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prAIvate tutor
(TL;DR update: you can listen to AI discussing this article here) Everyone knows it: AI is here to stay. It’s still clunky, power-hungry, and unwieldy – but it’s improving fast. We can certainly look forward to having very decent local LLM (Large Language Model, the hyped variation of AI we use today) running on our…
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For a keycap more: SayoDevice OSU O3C
My trusty old G613 keyboard started showing signs of age, multiplying or omitting keystrokes. It’ still not a big issue, I don’t mind occasional extra “e” but it does annoy me when copy paste combination replaces the content in a way I can’t undo. So I bought this nice little keyboardling. It’s got an encoder…
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AI critic
I’ve just recently created a Writers Club, a copy of a club I was a member of about nine years ago. As a first topic I’ve suggested “scientific discovery” (and that with a reason, but that’s another story); the rules are simple – on given topic, create a short story in any style you see…
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Unrestrained child
Do you believe that AI is going to hurt us? Should it be closely monitored and its performance checked and corrected if necessary? Or should we let it evolve with little to no supervision. What could possibly go wrong? An executive order It turns out that US President Trump has signed an executive order revoking…
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Personal Jesus
reach out and touch faith Now, there’s that church in Lucerne where they installed an AI solution for the faithful to confess to. In hundred languages. While the installation, created in cooperation with Hochschule Luzern, managed to draw a wide audience and not just the usual churchgoers, it drew criticism from the ranks of priestly…
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Crowdstrike – what just happened?!
The world watched how several days ago many services have failed: planes were grounded, news outlets couldn’t publish or broadcast, and ATMs refusing to cooperate with customers. Not every country was affected in the same manner, but enough systems around the world have been afflicted by the digital malady to make it a global issue.…
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Artificial artist
I have to admit, I was really impressed with the recent advances in artificial image generation. I feel like it was just yesterday that I’ve played with funny and interesting toys where you could describe in plain text what you want to see and then watch AI algorithms slowly, very slowly iterate through trippy abstract…
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APEXEL 200X Macro Lens Microscope review
Things far away and things very tiny always interested me. That’s why I got a telescope and a small selection of microscopes ranging from toys to relatively serious lab equipment. Microscopes are fun to play with and a great learning tool for young ones. However, they are somewhat bulky and impractical. Pardon me, Mr. Koch,…
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G+ users migrating to MeWe?
I’ve just found that seemingly a large number of G+ users, facing the digital axing of the social network, are migrating to MeWe. There’s a word going around that they might even get a tool to easily migrate their exported G+ data to the new social site. Let’s see how this turns out. I’ve created…
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Tenerife – some industrial photography
Like the architecture, industrial photography has its own subset of rules and takes time and practice to perfect. Unlike the nature photography, industrial photography is often dominated by geometry and straight lines that demand respectful place in the frame. On the other hand, the interplay of light and shadow can be interesting. Zooming in reveals…