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Stephen Goforth
“A study by AI researchers revised in June found that if current AI development trends continue, tech companies will ‘fully exhaust’ the publicly available training data between 2026 and 2032. Human-generated public text data cannot sustain scaling beyond this decade.” More at CNBC
We often make progress, not by making right decisions, but by how we respond to making wrong ones.
If you want to know who you are, you could do a lot worse than look to your feet for an answer. When you wake up in the morning.. watch your feet. Because where your feet take you, that is who you are.
Frederick Buechner, The Alphabet of Grace
“The students most susceptible to inaccurate accusations are likely those who write in a more generic manner, either because they’re neurodivergent, speak English as a second language or simply learned to use more straightforward vocabulary and a mechanical style. The result is that classrooms remain plagued by anxiety and paranoia over the possibility of false accusations.”
Read more at Bloomberg
Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong. -Mandy Hale
“People have a strong tendency to believe that they always have enough data to make an informed decision—regardless of what information they actually have. The good news? When given the full picture, most people are willing to change their opinions.” -John Timmer writing in Aretechnica
The great enemy of communication is the illusion of it. -William H. Whyte
A person’s capacity for healthy outcomes during difficulties is tied to their ability to define their life’s goals and values apart from the surrounding pressure to conform to a particular viewpoint.
In his book Generation to Generation, Edwin Friedman offers a way to test resistance to togetherness pressures, that is, possessing the power to say “I” when others are demanding “you” and “we.”
When presented with an issue that does not include “should” and “musts” some listeners will respond in a way that better defines themselves (such as “I agree” or “I disagree”). This person is likely to function well (emotionally) during a crisis. Other people may respond by attempting to define the speaker (comments like “How can you say that when…” or “After saying that I wonder if you are really one of us”). This indicates the person will likely resist progress toward healthy outcomes during crises and difficulties. People who more clearly define themselves are also more likely to take personal responsibility, whereas those who focus on the speaker are more likely to blame outside forces for their situations.
One of the founding fathers of family therapy, Murray Bowen, suggested the capacity to define one’s own life’s goals and values apart from surrounding pressure, that is, to be a “relatively nonanxious presence in the midst of anxious systems” is an indication of taking “maximum responsibility for one’s own destiny and emotional being.” It shows up in “the breadth of one’s repertoire of responses when confronted with crisis.” The concept shouldn’t be confused with narcissism. For Bowen, differentiation means the capacity to be an “I” while remaining connected.
Stephen Goforth
“Employees who do well at their assigned tasks and score well on a simple IQ test are more likely to succeed as managers than noisy self-promoters. But there is an even better way to pick managers, according to these experts — directly test people’s aptitude for core management skills. The best managers, it turns out, are those who are actually good at one of the primary responsibilities of a manager — assigning the right projects to the right people.” - Inc
Surprising ways to prompt AI – Wonder Tools
5 prompts to have a fun AI chatbot conversation - Mashable
I write about AI for a living — here's how to become a true power user – Tom’s Guide
Google unveils invisible ‘watermark’ for AI-generated text – Nature
Adobe promises AI tools that build 3D scenes, animate text, and make distractions disappear. – The Verge
Should You Be Nice to Your Chatbot? – Wall Street Journal
Adobe’s AI video model is here, and it’s already inside Premiere Pro - The Verge
I write about AI for a living — and NotebookLM is the most exciting tech to arrive since ChatGPT – Tom’s Guide
Perplexity AI : How to Use It for Fast, Accurate Results – Geeky-Gadgets
Meta Unveils Instant A.I. Video Generator That Adds Sounds – New York Times
I Built a Chatbot to Replace Me. It Went a Little Wild. - Wall Street Journal
Learn From My Worst AI Images and Fix These Biggest AI Fails – CNET
AI's parent-teen knowledge gap – Axios
Create Better AI Images With These Expert Prompt Writing Tips - CNET
How to use Midjourney's new AI image editor - Tom’s Guide
How to cite ChatGPT in APA Style – American Psychological Association
How do I cite generative AI in MLA style? - Modern Language Association
What Is AI Best at Now? Improving Products You Already Own - Wall Street Journal
Can Security Experts Leverage Generative AI Without Prompt Engineering Skills? – Tech Republic
Using AI to buy your home? These companies think it's time you should
The grass is always greener wherever you water it. –Anonymous
You are who you are becoming. Your virtue as a human individual is not related to any static, unchanging identity; it is about the person you are turning into—who you are today, as opposed to who you were yesterday, or could be tomorrow. You truly are, in Aristotelian terms, the life story you are writing through your actions and habits; as the historian and philosopher Will Durant summarized Aristotle’s view, “We are what we repeatedly do.”
