by John Macdonald | Feb 12, 2025 | AI, The250
What does smart mean? I wrote this before: We’ve outsourced our memory to the cloud. Why remember what you can look up? Ask Google, Wikipedia, Wolfram-Alpha, or ChatGPT.We’ve outsourced our decision-making to media. Why risk being an... by John Macdonald | Feb 8, 2025 | AI, The250
Natural selection is about adaptation. The species that survive are the ones that adapt. People didn’t or don’t lose jobs to computers. They lose jobs by failing to adapt to a world that requires computer skills. People won’t lose jobs to AI.... by John Macdonald | Feb 5, 2025 | AI, The250
We can’t fly. Not like a bird. We ride. AI can’t think (at this time). Not like us. It just does what we incentivize it to do. Let’s worry less about capabilities and more about incentives. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)... by John Macdonald | Feb 3, 2025 | AI, The250
[100% ChatGPT-created article below] — AI is everywhere. It’s automating tasks, generating content, and changing industries. It’s easy to feel like if you’re not using it, you’re falling behind. But let’s zoom... by John Macdonald | Feb 2, 2025 | AI, The250
I’ve been on LinkedIn quite a bit over the last several months. One thing that has struck me is the sheer volume of “obviously AI-generated” content. That goes for posts, articles, and direct messages. I assume it’s also... by John Macdonald | Feb 1, 2025 | AI, The250
It’s easy to anthropomorphize AI. It really seems like a person on the other end of that channel. Lots of people writing about AI talk about what it thinks and what it wants. Depending on how you define thinking, you can argue it...