Asset Management's Lucent Edge

Are we ready for when an intelligent asset management system looks back at us? This will happen when an asset management system gains consciousness – and this will happen soon, or maybe it already has... This event horizon is asset management’s lucent edge (#lucentedge).

A recent BBC article by Jane Wakefield makes an enlightened point. Its title is: “Why you may have a thinking digital twin within a decade”. This article can be found at: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61742884

This is an interesting idea and when I read the article, I immediately had two questions: first, when will this happen, and second, how do we find the lucent edge of a thinking asset management system so we can activate it? This newsletter seeks to answer the second question.

This second answer first requires context for a thinking asset management system. To answer this, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) report titled Strategies to Renew Federal Facilities offers explanation …