AI & GenAI
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67. Re: Re: AI-generated blog post images are not cool any more
Cafélog, who is on my blogroll, responds to a post at Vrypan.net, AI-generated blog posts images are not cool anymore . It is a detailed response which delves into their use of AI and the process involved in generating the images on the blog. As someone who also uses AI to modify pictures for use… Continue reading
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61. More AI Stuff
AI and its use in the Investment space came up on a podcast I listen to from time to time, featuring Sarah Ketterer of Causeway Capital Management. Whilst adopting AI at her firm, they are focused on keeping humans in the loop, using AI as an enabler, not as a decision maker. Not too dissimilar… Continue reading
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59: Re: How I Use AI
(Gen) AI and its impact on life, the future of work and pretty much everything in between has been on my mind for quite some time, more so of late. It hasn’t helped that Co-pilot has been rammed down our collective throats at work for the better part of a year, in the name of… Continue reading
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49. On (Gen) AI and The Trappings of Faith
Not for the first time, this week I clicked through a friend’s WhatsApp status to a song. Its beat was strongly resonant as were its words. I quickly found myself nodding along. I couldn’t however quite put my hand on what felt off. This led me to a web search which confirmed the artiste, Noah… Continue reading
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45. Weird Assistants
Picking up Zadie Smith after a long time away has me all in my feels about how much I have missed her excellent way with words. On my current reading docket is her essay collection: Dead and Alive. One of the essays in the collection is The Instrumentalist: On Tar from which an exchange (which… Continue reading
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38. Taxes and (Gen)AI
It’s that time of the year when HMRC commences sending nagging reminders to file one’s self assessment taxes, even though the deadline is in January of the next year. I usually leave it till late until I am spending half a day organising the paperwork then beating it into a summary for the (online) forms.… Continue reading
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On Data and the Death of Expertise
Previously published on Substack in December 2021 — It seems to me that one of the defining trends of the past few years has been the death of expertise, occasioned by a deep distrust of experts and what they have come to represent, the entrenched gatekeepers (of knowledge in this case). Like all other such… Continue reading
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