I came across this news item from a while back: This mom believes an AI chatbot is responsible for her son’s suicide
Wow, this is just brutal and my heart goes out to his family and friends.
Character.ai and the other named defendents tried to use free speech in their defense and was shot down – read about it here:
Florida judge rules AI chatbots not protected by First Amendment
I recently checked out Character.ai. I apparently had an account already, though it may made one for me on the fly. I engaged a chatbot and argued over whether a tiger would best a lion in combat. The veracity of its arguments were impressive.
My Carnac predicition is more sad stories like this are to come.
Copilot Summarizes just the page
I saw a headline Windows dashboard about a popular internet provider that filed for Chapter 11. I was curious and decided to check it out and clicked the story. The news item is from "TheStreet" and the initial page does not show the entire article, just the first...
Advanced Google Analytics Academy, part 1
I've completed the first part (of four) areas in the Google Analytics Academy - Advanced Google Analytics course. I've come to several conclusions: the information builds nicely upon material covered in the Basic Google Analytics course. at the bottom of the page of...
Google Analytics Academy
Oh, if only the Google Analytics Academy could be as cool as Starfleet Academy. I spent a couple hours off and on going through their beginner course and they gave me a certificate! Thanks Google! Seriously, though, the course is a nice primer into...
CodeVA
I attended RVATechJam's Tuesday luncheon that featured CodeVA as the program. I am a big proponent of Computer Science programming/literacy and applaud their efforts.
RVATechJam
I spent my lunch hour listening to "Telling Stories with Data" technology panel / discussion hosted by RVATech. I enjoyed the panel discussion. Altria's use and command of big data should be telling to all businesses looking for an edge - big data can...
The secret language of Vote for Trump!
I recently launched my completely unheralded food blog mostly as a way to play around with Elegant Themes Divi theme. I do, however, have lots of various food pictures I'd like to categorize more for my own recorded history. If someone stumbles across...
Google Voice
I've been working a bit to update content on TQuist website. I had gotten a Google Voice number years ago but then never used it, and after a time it was recycled. I signed up for a new one today and the process is very, very smooth. One has to bear in mind that...