Moving Meetings Forward.
Every week, I explore innovative tech and share insights through a series on hacking traditional processes for equity. This week, we delve into AI-moderated meetings and collaborative workspaces. The findings will shock you.?
What if I told you you were in a meeting right this second? Would you believe me? Traditional war is a thing of the past; thanks to technology, our environment is a field. Whether you want to consider it a battlefield is up to you. Anyone you meet in your office, at home, at the gym, at the grocery store, or the mall could be meeting with you. Often, you realize why you met later when you have slept on it many times.?
Unfortunately, meetings of the mind are rare, as we're programmed to listen to talk. We can maintain our independent beliefs, knowledge, and character by reframing what it means to "meet." Besides, most human beings are emotionally driven, so who are we to judge one another anyway?? Luckily, AI is pretty objective.?
AI-powered meeting platforms are transforming the way we collaborate. This has been the case for many years with global teams; however, with highly modern technology, we are bridging reality with the Metaverse: This injects a futuristic element, suggesting the potential for immersive virtual environments to create a more realistic sense of connection.
Below, I will explain how these technologies can facilitate brainstorming sessions, remote team building, and project presentations.
As always, let's define "meeting."?
My search informed me that the term "meeting" is originally Germanic, and consequently, the Old English term " meitan " translates to "come upon."? From this, I know that "meetings" are not meant to occur solely in an office; they can happen anywhere and everywhere, and now, on your device.?
Revolutionizing the Meeting Experience
Microsoft Mesh and Meta Horizon Workrooms use (VR/AR) technology to provide immersive collaborative workspaces for facilitation, brainstorming sessions, remote team building, and project presentations.
AI-powered meeting platforms are revolutionizing how we work and meet with automated transcription, real-time action item generation, and sentiment analysis. This streamlines, informs and steers the focus of a meeting, project, or person.
Other smaller players like Otter.ai, Yac, and Parabol come to mind here.
Moving forward: to familiarize yourself with immersive workspaces, the main terms are: virtual and augmented reality, VR/AR headsets, 3D modeling, and digital whiteboards.??
The Balancing Act: Humans and AI
While AI offers numerous benefits, it's crucial to maintain a human connection. Overreliance on AI can hinder creativity and social interaction. The ideal future integrates AI technology with human expertise for optimal collaboration.
Challenges and Limitations
We must acknowledge potential limitations. VR/AR technology may have limitations in the workplace regarding cost and accessibility, as well as possible drawbacks like motion sickness.
The Future of Collaborative Workspaces?
Organizations are embracing a collaborative approach. Imagine literally walking someone through a presentation as you move from room to room in your home, using surfaces to draw a la Iron Man. Cisco partnered with Nvidia to bring this concept to life. An equipped home can futuristically engage with colleagues across the globe. They can provide remote workers with enhanced audio and video intelligence, which produces several effects, including improved communication through reduced frustration.?
Due to this, business communication is becoming less militaristic and more humanized with added features such as gesture recognition, voice commands, enhanced audio and video conferencing, and for sensitive items, authorized persons can utilize identity and location manipulation and control. The technology is providing the human brain with the ability to strengthen its existing neural network to process information on a contextual, instinctual level. Using signals, signs, and relational connections allows anyone to use existing knowledge to teach themselves, hunting for clues and patterns.
Artificial neural networks mimic brain behavior, integrating AI with human cognition.?
The ozone layer is depleting and thinning out. We've run out of time, and thankfully, Outer Space is only a step away. Spatial Audio and high-definition video offer immersive experiences where you can work with your colleagues during a crisis as if playing characters in a show. Imagine a PR or executive team immersed in a meeting. Your roundtable is now an operating room, and suddenly, you're Giuliana Marguiles, and Joe is now George. There is a sense of direction to the sound in meetings, making it feel like participants are in the same room.?
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These additions enable control of devices, applications, presentations, and document navigation through nuanced communication (which means that nonverbal individuals, with labels such as PTSD, 2e, Autism, etc., can contribute at a high level, on or off a team), fostering more involvement in business and financial conversations. This is also incredibly important in bridging intersectional divides and cultural gaps, as non-verbal communication can vary in meaning based on the speed, intensity, and context in which it is used.??
Cisco and NVIDIA's collaborative partnership workspace technology leverages advanced AI and GPU capabilities to enhance the remote working experience, allowing remote workers to engage with their colleagues more effectively.?
Here's how it works:?
Alter egos and assumed roles are taking over, as workers can now use virtual backgrounds and avatars to present themselves as they are asked to be, need to be, or wish to be.??
Additional Use Cases Include:?
*Cisco, WebEx, Microsoft Teams, and Slack are key players in this space.
Large companies like Zoom and BlueJeans are already integrating AI features at the individual and enterprise account levels. Google announced they'd be integrating AI into their namesake "Workspace" in March 2023, which means any user is now more capable than ever, as their built-in technology provides writing and development assistance. You can build out ideas, outline papers, create menus, collaborate with global teammates - you name it!?
AI and Collaborative Enterprise use cases and global teams.?
Corporate and high-level meetings were once confined to physical or secret spaces; however, they can now occur anywhere thanks to innovative AI-powered technology and software. Hiring has become incredibly complex and costly due to litigation and costs for discrimination and __ cases. Corporations have dragged their feet in adoption, but ultimately, AI is being adopted into meetings and other aspects of corporate processes because it saves time and money and protects assets.??
AI meeting and collaborative workspace tools track, transcribe, suggest, pair, synthesize, and book follow-ups. They also have an analysis and reporting factor, which means they're powerful tools for providing accurate KPIs and forecasting numbers.?
?Participants are armed with insights and action items to improve future interactions and decision-making, continually building EQ and IQ. While you can't control what people share and do, especially during chance encounters, AI can provide golden insights into legal and process-related issues, including knowledge and resource sharing. This can prevent fraud, slander, and infringement. For this reason, AI meeting technology is also precious in legal, insurance compliance, fraud, and risk management.?
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We've all suffered through those cringeworthy videos with actors playing out sexual harassment scenes, so I especially appreciate you being here today, breaking down barriers with me. Maybe the future might hold communication through various household surfaces like televisions and appliances - who knows??
I would be grateful to hear your stories, dreams, hopes, or anything else you want to discuss! I'll see you in the comments and then next week. Thank you for your readership.
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