by John Macdonald | Mar 9, 2024 | AI, The250
AI and algorithms today know you pretty well. Instagram will show you what you want.The Netflix recommendation engine will show you want you want.Facebook advertisements will show you what you want. If you don’t like what they’re showing you, maybe its... by John Macdonald | Feb 22, 2024 | AI, The250
One of the interesting narratives in this upcoming national election cycle is democracy itself. Each side has labeled the other side as “undemocratic” — accusing each other of trying to destroy democracy through authoritarian control. You and I... by John Macdonald | Feb 21, 2024 | AI, The250
Several days a week, I run at lunchtime. Also, almost every day, my thoughts turn to the intersection of AI, robots, and humans. Many times, the Venn diagram of those two activities shows a large overlap. Today was such a day. I’m out there running, and I... by John Macdonald | Feb 20, 2024 | AI, The250
AI video — deepfake, etc — was already here, but now OpenAI (ChatGPT) has launched a text-to-video creator for the masses. Now it’s about to explode. I can’t try it yet because the release is so far limited to a select few. I’m not a... 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...