Listen to this article: I don’t think I’ve ever seen a technology develop and expand and proliferate this quickly. Remember back in the ancient days of 2023 when it was pretty much just ChatGPT? Did you notice the following year when Microsoft added Copilot into many of its products and 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
We expect computers to be perfect. We usually don’t give it a second thought. We expect the document opened today to look exactly the same as it did when it was saved last night. We expect the data inserted in a database to be returned when queried. That is unless Read more
Disruption is imminent. Is your company prepared? Your IT department? You? What do bank tellers, assembly line workers, retail clerks, blacksmiths, and travel agents have in common? They have all been largely displaced by technology. Application developers are next. In just a few years Generative AI will produce most of Read more
A popular perception of artificial intelligence comes from the Menacing Computer movie genre. Skynet becomes self-aware and seeks to exterminate humanity. HAL9000 kills Discovery’s crew when they plan to disconnect it. Joshua wants to play a game of Global Thermonuclear War. And we’re all trapped in the matrix. Yes, there Read more
Most everybody loves new toys, and it’s not often that you get to try out a new kind of toy. This morning I test drove the new Apple Vision Pro, so I thought I’d add my thousand words to the millions being written about it today. The timing of the Read more