2017-05-10 (Wednesday)
Writing
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Selective Listening
I had a scene in a film which you can now view online for free.
Links
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Choose your own business adventure – Buckley Williams
Transcript of Nat Buckley’s talk about why you should quit your job and start your own company, which is very good.
Tweets
Similarly, I like ‘History of Philosophy without any gaps’. 277 episodes in and he’s got to the 14th century. historyofphilosophy.net
I listen to very few podcasts, but I am enjoying ‘A History of Jazz’, one record at a time. ahistoryofjazz.com @jazzhistorypod
@machinestarts It’d be good to explain the skills and, importantly, limits of the program/algorithm in question. But I realise it gets complicated/boring!
@machinestarts All true… but I fear it gives the wrong impression to general readers, that scary general intelligence things are being used for this.
@machinestarts It sounds over-sold, and misleading, for the purposes of an exciting story. But I guess that’s one (of many) reasons I’m not a journalist :)
@machinestarts I’d say it’s such basic “intelligence” it hardly qualifies for the term. And devalues any current or future actual “intelligent” things.
@machinestarts I'm curious: This doesn't sound like AI as I think of it. Is it in any way "intelligent"? Or is "AI" now a uselessly broad, over-hyped term?
Remember when we used “AI” to refer to things that would be intelligent? Rather than a dumb computer program? bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…
@dracos I suppose so :) Good luck, with all of it!
The limits of Twitter-based level 1 support. “Please unblock my website.” “That is not a train service or station.” twitter.com/dracos/status/…
I’ve trapped a nerve, have poo on my hand, & dropped a loo roll in the toilet. So @nationalrailenq I could do without being blocked, please?
Liked tweets
I’ve trapped a nerve, have poo on my hand, & dropped a loo roll in the toilet. So @nationalrailenq I could do without being blocked, please?
The White House has announced Chet Americanman as the new director of the #FBI.
