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First it was Luigi Magione. Last week it was Zohran Mamdani. Two totally different people, totally different situations but to me emanating from a similar aggrieved source. When Luigi Magione killed a healthcare CEO, people interpreted his actions as a cry against the inhumanity of the healthcare insurance industry. There were stories about denial of…
Do you see those Co-Pilot icons asking to summarize that news article you have up on your screen? Or maybe you are thinking of having some kind of generative AI summarize some paper of PDF? Have they been satisfactory? It’s funny…I really don’t want the AI to summarize a paper, news article, or a book…
Whew! I’m so glad there were no violence at the No Kings March throughout the US during the past weekend. With what was going on in L.A., I feared we were entering a highly combustible period over the weekend. The marches and the birthday parade was not a good combination. But it ended up being…
It looks like the major consulting companies are putting out their white papers on artificial intelligence. First up is McKinsey’s 2025 study. The link to their website is here. The first major takeaway is the continuing increase in uptake of AI. Each year more and more people are using AI. That is not a major…
Yes, he’s done enough. Although it is kind of funny watching his face evoke misery as he says he’s done enough, it is also rather disturbing watching him go off the rails. I don’t know if he suffers permanent damage to his reputation or whether he survives this period. It’s too soon to make that…
April job statistics came out and unemployment hovers around 4.2%. But another group who analyzes employment says unemployment is actually around 24.2%. This other group are measuring the “functionally unemployed”. What accounts for the discrepancy between the group and the Bureau of Labor? Well, the group LISEP (Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity) includes in…