I found IBM’s AI announcement yesterday confusing; this write-up by Tobias Mann on The Register helps clarify details.
IBM is pushing its deep enterprise expertise as a differentiator over AWS, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI.
I think Watson is a brand liability at this point. It’s 2011’s hot technology—not 2023’s—and has the scent of overreach and failure on it.
Don’t replace your people with ChatGPT or other AI services (Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / Computerworld). ChatGPT and other AI aren’t ready to replace workers, and only an idiot would think they are.
The dog caught all three of her nutritional supplement treats in the air this morning, so that means it’s going to be a good day.
In my head canon, the final episode is set today, in 2023. Midge and Susy are in their 90s and reconciled. And they’re on tour together, like George Burns. In the final scene, Susy goes into Midge’s bedroom in a hotel suite to find Midge died peacefully, in her sleep, fully made up and dressed, lying in bed with her will and funeral instructions under the pillow. Then cut to flashback to the Gaslight Club.
I’m on the hot new social app. @mitchw.bsky.social. Instead of Bluesky, they should call it “déjà vu.”
If you're looking to procrastinate, Midjourney is great for that.
It's hard to have a nap when there is a cat standing on your pillow demanding attention.
I’ve got a 1,500-word article due Thursday but I’m going to try to get it done today. Am writing. Don’t distract me.
Scientists have invented a technique for reading a person’s thoughts without the need for invasive surgery—in other words, they don’t have to crack open your skull to be able to tell what you’re thinking.
As I read the article, I thought this sounds like a software problem—which means if it’s cutting edge today, it’ll be in iPhones tomorrow. But then I read:
The participants in the study ran through all these tests while inside an fMRI machine, which is a clunky and immobile piece of laboratory equipment.
“Clunky and immobile” is one way to put it; that’s a five-ton machine and an entry level model costs $225,000.
My latest: VMware customers should find ‘exit ramps’ ahead of Broadcom deal: Gartner. VMware customers need to look for alternatives in case Broadcom puts the screws on post-acquisition.
