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Shawn Harris is a retail technologist passionate about innovation, startups, and AI, with a background in leadership roles and a curiosity for culture and language.

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Architectural enhancements to the OpenClaw AI assistant focus on cognitive memory, prompt injection defense, and intent-based model routing for improved performance and security.
The AI economy is transitioning from an over-capitalized infrastructure phase to a promising application layer, signaling a 'Golden Age' of value creation by 2026.
The article discusses the potential dangers of Large Language Models (LLMs) training on AI-generated content, leading to a phenomenon known as Model Collapse. It explains how this recursive training can degrade the quality of AI o...
The post recounts the author's journey founding Nyopoly, an AI startup that aimed to transform retail pricing through innovative algorithms and consumer engagement.
The text discusses the role reversal between AI and humans, where AI systems are becoming autonomous 'users' directing and optimizing processes, while humans risk being reduced to resources or instruments in those processes. It ex...
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The text discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on leadership, management, and work, emphasizing the need for leaders to adapt to the changing landscape and embrace AI to enhance human efforts.
The text discusses the implications of Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 on society, including sociocultural, technological, economic, environmental, political, and legal factors. It emphasizes the need for responsible, ethi...
The text discusses the rise of foundational models in artificial intelligence (AI) and presents 5 reasons why they represent the future of AI. It highlights their flexibility, cost efficiency, role in democratizing AI, contributio...
The text discusses the concept of velocity as a model for making practical decisions and achieving goals. It emphasizes the importance of direction and progress relative to the starting point, rather than just speed. The author ad...
Force Field Analysis is a management tool that involves identifying the problem, defining the objective, and strategizing a solution by identifying supporting and impeding forces. Inversion is a thinking tool that helps identify a...
The text discusses the book 'Thinking in Systems' by Donella Meadows and how it can be used to tackle systemic racism. It outlines 12 interventions to impact change in systems, such as numbers, buffers, stock-and-flow structures, ...