Research has consistently shown that when people see themselves as engaged in change and capable of progress, they are happier. You will have a better chance of realizing happiness if you can see yourself as a dynamic agent of your own progress.
Arthur C. Brooks writing in The Atlantic
To run yourself down hinders you doing what you can. In effect, when you belittle yourself, you are belittling God. He made you who you are – with your unique talents and lacks. To compare yourself with others is not good. Remember, you are God’s unique original! What an honor and privilege it is to be designed by the Almighty God! He know the end from the beginning. He never makes a mistake. He created you an individual – none other like you – for a purpose.
Ella May Miller
Grace must find expression in life, otherwise it is not grace. –Karl Barth
The AI revolution is creating demand for hot new job: AI librarian. “The growing demand for AI librarians “highlights how the evolution of technology is creating roles that merge traditional skills like information management with modern demands in data-driven environments. Companies need experts who can curate and translate the data into actionable insights.” -Digiday
Insecurity causes us to have a low tolerance for differing ideas or opinions because they seem to be a threat to our authority or validity. We sense that differentness will require us to step away from our comfort zones, potentially exposing our weaknesses.
Les Carter, Imperative People: Those Who Must Be in Control
Adobe’s “Project Clean Machine” is an editing tool that “automatically removes annoying distractions in images and videos, like camera flashes and people walking into frames. For example, if a background firework causes a few seconds of the shot to be overexposed, Clean Machine will ensure the color and lighting are still consistent throughout the video when the flash itself is removed.”
More at The Verge
If all you know is how to be a gang member, that's what you'll be, at least until you learn something else. If you become a marine, you'll learn to control fear. If you go to law school, you'll see the world as a competition. If you study engineering, you'll start to see the world as a complicated machine that needs tweaking.
I'm fascinated by the way a person changes at a fundamental level as he or she merges with a particular field of knowledge. People who study economics come out the other side thinking a different way from people who study nursing. And learning becomes a fairly permanent part of a person even as the cells in the body come and go and the circumstances of life change.
You can easily nitpick my definition of self by arguing that you are actually many things, including your DNA, your body, your mind, you environment and more. By that view, you're more of a soup than a single ingredient. I'll grant you the validity of that view. But I'll argue that the most powerful point of view is that you are what you learn.
It's easy to feel trapped in your own life. Circumstances can sometimes feel as if they form a jail around you. But there's almost nothing you can't learn your way out of. If you don't like who you are, you have the option of learning until you become someone else. Life is like a jail with an unlocked, heavy door. You're free the minute you realize the door will open if you simply lean into it.
Suppose you don't like your social life. You can learn how to be the sort of person that attracts better friends. Don't like your body? You can learn how to eat right and exercise until you have a new one. You can even learn how to dress better and speak in more interesting ways.
I credit my late mother for my view of learning. She raised me to believe I could become whatever I bothered to learn. No single idea has served me better.
Scott Adams, Dilbert.com
Zoom will now use an AI-powered medical notetaker for telehealth visits – Fast Company
New JAMA channel highlights AI’s role in medicine - Washington Post
How Generative AI Is Transforming Medical Education – Harvard Medicine
AI in Medicine: Are Large Language Models Ready for the Exam Room? – Medscape
New JAMA channel highlights AI’s role in medicine – Washington Post
Why Surgeons Are Wearing The Apple Vision Pro In Operating Rooms - TIME
Cancer diagnostics' rapid evolution thanks to AI – Axios
Microsoft announces new AI tools to help ease workload for doctors and nurses - CNBC
As AI-powered health care expands, experts warn of biases – Semafor
How AI could monitor brain health and find dementia sooner – Washington Post
10 Uses Cases of Predictive Analytics in Healthcare - Appinventiv
New AI Tool Rivals Human Experts In Cancer Diagnosis And Prognosis – Science Blog
The AI revolution in health care - Washington Post
Enhancing fairness in AI-enabled medical systems with the attribute neutral framework – Nature
Generative AI-assisted Peer Review in Medical Publications: Opportunities Or Trap - JMIR Publications
Would you trust AI to scan your genitals for STIs? – the 19th
That Message From Your Doctor? It May Have Been Drafted by A.I. – New York Times
When AI looked at biology, the result was astounding - Washington Post
How AI can help — and hurt — when people fundraise for urgent medical needs – Marquette
Google’s AI-backed healthcare search tool now available for general use – Health Care Dive
Anthropic is rolling out a new experimental feature that controls a computer for you "by looking at a screen, moving a cursor, clicking buttons, and typing text." A video introduction.
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