If there’s a common thread over the past year-and-a-half, it’s dramatic change: a global pandemic amidst a politically charged and socially divisive environment, civil unrest, extreme temperatures and record-breaking weather disasters.
These disasters have all driven immense transformation. From the collaboration required between state and health care to manage COVID-19 outbreaks and vaccine appointments to remote working, adopting new ways to support customers and operating brick-and-mortar processes in a digital environment, technology has been interwoven into the response and management of crises.
While we have certainly learned a lot in the last 18 months, we must also look ahead to how these changes will shape our future. What role will technology play in helping us mitigate challenges in the new era of the pandemic? Without question, business and communities have made a dramatic shift toward investing in big data and artificial intelligence. What will be important is to understand how big data and AI will keep our infrastructure ahead of disasters and, ultimately, more resilient in dealing with future events.
Continue reading: https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2021/09/how-ai-and-data-can-increase-resilience-new-era-pandemic/185603/
These disasters have all driven immense transformation. From the collaboration required between state and health care to manage COVID-19 outbreaks and vaccine appointments to remote working, adopting new ways to support customers and operating brick-and-mortar processes in a digital environment, technology has been interwoven into the response and management of crises.
While we have certainly learned a lot in the last 18 months, we must also look ahead to how these changes will shape our future. What role will technology play in helping us mitigate challenges in the new era of the pandemic? Without question, business and communities have made a dramatic shift toward investing in big data and artificial intelligence. What will be important is to understand how big data and AI will keep our infrastructure ahead of disasters and, ultimately, more resilient in dealing with future events.
Continue reading: https://www.nextgov.com/ideas/2021/09/how-ai-and-data-can-increase-resilience-new-era-pandemic/185603/
