• Open Source: Free, Easy, and Fast Sort Of

    Updated: 2024-02-29 15:59:12
    This essay is the work of a dumb dinobaby. No smart software required. Not long ago, I spoke with an open source cheerleader. The pros outweighed the cons from this technologist’s point of view. (I would like to ID the individual, but I try to avoid having legal eagles claw their way into my modest […]

  • Surprise! Smart Software and Medical Outputs May Kill You

    Updated: 2024-02-29 10:37:00
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. Have you been inhaling AI hype today? Exhale slowly, then read “Generating Medical Errors: GenAI and Erroneous Medical References,” produced by the esteemed university with a reputation for shaking the AI cucarachas and singing loudly “Ai, Ai, Yi.” The write up is […]

  • A Fresh Outcry Against Deepfakes

    Updated: 2024-02-29 10:03:00
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. There is no surer way in 2024 to incur public wrath than to wrong Taylor Swift. The Daily Mail reports, “’Deepfakes Are a Huge Threat to Society’: More than 400 Experts and Celebrities Sign Open Letter Demanding Tougher Laws Against AI-Generated Videos—Weeks […]

  • The Google: A Bit of a Wobble

    Updated: 2024-02-28 14:41:41
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. Check out this snap from Techmeme on February 28, 2024. The folks commenting about Google Gemini’s very interesting picture generation system are confused. Some think that Gemini makes clear that the Google has lost its way. Others just find the recent image […]

  • Second Winds: Maybe There Are Other Factors Like AI?

    Updated: 2024-02-28 10:37:00
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. I read “Second Winds,” which is an essay about YouTube. The main idea is that YouTube “content creators” are quitting, hanging up their Sony and Canon cameras, parking their converted vans, and finding an apartment, a job, or their parents’ basement. The […]

  • ChatGPT: No Problem Letting This System Make Decisions, Right?

    Updated: 2024-02-28 10:04:00
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. Even an AI can have a very bad day at work, apparently. ChatGPT recently went off the rails, as Gary Marcus explains in his Substack post, “ChatGPT Has Gone Berserk.” Marcus compiled snippets of AI-generated hogwash after the algorithm lost its virtual […]

  • Local Dead Tree Tabloids: Endangered Like Some Firs

    Updated: 2024-02-27 10:04:00
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. A relic of a bygone era, the local printed newspaper is dead. Or is it? A pair of recent articles suggest opposite conclusions. The Columbia Journalism Review tells us, “They Gave Local News Away for Free. Virtually Nobody Wanted It.” The post […]

  • Qualcomm: Its AI Models and Pour Gasoline on a Raging Fire

    Updated: 2024-02-26 11:06:37
    This essay is the work of a dumb humanoid. No smart software required. Qualcomm’s announcements at the Mobile World Congress pour gasoline on the raging AI fire. The chip maker aims to enable smart software on mobile devices, new gear, gym shoes, and more. Venture Beat’s “Qualcomm Unveils AI and Connectivity Chips at Mobile World […]

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