I have long held that the main reason that corporate adoption of Artificial Intelligence has been slow is because leadership would necessarily have to accept the fact that sometimes the AI would be wrong. The demand for AI has always been strong, but the demand for “deterministic AI” has been Read more
Today I start teaching introductory computer science at Rhodes College. It’s the first course in the computer science major sequence, but it is also a recommended elective for non-majors. I’ve been told to expect non-majors to make up as much as three-quarters of the class. It goes without saying that Read more
I enjoy puzzles. Especially the constraint-satisfaction kind like they have on the qualitative section of the GRE. I have one of those page-a-day puzzle calendars that I work each morning while brushing my teeth. Here’s one from a couple weeks ago: Insert the letters A to J, one per square, Read more
The ink is barely dry on Generative AI and AI Agents, and now we have a new next big thing: Agentic AI Sounds impressive. By the time this article comes out, there’s a good chance that Agentic AI will be in the rear-view mirror and we’ll all be chasing after Read more