Confessions of an AI Fanboy: How artificial intelligence amazes and dazes, dazzles and frazzles

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  • I may not be the best online writer, but I’m a darn good commenter

    I may not be the best online writer, but I’m a darn good commenter

    For several years, I dealt with the worst of trolls in an online comment system. You know the type, full of bile and hate, just trying to ruin everyone’s day.

    Then a third-party was brought in to handle things, and I was freed! What a blessing.

    As a life-long writer, especially online, I often yearned for wonderful comment exchanges, with the authors or each other, where more light was shed, support offered, enlightenment given freely – sometimes better than the original article itself, which can spark one’s imagination and bring new ideas and feelings to light.

    This all came to my mind as I’ve had wonderful exchanges of late with one of the best (IMHO) writers on Medium, Muhammad Mudassar Saeed.

    I love his writing, his way of thinking and … he just seems like a really neat guy. So I tell him so, and the add-on thoughts he inspires in me.

    And in return, he’s wonderfully appreciative (claps all around, Medium-style).

    I usually just offer my own perspectives on the things he writes about, always mixed with supportive compliments.

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  • The mental tug-of-war over newsletters, AI’s and otherwise

    The mental tug-of-war over newsletters, AI’s and otherwise

    I love getting fresh news about topics of interest – journalism, local/other news, the media, various health topics and of course, AI.

    So of course, I fall over and over for the heady ease of subscribing to all those free newsletters.

    But then I find it feels like the email stack is sort of owning me, not the other way around!

    So I unsubscribe to one or two, only to find two or three more free ones I just have to at least try out.

    It reminds me of various other dilemmas of 21st-Century connected life: That I have an inbox zero addiction but hate to not post every worthy news release at work.

    As for newsletters, I love reading the good ones, but even the ones I’ve found to be badly organized, I actually feel guilty unsubscribing to them!

    So I have to “slam skim” (my term) the inbox during busy work weeks, check the headline and lead, etc. I have more time now, as I am home in a new (to me) role, helping care for my wonderful wife Deb, who is recovering from total knee replacement, but … the pile is just too tall.

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  • You’ve already met your AI-driven best friend/ worst enemy. You can call him Al

    When I say “Everything Reminds Me of a Song,” it’s true. And would love to see someone (picture the producers from The Producers) turn that into not just a song… but a musical! It could go anywhere.

    But I digress. Boy… do I digress….

    So amid My “Real Work” today, a familiar thought from the edges of my noggin finally presented itself, as a word-play kind of guy.

    Ever watch one YouTube video around 8 p.m. – and the next thing you know, it’s midnight?

    Where the heck did that time go?

    You can blame Al. In the right or wrong typeface, AI and Al look soooo alike!)

    In this case we’re talking the guy known as Al Go Rhythm. (Sure, algorithm, but bear with me.)

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