I haven’t changed my blogging platform in 20 years, but my patience is running thin. It might be time to resurrect my @RapidWeaver@indieapps.space site!
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I spent a little time this evening looking for protests, rallies, events, etc. to try to stop Congress from doing its job tomorrow, but it seems like there’s nothing happening.
Then I remembered that what happened four years ago was completely insane, unprecedented, abnormal, and in many cases, criminal.
That’s who we’ve elected, and I still can’t believe it and will not forget or forgive.
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It’s been a rough year for the Chicago Bears, but any win against the Packers is a good win. This is especially true when it hasn’t happened since 2018!
We also got to see some promising signs from Caleb Williams in Green Bay which is a daunting place even for the most veteran of veterans. There is a lot of hope for the future!
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Can we all agree that it is absolutely ridiculous that leaders in our country have to hold press conferences to remind people to not randomly shoot guns? Yet another example of why citizens should not be allowed to personally own guns outside of controlled and regulated environments like gun and hunting clubs.
St. Louis city leaders remind residents about Blair’s Law banning celebratory gunfire
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We’re really going to miss leaders like Jon Tester in the Senate. We need serious people in our highest positions, and he, undoubtedly, is a serious person.
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For all of you desperately waiting for Apple to bring smart cameras and smart doorbells to market, you’re going to be disappointed. Apple entering these markets makes very little sense especially if the reasoning is to get more people to use HomeKit instead of Amazon or Google. The obtainable market is just too small to invest enough capital in creating the best products in their respective categories.
The more likely play, in my opinion, is that Apple will license their technologies like Face ID and Siri to vendors already in these markets. It is not much of a stretch to expect acquisitions of some top vendors like ecobee that already embraced HomeKit.
The one thing we know for sure is that Apple will find a way to surprise and hopefully delight us with whatever they do.
Apple’s new Home products will challenge a long-standing Apple rule, here’s why
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Jimmy Carter was the first rock and roll president!
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President and First Lady Carter provided glowing examples of how people who have been in any position of power should spend their post-power lives – in service of humanity. To me, this includes political and corporate leaders.
Imagine the possibilities if all of those enriched by their positions contributed to society to the extent that the Carters contributed. What a wonderful world this would be.
Thank you President and First Lady Carter.
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In my experience working on AI, ML, and GenAI experiments in the financial technology context, the most difficult challenge to overcome is providing the human end user with an evidence package that fully explains how and why the AI/ML/GenAI agent came to its conclusion.
Especially in the lending space, bankers have been unwilling to implement models they cannot fully explain to their regulators. There has to be a level of certainty that the borrower is a good risk when committing to lending money. Makes sense, right?
It seems to me that the Israeli military is being less conservative in their use of AI in life and death situations than banks are being in using the same technologies in lending money. This is a serious problem.
I strongly believe AI technologies will fully transform the way humanity interacts with machines, but this should be a cautionary tale for all militaries and companies looking to implement solutions with AI. We need to be able to explain what these agents are doing before we turn over too much of the decision-making responsibilities to machines.
Israel built an ‘AI factory’ for war. It unleashed it in Gaza.
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When you look at Caleb’s performance as a rookie quarterback, it should give every Bears fan hope for the future. This assumes, of course, that the McCaskey family is tired of losing. Papa Bear has to be rolling in his grave knowing his daughter and grand children have turned his Monsters of the Midway into the laughing stock of the NFL.
Caleb has every right to demand more from the team that is expecting him to be the savior of the franchise.
Caleb Williams Managed To Get A Shot In At The McCaskeys Too