things never stay the same and i’m trying to adapt to change quickly as the quicker you let go of the old cheese, the sooner you can enjoy the new cheese
Category Archives: Personal
don’t lead your chat-based llm (it wants to please)
ai tools want to please us, but their overly-agreeable responses are tweaked to make use happy, not necessarily provide the right, or best, response — don’t trust the response at face value!
my freewrite alternative (under $200)
a smart typewriter, freewrite, is made of a simple keyboard, a tiny e-ink display, a low capacity flash card, and a low-bandwith wifi card – my first car didn’t cost $750
success (ability, fortitude & luck)
success calls for ability and fortitude, but if you take a deep look, you will see that luck plays a part in it, too
the effect of ai on intelligence (behold the idiocracy)
the long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas my advice on ai has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience; i will dispense this advice now, but trust me on the sunscreen
wait… what? (a video game named lester)
i always thought it was super cool to have some lester (kasai) skateboards and stickers, as well as garbage pail kids sticker with my name on it, but today i found the coolest thing ever – a video game using my name
finally checking out chatgpt (adding a new tool in my toolbelt)
putting aside my (natural?) fear of artificial intelligence, i finally got around to exploring (testing?) chatgpt that everyone has been talking about for many months now
workplace diversity (embrace it)
a short-n-sweet post reminding all of us that diversity is not a issue, but that diversity is simply an attribute of being human (and some cute graphics!)
visiting the computer history museum (yes, i’m a geek)
pictures and observations from my visit to the computer history museum in palo alto, ca