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The AI Revolution a Year In

By Timothy R. Butler | Feb 07, 2024 at 9:24 PM

A year after Microsoft unveiled its big push into AI riding on the early wave of ChatGPT excitement, we haven’t come to terms with how AI fits into our world. Sorting it out will take time, but we need to start doing so with the assumption it is here to stay.

The Demo Disk Waiteth

By Timothy R. Butler | Nov 08, 2023 at 9:29 PM

There’s something lost in the instantaneous gratification of today’s technology. Anticipation.

Don’t Miss Prime (and Anti-Prime) Tech Deals Today

By Timothy R. Butler | Oct 11, 2023 at 1:12 PM

With the artificial “holiday” of the “Prime Deal Days” going on right now, there are plenty of mediocre deals, but a few you may want to nab before it ends tonight.

More deals will be added throughout the day.

Hi-Fi in the Modern Age

By Dennis E. Powell | Apr 19, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Time was, and it’s well within living memory, that the nicest thing you could say about an audio amplifier as found in a high-fidelity system or “stereo,” was that it was “a piece of wire.”

Time and Again

By Dennis E. Powell | Mar 22, 2023 at 10:52 PM

I look at it every year and every year it looks a little different from how it looked the year before.

The Blue Light Is Not Special!

By Dennis E. Powell | Dec 07, 2022 at 10:05 PM

Have you ever encountered law enforcement — local police, state trooper, whatever — at night? If you have, and you’ve been in a locale where both red and blue flashing lights are involved in police activities, you might have noticed that blue light seems brighter and is not friendly to your eyes.

Sci-Fi Level AI is at the Gates

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 07, 2022 at 9:42 PM

As our AI technology continues to advance, there are both exciting possibilities and potential dangers to consider. On the one hand, AI has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our daily lives, from making routine tasks easier and more efficient, to improving our healthcare and education systems. However, there are also concerns about the potential negative impacts of AI, such as job loss and the ethical implications of machines making important decisions. Depending how you feel about AI, this paragraph may speak to those points more than you might first imagine.