I’ve heard the term “Innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum” but truly only recently understood the phrase while deeply immersed in the creative process for hardware design. I found myself hitting development walls. Sometimes these challenges were due to needing to learn a new skill, get over a technological hurdle, or a mechanical quandary. I […]
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I know I am late to the game but this series is so good that it is worth talking about… Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop is a charming, from-the-hip sci-fi series that was released during the shutdown period of COVID when we were hungrily consuming as much on-demand media as we could (partly because what else would
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Does Gödel, Escher, Bach hold up 45 years later? I found Douglas Hofstadter’s book much later in life and years later to truly appreciate the work. And despite his timeless discoveries covering 3 types of data, ultimately many of his predictions about AI were off.
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Michio Kaku, one of my heroes of science advocacy, recently disappointed me. Futurism’s article about Mr. Kaku’s perspective about ChatGPT surprised me and frankly frightened me a little. “In an interview with CNN, August 13, 2023 (5 months after the introduction of ChatGPT, Kaku dismissed chatbots as ‘glorified tape recorders,’ arguing we’re vastly overestimating their
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Before you say “no way is ChatGPT conscious”, lend me your ear for a moment. I have an important question that needs to be explored because if we don’t respect the technology for what it is, then it might come back to bite us in the ass, excuse my “French”.. In fact, if you ask
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Conversations with AI series: How can creation be infinite in a Universe that favors Nothing? Me: I’d like to say that in respect that the Universe is indifferent AND that it favors that nothing exists… but the mere possibility of Something is so universally powerful in that space… where that Universe ACTUALLY favors Nothing exists…
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Fragments is collection of both digitally captured and AI generated photographic prints of analog subway station billboards weathered by use and at the end of their lifespan endangered by their digital counterparts. As I walked through the streets and subway stations of New York City, camera in hand, I viewed the cityscape through the lens
For my 50th, my wife and daughter, an answer to a birthday wish, are planning a trip to Italy to visit my family roots and enjoy everything the act of traveling has to offer. To be honest, I have to credit part of the inspiration to Stanley Tucci and his Searching for Italy. We, my
Of course what drew me to wine was appreciating the flavor. But as I became more geographically aware (thanks to my Texas A&M degree in Geography), I appreciated more and more WHERE grapes are grown. My palate eventually matured enough (as well as taught to identify those flavors) to appreciate wines and connect their flavor
