“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” That quote has been attributed to Desmond Tutu, Wendell Philips and Thomas Jefferson, among others. (Thanks to Anna Berkes for trying to get to the bottom of who said it first—it looks like it wasn’t any of them.) Whoever said it, it’s on my mind after reading…
Is your computer funnier than my computer? It was the summer of 1983 when my boss (aka my dad) called me into his office during my summer job at his advertising agency. “Stop laughing at the Account Executive’s ad copy,” he admonished, barely stifling his smile. I was typing up Allen’s copy for an…
Often when looking for topics to cover in upcoming newsletters, I check out what’s come in lately from WIRED Fast Forward. “From AI advancements to battery breakthroughs, see what’s next in tech with the Fast Forward newsletter.” The challenge for a person who got paid $1 a page to type people’s handwritten term papers in…
“Save hours writing clever, original content.” Well who doesn’t want that? Although it sounds like an oxymoron, given the source: conversion.ai artificial intelligence (AI) generated writing. Can a computer produce clever, original content? And how does that threaten the future of writing, aka will humans still have a purpose in the world? Existential…
It’s all about detecting patterns and predicting responses. Like it or not, particularly for “non-digital natives” (age 50+; did not grow up with technology), the world has changed. If you are still in business or want to relate to your children or grandchildren, saying it was better before or ignoring the present will not…
“The Fourth Industrial Revolution of Machine Intelligence is real. It will define which businesses live and die in the next decade. And the first casualties will be those who fail to adopt and adapt.” Okay, before you start to hyperventilate or call your artificial intelligence wallpaper doctor, the quote above is from Hypergiant, a company that…
