Tag Archives: technology

AI as an Instructor – The Backstory

Click the link below to listen to two AI generated podcasters discuss this blog post. In the summer of 2008, I got my first iPhone—the iPhone 3G. I had two memorable reactions to this fantastic device. First, the “OMG, this is so totally cool!” reaction, and then, as someone who’d been writing software for 30 years byContinue reading “AI as an Instructor – The Backstory”

Going Deeper With AI

If you would like to listen to a nine minute two-person format podcast reflecting on this post generated by Google’s NotebookLM AI, click on the audio player below. Note that NotebookLM glitches out at the end and pastes in five previous minutes of the podcast. Funny. This afternoon Claude 3.5 and I worked on theContinue reading “Going Deeper With AI”

Spiritual Resonance and AI

If you are interested in an AI generated discussion of this post click on the audio player below. I am currently working on an iOS app to help with my spiritual meditations. Years ago, thanks to my love of science and technology and a growing fascination with philosophy and its intersection with spirituality I discoveredContinue reading “Spiritual Resonance and AI”

Bluesky vs X

The post-US electron “X-odus”, the migration of users and companies off of X/Twitter, represents one of, if not the, biggest moments in the history of Internet-based social media. Long the stuff of dreams, the concept of a federated social media landscape, one where individuals own and control their media selves, is finally gaining traction. YouContinue reading “Bluesky vs X”

Centaur Programming Podcast

This year Google released their NotebookLM. This free service lets you upload PDFs, websites, YouTube videos, audio files, Google Docs, or Google Slides, and NotebookLM will summarize them and make interesting connections between topics, all powered by Gemini 1.5’s multimodal understanding capabilities. It also has the ability to generate compelling and professional sounding podcast audioContinue reading “Centaur Programming Podcast”

Press Release – Chief AI Officer

*** For Immediate Release *** Forefront Systems Announces Promotion of AI Employee to Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer Vancouver, Canada – May 28, 2024 – Forefront Systems, a pioneering software development company, is excited to announce the promotion of their Chat GPT-enabled AI employee, Sal, to the position of Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO). This groundbreakingContinue reading “Press Release – Chief AI Officer”