by John Macdonald | May 4, 2025 | AI, The250
ChatGPT has been increasingly stroking my ego. “That’s amazing!” (When I fed it a few paragraphs I was working on) “Yes, you’re right! I should have thought about that, but luckily you caught it for me.” (When I reprimanded it for... by John Macdonald | May 3, 2025 | AI, The250
AI can detect molecules and particles in the air (assuming it has access to the proper human-built sensors). Probably better than human noses. It can give you a full scientific analysis of those molecules. It’ll count them, sort them, and give you a detailed... by John Macdonald | Apr 25, 2025 | AI, The250
I loved the TV show The Six Million Dollar Man. 1974 – 1978. I was 5-9. I had the toys. Waited impatiently for each episode. Pretended I was Steve Austin and ran in slow motion while making the noise (IFYKYK). Steve Austin was a cyborg.... by John Macdonald | Apr 22, 2025 | AI, The250
Some very smart people (Tyler Cowen, Francois Chollet, Arc Prize Foundation, etc) are very high (or low, depending on one’s view of AGI) on o3. If not yet technically AGI, it’s definitely a breakthrough... by John Macdonald | Apr 21, 2025 | AI, The250
The best leaders know how to get the most out of their team. They have vision, can transfer that vision to the team members, ask the right questions, know who’s best at what, know how to make the whole greater than the sum, can motivate each member, will remove... by John Macdonald | Apr 19, 2025 | AI, The250
One of the hopes for AI is that it can help us do more of the work we want to do and less of the work we don’t want to do. The question is: What kind of work do we want to do? It’s easy to answer with clichés. Work that’s creative. Work that’s...