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Waffle House—An American institution you can trust
Waffle House is more than just a breakfast restaurant. It's a symbol of America itself.
Looking for my orange
One ordinary orange, one extraordinary moment of clarity, and a reminder that healing sometimes tastes sweet
AI vs augmented intelligence—A post about marketing semantics in the tech industry
'AI' puts the machines front and center, while 'augmented intelligence' leaves the spotlight on the human.
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MobiScribe Wave - The e-ink writing tablet I want to recommend but can't
I’ll always appreciate the MobiScribe Wave as being the device that proved an e-ink tablet has a place in my life, but after nearly five months of use, I’ve realized I can’t recommend the Wave to others. Or, perhaps more accurately, I can recommend it only with
Managing expectations with a failure-first mindset
All too often, we contemplate how we want to succeed.
What would you do if you knew you were destined to succeed?
Go do that.
So the wisdom goes.
But sometimes it pays to look at the other end of the spectrum. What if your venture is doomed to fail?
Creating in the time of AI
Why should we create in the age of AI? How can we compete?
This post from LMNT puts a different perspective on things:
I take a little comfort in knowing that it will be impossible for “AI” tools—here on out—to differentiate between human-made and machine-generated content, thereby inevitably
Is artificial general intelligence the real benchmark for AI?
Today’s target for artificial intelligence (AI) seems to be artificial general intelligence (AGI), a technology that is competent in many areas, like humans. AI is most often highly-specialized, focusing on one area with a narrow set of tasks. This sort of AI is best-suited for specialized audiences needing specialized
Writing is more than words
Writing is easy. All you do is string together a bunch of words.
Or so some would have you think. Never mind the fact that so many of us are terrible at saying what we mean.
Writing is much harder than some give credit.
Because writing is more than words.
Will there be enough AI?
These days, people are worried about AI taking their jobs. And who can blame them, with all the stories circulating about AI’s great accomplishments. (P.S. If you’re looking for a counterweight to the hype, read Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust by Gary Marcus and
Be here now
Introverts make up at least one-third of the population—maybe as high as one-half—yet in so many ways the world feels as if it’s made only for extroverts. How can it be that our social systems benefit one type of person while alienating the other?
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What is the cost of convenience?
As long as there are people, there will be questions about the human condition. How are people doing? What are their greatest struggles and fears and joys? And what does it mean to be a real human being at any point in time?
Odds are good I won’t make
Digital Minimalism and philosophy in tech
I’ve been rethinking my relationship with technology since I started reading Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport.
After mentioning this book is usually when a blogger tells his audience he’s deleted his social media accounts and can now be reached only by smoke signal.
But this is not that
The folly of predicting the future of AI and augmented intelligence
Something is coming down the pike, but hell if we know what truly lies ahead.