My reflections on the phenomenal DFI lecture by @stephenfry and the new @harari_yuval book, Nexus. In short, AI (ai) is transparently about transparency:
https://t.co/a6iREXsSJm
I stay away from this social platform for the most part these days, but this sage advice from Lou Brus, delivered as the parting words of his Nobel Laureate address @BellLabs today, merits propagation to all who want a simple prescription for success in life
I’m very much enjoying my time as the Neil Armstrong Visiting Professor (NAVP) @Purdue but I received one of the more unusual welcome gifts - a bar of (Purdue) soap! A comment on my personal hygiene or that of the typical nerdy-innovator type?
Given the plethora of AI/GPT related April Fool's, I thought I would just go straight to the source and here it is. While it clearly reflects the humor element of an April Fool, the gullibility assumed for humankind is sad (but possibly true!)
I think Nick Cave has nailed it with this piece on ChatGPT. For all the awe at what it produces, at its core its a mimic, sometimes a very good one, but a foolish one, lacking logic or rationale; the ultimate technological Mynah bird https://t.co/mAxWlxtnnP
I don’t often post on my family or kids but there are some issues that deserve much more attention than my industry, market or technology musings. This is one for sure. Meet Rory and Luke Weldon #CureNation
Spot on. The deification of the obscenely wealthy tech-bro is surely now officially in decline (if not over)? #ifatweetisnowsentdoesanyonereceiveit? https://t.co/eGT8zqPb41
This poem picked for Remembrance Day week was written by my first cousin twice removed (son of my great grand uncle, I think). It alludes to battles & enemies etc, but for me it’s about an irreparable falling out between close friends #noremedy https://t.co/1bHMIEtzwv
I don’t have a blue ‘tick/check’, nor do I intend to pay for one, but I think I have valid and Informed views on a variety of ICT topics…here’s my latest short article (with good comments/discussion that you can add to) https://t.co/ik3EqxCjau
Oh the irony of the life of Liz Truss - going from lauding #hermajesty as ‘the rock upon which modern Britain was founded’ to becoming ‘the sand on which the modern British economy founders’, all in the space of 3 weeks!
https://t.co/uSE2LahLiz
To a British person, there is no better outcome than losing honorably and then winning the sportsmanship award. Which is exactly what my son, James, did in his @Jeopardy experience