Making a Personal Chatbot

From field historian John Tierney I learned about a GPT-powered chatbot that learned from texts about daily itineraries, thoughts, and conversations with others. This customised LLM learns about political stances, meal preferences, and common stories. A simple voice cloning software lets the chatbot …

Let it sit

Thanks to Suw aka [Chocolate and Vodka](What to do when your mind is blank — Chocolate and Vodka), my creative block is sorted. Her advice: Let a draft sit overnight I try to never let my newsletter wait until the day it’s due, unless I’m already very clear on what I’m going to be writing. So when …

I’m a big fan of Mindmap Markmap but lately I’ve discovered it’s not rendering directly from the content I upload. Instead, it’s talking to GPT 3.5 to embellish parts of the outline I present.

I’ve been told by friends that I have a “data estate” so I think I’ll ask my AI to create signage for it.

Airport security seems to believe a “stochastic approach” foils terrorism and that is why every city, airport, terminal, gate, and TSA officer performs security duties in an entirely different and unpredictable way.

Hard Work Hardly Not

I heard my grandfather use the phrase “work comes first” and he lived life that way. Grandpa Goldbach prioritized working life over other aspects of life, such as leisure time, family, and personal interests. However, this is not the view of his great grandchildren. Some key points about …

“If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.” londondaily.com/british-w…

One of the most useful links in my current life is www.perplexity.ai/settings/… because it gives me a choice of six different LLMs during my chat sessions, including two versions of Claude that are normally not available in Europe.

For the past 23 springs I have helped students get meaningful work experiences. It’s gratifying to discover many companies feel guilty about taking on unpaid interns. But appreciative of the opportunity to inject confidence into the skills our well-intentioned students display.

Thinking about erecting a solar fence

I’m following a discussion on a Facebook Group that pits a local community against a solar farmer. Because of the way Perplexity.ai works, I’m being fed information about how solar fences can generate energy. The energy can flow to batteries or inverters. Here are the key points: Solar …

Obsidian’s AI Assistant is very helpful. And the Obsidian Open Source Community is spawning clever iterations every week. www.youtube.com/watch

It’s so heart-warming to see the efforts of researchers who have clever ideas that assist elderly or home-bound people. Like Olivia Waters' conversational robot. flickr.com/photos/ir…

I just got outed as an AI Enabler.

For the past four months I have worked with 85 mid-career people to enhance their working knowledge of AI services. Through their hands-on work, several have reinvented themselves, consciously creating a Irish business archetype–one that is digitally transforned.

Excellent opportunity for scammers who register domain names containing the word Twitter in them: mashable.com/article/t…

YouTube is America’s top living room streaming destination. Data from Nielsen consistently shows that Americans spend more time watching YouTube on TV sets than we do any streaming service including Netflix. www.nielsen.com/insights/…

It is time to admit that the poster boy of EVs has tainted the brand of EV ownership

On a short trip with the kids and both are journaling with Day One.

Steve Jobs founded Apple on April 1, 1976. I wonder if he knew of multitouch back then. The new technologies spawned by Apple are portable, personalized, and engaging. Today’s parents count on 2yos mastering touch-and- swipe. I wonder if we have thought about what this happy engagement means.

I had to wear a hard hat twice this Easter.

Ted Harrison explains how your brain reads the what and where in an effective video: pca.st/episode/0…

Aduril proves there is lucrative trade in AI weaponry. www.ft.com/content/c…

Six Main Points for My AI Students

I’m doing some spring cleaning of recent training sessions and believe I can best share my impressions of various GPTs by breaking down my thoughts into six major sessions. 1. **Setting Up Your AI Introduction to AI and its capabilities Necessary hardware and software requirements …

Learning about sales workflows

I teach clever people tools of digital transformation. It’s actually a two-way process because I learn from those students. For example, I’ve refined one of my workflows after reading Agata Krawiecka’s sales workflow. Agata has a sequence of essential processes. It’s a …

Need a Factory Reset

MY ANDROID PHONE needs a factory reset. It’s more than five years old, has a cracked screen and a worn charging port, and its battery is well-worn.