On June 9th, 2023, ChatGPT took its place in the pulpit and started preaching to a packed assembly at St. Paul’s Lutheran church in the Bavarian town of Fuerth, in Germany. Theologian, Jonas Simmerlein, created a 40-minute service using ChatGPT, but also included other AI elements throughout. On a huge screen, above the altar, AI-generated […]

A couple of years ago, there was this combination science-fiction, disaster, not to mention heavily satirical film called, “Don’t Look Up“. The movie was written, produced, and directed by Adam McKay and David Sirota. The film included a star-studded cast that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée

I was thinking about this idea that a high-paying job of the future is going be prompt engineer. An “AI whisperer” if you like. This person is able to talk to the AI in a way that consistently provides the output they are looking for. One place where you can see this in action is

I’ve always loved the question, “Are you living in a computer simulation?” The question was made famous in a 2003 paper by philosopher Nick Bostrom, who suggested that we are almost certainly living in a simulation. You can go back and read the paper after you’re done reading this, but let me give you a

Ah, the 15-minute city! An exciting new urban planning concept that has been gaining momentum in recent years. This idea is simple, yet powerful: create neighborhoods or districts where residents can access all of their daily needs within a 15-minute walk or bike ride from their home. This includes access to shopping, healthcare, education, and

Amazingly, it has just occurred to me that I should probably post podcast episodes here as well, so I’ll start today. I do a semi-regular podcast with Evan Leibovitch; semi-regular because the schedule should be less thought of as a schedule and more of a ‘whenever it happens’ kind of thing. The podcast is called

This morning, I was thinking about how we (or some of us) are always talking about how cool it would be to have superpowers. I’ve played that game with my kids and, to be honest, with other adults, or people that society would consider adults, anyhow. To be 100% completely honest, I may have played

Welcome to the world of generative AI, folks! Have a seat, get comfortable, and for heaven’s sake, buckle up. It might be a bumpy ride. The rise of generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion, and other advanced machine learning models has the potential to revolutionize the way we work, live, and interact with one