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I write about AI, chatbots, and worldbuilding for people who love making things that matter.
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A dachshund, a hole, and five hours of digging · The Brushstroke Edition (opens the original)
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Veeta went nose first into a very good hole and forgot to plan the trip back. A true story, read aloud while the painting draws itself. (The neighbor in house slippers is a professional. Do not distract her.) We’ve all been Veeta with AI, and it goes better with a crew digging toward you.The NO BS AI™ Foundation starts Tuesday, September 29: twelve Tuesdays, live online, 11am to 1pm Central. You build your own tools with your own hands, and I’m right there when they break. Grab your seat:https:/
Forty-seven extracts and zero regrets · The Brushstroke Edition (opens the original)
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Picture it: spring 2023, a Starbucks with no burnt butterscotch latte, and one stubborn woman with a brand new thing called ChatGPT. Here’s my AI origin story, read aloud while the painting draws itself. (The goblin counting drops of liquid smoke is a professional. Do not distract him.)The NO BS AI™ Foundation starts Tuesday, September 29: twelve Tuesdays, live, 11am to 1pm Central, with me as your guide. No coding required, one small step at a time. Grab your seat:https://nobsai.now/the-foundat
The Brushstroke Cut of Total confidence, zero sense of direction (opens the original)
Total confidence, zero sense of direction (opens the original)
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Greetings Grasshopper!Germany, 2009. A scientist named Jan Souman walks a handful of volunteers to the edge of a forest, clips a GPS tracker to each of them, and hands over the simplest instruction a grown adult has ever received.Walk in a straight line.No map and no tricks. Just keep walking the direction your nose is pointing.Four of them set out on a cloudy day. All four did the best they could, but ended up walking in really large circles. Three crossed their own tracks, more than once, and
Welcome to the Runway (opens the original)
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