by John Macdonald | Feb 12, 2024 | AI, The250
As a child of the 70’s and 80’s, many of my inputs were curated without my having any control. My parents, of course, were the initial curators of just about all inputs. Record labels and radio station programming directors initially curated my music, but... by John Macdonald | Feb 11, 2024 | AI, The250
My wife and I spent a long weekend in Austin last fall to celebrate our 30th anniversary. We stayed in an Airbnb in a sleepy little neighborhood a couple blocks east of the famous Franklins BBQ. We’d walk back from the downtown area each night (not... by John Macdonald | Feb 4, 2024 | AI, The250
For space, it was the 1960’s.In physics, it was the 1920’s.For the internet, it was the 1990’s. These were the decades of exciting times. New discoveries. New use cases. Leaps forward. Lots of money made. Sometimes, you need hindsight to know you... by John Macdonald | Feb 3, 2024 | AI, The250
Elon just announced that Neuralink has implanted its first brain interface chip into a person. It’s called Telepathy. ” It enables control of your phone or computer, and through them almost any device, just by thinking. Initial users will be... by John Macdonald | Jan 22, 2024 | AI, The250
What would happen if we created an AI chatbot for each of our founding fathers? AI versions of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and all the others. This isn’t a crazy idea. It’s... by John Macdonald | Jan 20, 2024 | AI, The250
Maybe you’ve heard the term “prompt engineering.” Prompt engineering refers to asking the right questions of an AI model like ChatGPT to get out of it what you want. It makes a difference what you ask, how you ask, and the way you ask. I’m a...