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🔗 Followup on the future of AI

Nobody knows anything.

@AndySylvester - coincidentally something i was chatting about just this morning. Our conclusion: If you know nothing - you will never be able to properly use AI.

BUT - as we all know - everybody does know something. In fact likely A LOT - about something - and that no matter how narrow the topic - the depth can be - is - always extraordinary.

Once you have your niche - you are in a position to ask the right questions and understand the answers.

It all fails when you don’t ask questions and don’t understand the answers.

🔗 A Random List of Silly Things I Hate - Tangible Life

Silly? I don’t think so. AND I suspect that @bradenslen and @MitchW would be in full agreement …. 🦯

🔗 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Signs New Clearview A.I. Deal

This is not facial recognition of criminals or even people suspected of wrongdoing. It is recognition of anyone who has a face that has been photographed and shared even semi-publicly.

ANYONE

[🔗📼🎵 Tenacious D

.. another one I have seen before an never shared - who knew that Jack Black had this voice inside of him?

El Estepario Siberiano has been popping into my feed for well over a year - and every time I am blown away - but until now never shared him here.

Fixed.

🔗📼🎵 This could be my BEST video TO DATE. - YouTube

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🔗📼🎵 MY STORY - HOW I MADE 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS. - YouTube

🔗 Mark Bernstein: AI: New Frontiers

Today’s AI can make you better at doing things you do well. That is what AI is for.

A simple sentence to cut through the noise.

🔗 The Coming AI Cataclysm

we will discover that even if your job mostly consists of interacting with LLMs, doing so well will require people who remember what it was like to read and interpret a document or contrast two ideas without asking an LLM to do it for you.

There used to be a lot of people that used to be able to thatch roofs - and now there aren’t. But that isn’t quite the same IMHO.

🔗 Ring cancels partnership with law enforcement supplier Flock – FlowingData

This comes shortly after Ring’s Super Bowl commercial for dog-finding. Ring owners were already rumbling, but it seems cute dogs were not enough to calm things down. Trust is already lost

Even tech companies are drawing lines.

🔗 Meta planning facial recognition with glasses – FlowingData

Meta’s internal memo said the political tumult in the United States was good timing for the feature’s release.

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🔗 Goldman Sachs Boosts Apple Inc. with Positive App Store Trends

NB: No meaningful (or perhaps even measurable) impact from off-Appstore payments alternatives. Turns out adding friction to a frictionless business is not an attractive option for the customer.

💬 Horace Dediu

‘Ease’ replaces ‘Price’ in my 🖇️ 4 E Model for the Age of Engagement.