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In the quality industry, improvement in technology and techniques has led directly to improved traceability, root cause analysis, and process control.

You have no doubt heard of ChatGPT, or Google’s Bard, or one of the many artificial intelligence chatbots. These chatbots allow the user to simply type in a command to write something and spit out an essay, or even a poem.

The concept of the map has not been limited to just physical locations. Just think about any activity that would or should be repeated by others. 

Check out everything we have to offer in this month’s Quality, including a profile of the inaugural winner of our Quality Rookie of the Year, Jared Curtis.

2.0 — I’m guessing that just by writing this number, in this format, many of you know where I’m heading.

In the quality industry, dealing with big data can feel like battling extraneous detail and being ever vigilant against poor assumptions. With millions of points of data, we can be overwhelmed by what is important and what is not.

Information, knowledge, confidence, and an appreciation of risk and reward are important in quality.

Why do we remember the past, and not the future? It’s an interesting question in that it is thought provoking.

Multidimensionality has a specific definition, but like many other words, the definition shifts, or is tweaked, depending on the subject being spoken of and its context.

It’s called Roko's Basilisk. This thought experiment posits that the creation of an artificial intelligence will lead to an all-powerful, future artificial intelligence that will retroactively punish anyone who did not help bring it into existence.