My latest posts

  • [Draft 1-17-2025] Introduction So, prompt engineering [1] is much in the news, as to wrangling a generative AI to create desirable results, “deliver the goods.” And perhaps not just information; but with (a chosen) style, or tailored to your audience […]
  • I’ve tried some Apple Intelligence features built into Mac apps like Pages, but not any image generators yet (although I’ve read some articles with examples). And I’ve noticed the importance of prompt engineering tools; support for long, complex queries; and […]
  • Taking time out from scrolling … Perspectives it was a time of hope, it was a time of fear,it was an age of science, it was an age of ignorance,it was an epoch of climate change, it was an epoch […]
  • My holiday card this year in the cosmic greetings, Santa-in-Space series. What another year … how to handle relaying relief?so, Santa’s upgraded, beyond beliefamidst all the muddle & trouble,broadcasting to every bubble the latest AI may help betterbut sometimes Claus […]
  • yeah, what’s fair use about, about for the news?what’s fair use but an old-fashioned notion?what’s fair got to say, got to say about it?who needs copyright when hoovering up is so easy? there’s a case that fitsit’s legalitya court room […]
  • Regarding the timeframe for achieving and qualifying Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), recently (December 4, 2024) on CNBC, Andrew Ross Sorkin interviewed Sam Altman, co-founder and C.E.O. of OpenAI, at the New York Times annual DealBook summit at Jazz at Lincoln […]
  • My holiday digital card for 2024.
  • Benefits and costs of the new AI gold rush. Move fast and break things … vying for supremacy (“America’s AI edge,” like another Manhattan Project) … but … who’s a developer, and what are their responsibilities in some type of […]
  • Another gold rush is underway. Recast as the AI tech boom. Yet, AI is power hungry, a voracious beast consuming vast amounts of electricity. And water [1]. And those gas-fired power plants [2] … Generative AI data centers are expensive […]
  • Who likes being fooled by a con? Scams are one thing, and there’re tips to avoid those, whether via USPS (paper) mail, phone, email, text, etc. Whether obvious or not, the business model typically is about money – monetizing your […]