Before ChatGPT made AI mainstream, Google and others had already experimented with, successfully, adding aspects of machine learning to traditional rules-based language systems to get more accurate translations. LLMs, too, seem to do a pretty...
The other day, my dad forwarded me a screenshot of a Google Gemini-generated summary: some way, somehow, the capital gains tax rate for people over 55 can be 0%. Now, I'll grant that...
Augmented Reality (AR) is one of these technologies we keep returning to. The sheer science-fiction ness of wearing a computer on our faces, augmenting what we see around us with information gleaned from a combination...
We tend to romanticize the manual past in our inexorable march of technological progress and automation. Artisanal craft over factory assembly lines. Personalized service over generic interactions. Professional piano tuner over…whatever apps would help...
The Sony Alpha A7C II isn't a large camera—the "C" in the name stands for "compact"—and it's often paired with thin, inconspicuous lenses to maintain...
Despite my optimism for Generative AI and its floor-raising use cases, we might have already peaked in AI hype. As much as Wall Street analysts and venture capital firms seem detached from regular people, they&...
