Data Science Trends, GenAI Threat, AI Confusion, and Alien Life
Your Weekly Review of News in Technology, UX and AI
Here’s the latest news, resources, and use cases from the world of product, UX, AI and technology. Let’s go:
📊 AI in Healthcare
🧠 Data Science Trends
👩🔬 GenAI Threat
😵💫 AI Confusion
🛠️ We are not our tools
👽 Alien Life
Podcast
Harnessing AI in Healthcare: Insights from RJ Kedziora
In this episode of Product by Design, Kyle Evans interviews RJ Kedziora, co-founder of Estenda, a company specializing in custom software and data analysis for healthcare. We discuss RJ’s journey in technology and entrepreneurship, the importance of energy management over time management, and the role of AI in healthcare. RJ shares insights into the challenges and future of AI applications, the need for ethical considerations, and the potential for personalized healthcare solutions. He also offers advice to aspiring entrepreneurs looking to make a difference in the industry.
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News and Useful Reads
Five Trends in AI and Data Science for 2026
I’ve been saying for a while now that the AI hype hasn’t taken into account the adoption curve for many organizations. While tech companies pour trillions into AI infrastructure, not every company can or will adopt quickly.
Organizations tend to change much more slowly than AI technology does these days. This means that forecasting enterprise adoption of AI is a bit easier than predicting technology change…
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Why Gen AI Feels So Threatening to Workers
As gen AI takes over tasks that were once considered uniquely human, workers are starting to perceive their roles and their organizational value differently. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
AI amplifies whatever you feed it, including confusion
I’ve said it for a long time, but technology can’t solve every problem. Often, adding technology to a bad process only makes it worse.
Most organizations are not failing at AI because of technology. They are failing because they do not know which data actually matters, and they are scaling that confusion faster than ever.
It was never about AI (we are not our tools)
The trees and ecosystems that survive the longest are the ones that grow the slowest and establish deep roots.
AI is not the root problem but a mirror reflecting a system that already treats human value as expendable. Choosing how — and whether — to use powerful tools is a moral decision that will define the future of work and leadership.
Other Interesting Finds
Alien Life Could Look Nothing Like What We Expect
I’ve long been of the opinion that alien life may not be anything like we’d expect. We obviously have a bias to think of life in terms similar to what we’re familiar with. But what if alien life is nothing like here? What if it’s built completely different, communicates in ways we’ve never conceived, doesn’t need water?
Some real-life scientists are now proposing unusual ways in which alien microbes might persist without what we’ve long considered to be a vital liquid. Their work indicates that life might be able to survive in seemingly inhospitable settings.