by John Macdonald | Jun 19, 2024 | AI, The250
This is obviously a template or AI-generated “first-touch” message. Hi John, It’s great connecting with you. How have you been? When I receive it, I ignore it. There are two problems with it: a) if it were someone... by John Macdonald | Jun 17, 2024 | AI, The250
Search. Internet and data. The best at it? perplexity.ai. You should try it. As Seth says, “Perplexity is more powerful, more pleasant and more effective.” He’s right. I came to that same... by John Macdonald | Jun 13, 2024 | AI, The250
Apple just announced Apple Intelligence. Intelligence is an interesting and clever description. Good marketing, as usual. (several definitions of intelligence from around the web) intelligence /ĭn-tĕl′ə-jəns/noun The ability to acquire,... by John Macdonald | Jun 12, 2024 | AI, The250
AI lacks awareness.AI has incomplete, corrupt, or biased training data.AI’s objectives are unclear.AI utilizes finite machinery.AI’s underbelly is opaque.AI doesn’t care about anything.AI gets bad input. These are all reasons that AI makes mistakes.... by John Macdonald | May 27, 2024 | AI, The250
As it turns out, we now have two universal solutions. The first is AI. “We’ll just plug AI into that!” AI will solve most of our problems. It certainly is creating mountains of business opportunities. And if you translate the... by John Macdonald | Apr 23, 2024 | AI, The250
When I pick up a hammer, there is no doubt about what I use it for. I hit and extract things with it. Sometimes those things are nails, sometimes not. But I never look at it and think, “maybe this hammer would be good at designing my...