But most many of us have no idea what we are talking about when we talk about AI. AI conjures up vague notions of algorithms, networks and weird movies from the 2000s. If this is you, read on to learn enough about AI to avoid that deer-in-the-headlights look at your next meeting.
Nonetheless, most people have experienced modern AI (and no, I don’t mean the Steven Speilberg movie). For instance, Chatbots are the most advanced and accessible commercial technology and are a staple of customer service.
The goal is to automate, improve or enhance work that is already being done…
“Can you join the meeting at 1:00 today?” It’s never a good sign when the CMO is dropping into a meeting at the last minute. Generally, I think of the C-levels as folks with whom I’d like to have pleasant — but brief — exchanges, and his unannounced presence at a meeting that until 5 minutes ago was irrelevant to my work was like a red flair indicating troubled waters ahead.
I knew that the sales were not as hoped, so I anticipated changes coming down the line. I also knew that the projects I was working on were aligned…
When I saw that image ten months later, in December, I said, oh that was the last day that I was happy. We laughed, but it’s kind of true. That was the last day Bandolier National Monument was open before it closed thanks to COVID-19.
My next memory of our time in New Mexico is pushing a cart around an eerily empty Target store in Santa Fe. We bought beans, granola bars, trail mix, raisins in preparation for who knows what. …
This time last year, I was planning a ROAD TRIP of all things, having recently returned from LONDON, which feels like a memory from the distant universe we now call “the before times.” Despite all the craziness, Sara and I did achieve some significant milestones in the last twelve months.
I got a new job, we purchased our first home, we moved to a new city — hello Philadelphia — and we adopted a little Tuxedo cat named, Frenchie. Previously, the only thing I owned was a house plant named Baby. (Layers, yes, layers here.)
Baby, survived for two months…
The Mothman emerges under the shadow of the social upheaval of the 1960s. For instance, the Warren Commission — investigating the assassination of President Kennedy — released its report in 1964. In 1967, America was officially embroiled in the Vietnam War for two years. in 1967, Charles Manson formed the Manson Family, and the Manson Family murders bookended the end of the sixties in 1969.
The Mothman event is also framed by the development of the atomic bomb and the Cold War. So, the reason citizens of Point Pleasant thought the Mothman could be part of a secret government experiment…
What Lyft teaches us about the failings of the economy, politics, and culture
I worked at Lyft from 2011 to 2013. At a time when the State of California is trying to force Lyft and Uber to pay drivers like full-time workers, gig-economy companies are finally getting a well-deserved critique.
“Uber and Lyft’s Business Model May Be Dead. Good.” an article by Brian Merchant is making the rounds on Medium today. I applaud this essay and am in agreement with Merchant’s overall assessments, except I don’t think this business model will be over anytime soon.
One reason Lyft is so…
Warning: spoilers
Unlike most haunted houses, this home has been studied for almost 10 years by a ghost-hunting team who has security cameras monitoring the home 24–7. Despite this, the cause of stuff moving around, swinging chandeliers, flickering ceiling lights, and even mysterious bright lights in the hallway remain unexplained.
Released in April of this year, it’s unique because the film gives debunking an honest shake and at least nominally looks for explanations that are neither paranormal nor supernatural.
The film features interviews with the home’s current owner and explores how the strange events in the home — weird lights…
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In a time when the coronavirus has transformed American life, meditation — or the suggestion one should meditate — has taken on a new life. The New York Times, for example, publishes an article about every week or so about the benefits of meditation or how to meditate or people doing a good job at meditating, but most news coverage sets unrealistic expectations about meditating.
For instance, now might be a terrible time to start meditating. You don’t need to do it in the morning. …
I once overheard a friend say, “Thank god you are moving out of *that* apartment.” This hurt me at the time, but now, I’m over it. In fact, I think everyone should live in the smallest house or apartment that they can stand.
The infamous apartment my friend hated was a sunny 350 square foot apartment in a converted Victorian in San Francisco. It was also rent-controlled, which I cannot tell you how rare and valuable that was in the astronomical housing bubble of the Bay Area. Yet, it was small. …
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