Spending for AI’s pot of gold – powering profit?

High hype … trippy chips … gooey guardrails … pending legislation … the electric grid … pay, pay, pay, payday … cloudy cloud forecasts … • Washington Post > “Big Tech keeps spending billions on AI. There’s no end in sight.” by Gerrit De Vynck and Naomi Nix (April 25, 2024) – Much of the… Continue reading Spending for AI’s pot of gold – powering profit?

AI chatbot hallucinations – mind those P’s and Q’s

This is no joke! You’ve heard about this – whether AI chatbots mind their Ps and Qs. So, beware of nonsense. Statistically, how often do AI hallucinations happen? Yes, there’ll be updates … “We can’t stop hallucinations, but we can manage them.” (Maybe like the Id and Ego?) • Wiki > Hallucination (artificial intelligence) In… Continue reading AI chatbot hallucinations – mind those P’s and Q’s

AI chatbot subscriptions – worth $20 a month?

Despite all the reality checks and cautions about AI chatbots, general discussion & development continues to move ahead, discounting worst-case scenarios. Particularly big tech rollouts of new versions – with some new names – for public-facing chatbots. And AI startups even pitching the promise of empathetic-like AI customer-facing agents to businesses (delivering at least better… Continue reading AI chatbot subscriptions – worth $20 a month?

Humanity’s final challenge – AI profit?

Much in the news cycle. Much buzz. I’ll expect books and a movie script for something even more epic that The Social Connection. OpenAI’s “bizarre org chart.” Mission creep or mission miscommunication? Was a wizard workers mass exit a real scenario? The twists and turns … Is “the problem posed by superintelligence” really “humanity’s final… Continue reading Humanity’s final challenge – AI profit?

AI prompt engineering – employment opportunities

Prompt engineers are in demand. This article notes salary ranges. • CNBC > makeit > “This is the No. 1 ‘most important’ AI skill you need to know, says MIT expert: ‘You can learn the basics in 2 hours’” by Tom Huddleston Jr. (Sep 22 2023) – Everyone needs to learn prompt engineering. Prompt engineering… Continue reading AI prompt engineering – employment opportunities