• Add On AI: Sounds Easy, But Maybe Just a Signal You Missed the Train

    Updated: 2025-06-30 10:33:00
    No smart software to write this essay. This dinobaby is somewhat old fashioned. I know about Reddit. I don’t post to Reddit. I don’t read Reddit. I do know that like Apple, Microsoft, and Telegram, the company is not a pioneer in smart software. I think it is possible to bolt on Item Z to […]

  • Palantir Rattles the Windows in the Nuclear Industry

    Updated: 2025-06-30 09:53:00
    This dinobaby asked ChatGPT about Palantir. Interesting output. “Palantir Partners to Develop AI Software for Nuclear Construction” caught me by surprise. I did not think the company founded in 2003 was an artificial intelligence company with expertise in the nuclear field. The cited article reports: Palantir Technologies on Thursday [June 26, 2025] said it was […]

  • Do Not Be Evil. Dolphins, Polar Bears, and Snail Darters? Tough Luck

    Updated: 2025-06-30 09:25:00
    No AI, just the dinobaby expressing his opinions to Zillennials. The Guardian comes up with some interesting “real” news stories. “Google’s Emissions Up 51% As AI Electricity Demand Derails Efforts to Go Green” reports: Google’s carbon emissions have soared by 51% since 2019 as artificial intelligence hampers the tech company’s efforts to go green. The […]

  • Publishers Will Love Off the Wall by Google

    Updated: 2025-06-27 13:17:19
    No smart software involved just an addled dinobaby. Ooops. Typo. I meant “offerwall.” My bad. Google has thrown in the towel on the old-school, Backrub, Clever, and PageRank-type of search. A comment made to me by a Xoogler in 2006 was accurate. My recollection is that this wizard said, “We know it will end. We […]

  • Teams Today, Cloud Data Leakage Tomorrow Allegations Tomorrow?

    Updated: 2025-06-27 09:53:00
    An opinion essay written by a dinobaby who did not rely on smart software . The creep of “efficiency” manifests in numerous ways. A simple application becomes increasingly complex. The result, in many cases, is software that loses the user in chrome trim, mud flaps, and stickers for vacation spots. The original vehicle wears a […]

  • US Science Conferences: Will They Become an Endangered Species?

    Updated: 2025-06-26 09:53:00
    Due to high federal budget cuts and fears of border issues, the United States may be experiencing a brain drain. Some smart people (aka people tech bros like to hire) are leaving the country. Leadership in some high profile outfits are saying, ““Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.” Others get multi-million […]

  • AI Can Be a Critic Unless Biases Are Hard Wired

    Updated: 2025-06-26 09:33:00
    The Internet has made it harder to find certain music, films, and art. It was supposed to be quite the opposite, and it was for a time. But social media and its algorithms have made a mess of things. So asserts the blogger at Tadaima in, “If Nothing Is Curated, How Do We Find Things?” […]

  • A Business Opportunity for Some Failed VCs?

    Updated: 2025-06-26 09:33:00
    An opinion essay written by a dinobaby who did not rely on smart software . Do you want to open a T shirt and baseball cap with snappy quotes? If the answer is, “Yes,” I have a suggestion for you. Tucked into “Artificial Intelligence Is Not a Miracle Cure: Nobel Laureate Raises Questions about AI-Generated […]

  • AI Side Effect: Some of the Seven Deadly Sins

    Updated: 2025-06-25 09:53:00
    New technology has been charged with making humans lazy and stupid. Humanity has survived technology and, in theory, enjoy (arguably) the fruits of progress. AI, on the other hand, might actually be rotting one’s brain. New Atlas shares the mental news about AI in “AI Is Rotting Your Brain And Making You Stupid.” The article […]

  • AI and Kids: A Potentially Problematic Service

    Updated: 2025-06-25 09:36:00
    Remember the days when chatbots were stupid and could be easily manipulated? Those days are over…sort of. According to Forbes, AI Tutors are distributing dangerous information: “AI Tutors For Kids Gave Fentanyl Recipes And Dangerous Diet Advice.” KnowUnity designed the SchoolGPT chatbot and it “tutored” 31,031 students then it told Forbes how to pick fentanyl […]

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