IoT Day: What Has Changed

Yesterday was IoT Day, and it has me thinking about the evolution of the IoT (Internet of Things)—something I chronicled in-depth on The Peggy Smedley Show yesterday. The day was first organized more than a decade ago in 2010 by the IoT Council. Much has changed since that time, with the rise of AI (artificial intelligence), ML (machine learning), and deep learning, just to name a few. And much will continue to change in the days ahead. Even before that when we first introduced the M2M (machine-to-machine) technology to push us forward to find our way forward to the IoT.

With the rise of machine learning and deep learning, we now have new opportunities right at our fingertips—but with all these advances comes a catch. We need to do it responsibly. This is precisely the theme for yesterday’s IoT Day—AI and IoT for good.

The IoT Council suggests that data from sensors and ledgers is not ‘the’ truth, but it is as close to having as unbiased as possible layers for decision making. That is a reason to call IoT doing good in the sense of being part of the solution, not the problem.

However, more important are the long-term goals. These can be sustainability, mitigating climate change, tackling inequality, and creating transparency in decision making, according to the council. Of course, these are just a few examples.

https://connectedworld.com/iot-day-what-has-changed/