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Dehumanizing information is inherently risky
What do we lose by letting AI systems fabricate information based on probability? In order to make “generative artificial intelligence” work, companies exploring the capabilities of neural networks and large language models input massive amounts of material found online into their systems. This was described as “training”, and the companies… Keep reading ⇢
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Supply chains are opportunities for improvement across all metrics
For a long time, industrial supply chains were not discussed. How a business engineered its final product was a protected trade secret. Even the largest and most integrated supply chain-organizing entities did not use the phrase and did not have visibility. Their suppliers’ practices were also trade secrets. So long… Keep reading ⇢
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Integrated data systems to inform investment in resilient food supplies
Active Value is joining the Integrated Data Systems Initiative, as part of our work toward multidimensional metrics for food systems finance and value chain management. The IDSI is a 5-year innovation sprint, initiated in May 2023 by the Good Food Finance Network, for the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate Summit.… Keep reading ⇢
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Right-scaling is everyone’s business
We often hear about the need for good ideas for business and innovation to be “scalable”. That means to be able to go from a small, initial start-up situation to operating at a larger scale, sufficient to generate reliable ongoing returns for investors, which will make the business model “investable”,… Keep reading ⇢
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Access to GOOD: The recipe for enduring prosperity
To achieve enduring prosperity, we need to address climate risk, reduce impacts, and build resilience, in ways that heal economic disparities. Two months after 196 nations gathered in Paris to negotiate the most important implementation agreement for global climate action, the Paris Agreement, Geoversiv released a short brief titled ACCESS to… Keep reading ⇢
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What is the true U.S. contribution to global climate action?
The Paris Agreement calls on all Parties (the countries joining it) to publish Nationally Determined Contributions (to the global climate crisis response) every five years. The first were finalized in 2015, alongside the Paris Agreement; the 2nd round came in 2020 and 2021, some delayed by COVID; the third round are being released… Keep reading ⇢
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Climate intelligence & resilience data require more than AI
Artificial intelligence promises many potential breakthroughs. Among these is the ability to sift through large, diverse landscapes of data, to identify patterns that might not otherwise be visible. Another side of this is the delivery of real-time evolving forecasts and predictive insights that can make adaptive management more of an… Keep reading ⇢
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Leading researchers warn we may soon be unable to supervise AI
In a stunning moment of unity, and with an urgent warning, forty leading artificial intelligence researchers, from competing major firms, have issued a joint letter warning we may soon be unable to monitor, understand, or control advanced AI systems. Futurism is reporting: Depending on how they’re trained, advanced models may… Keep reading ⇢
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Fiscal Resilience ratings will value diversification of data & opportunity
Fiscal Resilience ratings will value climate and nature data, sustainable infrastructure, and localized economic diversification. With climate impacts projected to cost tens of trillions of dollars in the coming decades, and food systems already estimated to have cost more than $142 trillion in just over 9 years, all regions and industries need insights into… Keep reading ⇢
