videos. I’m intrigued to discuss its relevance to ERP organizational change.

Drawing from your video on Elon Musk’s focus on AI and its alignment with human goals, I have a couple of questions regarding strategic implications of AI in business.

Elon Musk xAI “Maximize Understanding of the Universe” [This is the best news all year]

You mention in your video DeepMind, OpenAI, Microsoft, Oxford: Global AI Research & Regulation is Coming that you are deeply optimistic about the future of AI. Why? But I also know that you are not saying that AI is a “Salvation Fantasy: The False Promise of Utopia, FDVR, Escapism, and Techno-Optimism”,

I know you discussed this in two different videos, but why do you feel optimistic at the same time saying that AI isn’t a “Salvation Fantasy”? Do you believe in an AI balance? Why?

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