Essays
88 essays
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AI in Medicine
A.I. doesn’t have to be perfect to be better. It just has to be better....A.I. can support this transformation, but only if we stop disproportionately focusing on rare bad outcomes,…
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Frank Gehry, RIP
From the NYTimes: Frank Gehry, Titan of Architecture, Is Dead at 96 Pioneering American architect, Frank Gehry died earlier this month. He is best known for landmark, sculptural buildings such…
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AI in Higher Education & Medicine
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iRobot Sold for Scrap
From the NY Times: Roomba Maker iRobot Files for Bankruptcy, With Chinese Supplier Taking Control iRobot, founded in 1990 by three MIT researchers and maker of the Roomba (2002), filed…
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Google Gemini 3.0
Google released version 3.0 of Gemini on November 18 and a few days later released Nano Banana Pro, their image generating model. Both were quickly declared to be some of…
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The Ups and Downs of AI
Financial Last month, OpenAI’s shift to a for-profit public-benefit corporation lifted Microsoft’s valuation past $4T. CEO Sam Altman continues to travel the world for funding deals, and October was a busy month for…
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The Atlantic: Tilly Norwood Is Not Ready for Its Closeup
Yesterday, I posted about AI as the Bicycle of the Mind, suggesting that AI could be democratizing, particularly for lower budget filmmakers: "AI tools have the potential to unlock more creativity…
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AI Catastrophy?
I love the quote from George Mallory about climbing Mt. Everest: When asked by a reporter why he wanted to climb Everest, Mallory purportedly replied, "Because it's there." We all…
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More on AI & Water
As I noted earlier this year, water needs for European AI data centers was negligible at best considering population and overall water usage. Andy Masley comes to the same conclusion…
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Work Life Balance
Yesterday, I saw this NYTimes story about LendingTree's CEO sudden and accidental death. He was the founder and longtime CEO of the company. He was a multimillionaire and a vital…