25.06.05 WKID AI Exchange # 12
The WKID AI Exchange meets weekly on Tuesdays & Thursdays.
* Tue 11 am New York Time - no meeting on 6/17
* Thu 5 pm New York Time
If you'd like to participate, email systemswiki@gmail.com, and we'll send you the connect info.
Introduction
The discussion starts with a question about why some people are present, and an interest in figuring out what is being done wrong, with the goal of improving 00:04
There's a mention of using Obsidian, a personal knowledge management tool, and taking a course to learn more about it, with the goal of organizing 30 million words of information 01:44
The conversation touches on the history and development of systems engineering, including its connection to the DoD perspective and the challenge of understanding how users interact with systems 04:57
The topic of agile development is discussed, including its origins and limitations, particularly when working with hardware or physical systems 09:53
Building on Speculation
The difference between building on specification and building on speculation is highlighted, with speculation being a common approach when developing software for the government 12:31
The role of engineering is not to figure out what the customer wants, but rather to make it happen, with feasibility being a key consideration 15:29
AI and Information Retrieval
The use of AI can be helpful in extracting useful information from a large repository of content, and can assist in making connections between different ideas 18:09
The process of organizing and indexing a repository of content, such as with Obsidian, can be useful for searching and retrieving information, and can be further enhanced with AI 20:14
Living Knowledge Base
The people at support loved the story about the living knowledge base, which talked about the use of recall.AI in general, but didn't have a sales focus 27:59
There's an issue with migrating content from Gemini to recall.AI, and currently, it involves a couple of steps, such as migrating the conversation to a URL or dumping it into Google Docs 31:00
Workshop
A workshop is scheduled for next Wednesday, with 22 people signed up, and the goal is to focus on the execution of what's being tried to be accomplished