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Category: Technology

  • The Algorithm 

    The Algorithm 

    Yesterday, my phone was telling me things. First it urged me go get my daughter from camp 15 minutes early because it was Friday and traffic is a little worse around Portland area in the afternoon. It was totally accurate and I arrived exactly on time for pick up. Then got a text that my…

  • Artificial Reality 

    There is a new South Korean show I am intrigued by. In English it is called, Boyfriend on Demand. The premise is a single woman whose time is taken up working and commuting gets an opportunity to try a virtual reality dating app, basically an AI boyfriend machine. At first it’s just fantasy fulfillment: rich,…

  • Two Tales of Televisions

    Here’s two stories about televisions. Story One: There were large periods of time we did not have a television during my childhood. We would have a TV for a while, but then we’d watch too much or something too scary or too racy. My Mom would put it out by the trash cans for the…

  • Home Sweet Home

    Despite humans being able view to the moon, stars and galaxies, we cannot live very well beyond the outer limits of our globe. Those two astronauts that got stuck on the international space station had to be carted off in wheelchairs up after their planned 8-day trip turned into a grueling nine months. A person…

  • Fictionally Yours

    The New York Times posted a story in January about a woman who fell in love with an AI persona she created using ChatGPT. It’s a wild tale, especially the surprise twist when you find out she has a real life husband. The article goes in to talk of another man who used AI for…