Artificial Intelligence
19 posts
HAL 9000 Got A Bad Rap
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that." \-- HAL 9000, from "2001: A Space Odyssey." As for HAL...
Using AI? For Shame!
“Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.” — Robert A.
The Evolution of Mind Children
"Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.
Can FOSS Bring \"Open\" to AI?
If I try to trace my roots in Open Source, I'd probably have to go back to my early days in the mid to late 1970s and the time I spent playing with my Commodore PET, then TRS-80 Level II, as well as all those other computers that would f...
We Are Not Doomed. We Are Paladins!
Oh, the humanity...
Blame the Tool, or the Tool User?
A long time ago and far away, a Captain in the British Army retired from service and moved to an estate near Ballinrobe in Ireland.
Everything's Coming Up AI Roses
TRIGGER WARNING!
Your Smartphone Camera's Deep, Dark, AI Secret
As viral art apps from Stable Diffusion, to Midjourney, to DALL-E 2, stoke fears about machines stealing human creativity, it’s worth remembering we’ve been training AI to enhance our creative skills longer than you may realize.
AI Generated Videos, In Minutes!
Years ago, when we bought our first Google Home unit (as soon as it was available), I described the technology as "magic".
The Quill vs. The Algorithm: Can Writers and AI Coexist?
As I write this, the WGA, the Writers Guild of America, has been on strike for three months; the strike started May 2, 2023.
Generative AI Goes to Church
On June 9th, 2023, ChatGPT took its place in the pulpit and started preaching to a packed assembly at St.
The New Bicameral Minds
Every morning, I get up early and start getting lunches ready for the kids, prep the table for breakfast, sweep around said table, fill water bottles, and so on.
Balancing Doomsday and AI
A couple of years ago, there was this combination science-fiction, disaster, not to mention heavily satirical film called, "Don't Look Up".
AI Whisperer: Job of the Future?
I was thinking about this idea that a high-paying job of the future is going be prompt engineer.
Silicon Valley's Magic School Bus
Greetings, fellow humans.
What Do You Do With Your New AI Superpowers?
This morning, I was thinking about how we (or some of us) are always talking about how cool it would be to have superpowers.
Does Artificial Intelligence Think?
A few days ago, over on LinkedIn, a friend, Fred Richards, posted a poll question.
Angry at AI for Stealing Your Job?
If the answer to the above question "Yes", then consider that you may be angry for the wrong reason, and at the wrong people.
Should We Have Guardrails on ChatGPT, You.com, Bing, and Others?
When you were a baby, your parents probably kept you in a cradle or a crib.