This was an interesting interview with Jason Carp, founder of Hu Products, Hu Kitchen, and HumanCo, a private holding company that invests in and builds brands focused on healthier living and sustainability. Listening to this, I was reminded exactly why […]
Wired reporting from the cutting edge… “There’s a wave of companies building so-called app-less phones and gadgets, leveraging artificial intelligence advancements to create smarter virtual assistants that can handle all kinds of tasks through one portal, bypassing the need for […]
From Stratechery: “Generative AI flips this paradigm on its head: suddenly, there isn’t an abundance of supply, at least from the perspective of the end users; there is simply one answer. To put it another way, AI is the anti-printing […]
Here’s a very opinionated piece worth reading. The author, Ed Zitron, is not a fan of the content created by generative AI. “[The internet executives’] ideal situation isn’t one where you visit distinct websites with content created by human beings, […]
This link offers both a video of the robot in action (autonomously) and of researcher Suzanne Gildert explaining the technology. “When you train on data coming from hands, you find that all hand movements are combinations of these basic movements […]
If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided to you. But in some places (including Austin), that lawyer will have a ridiculous caseload with very low pay rates paid by the government. In those cases, it seems you […]
“Of the 50 largest airports in the US, the average age is 82 years, and only three have been built in the last 50 years. The US has built more commercial nuclear reactors in the past 25 years (two) than […]
Based on USDA Census of Agriculture. Humans, who count as an animal here, win 1,495 counties. Pheasants win 2. ~ learn more
“One odd consequence of humanity’s 77-year flirtation with atomic weapons is that the steel we produce is now ever-so-slightly radioactive. The radiation isn’t strong enough to pose a health risk, but it does interfere with some sensitive scientific and medical […]
From this article I learned that the reason NYC doesn’t have alleys is because the architects responsible for the grid system were preoccupied with another project — the Erie Canal. Lots more detailed discussion about the gross garbage problem of […]