Why not treat a learning AI like you would treat a dog? 2019-10-05 | Reading time: 2 minutes Who is responsible if you have an AI system (e.g., a robot) that learns after you buy it -- when it does something wrong. Perhaps treating such a system like you would treat a dog would be a way to deal with it.Image: «Supergirl»[show the article]
Weight Hacking Part IV – The Long View 2019-09-17 | Reading time: 1 minute Losing weight is simple, keeping it off is hard. Funny thing, with tracking, you'll see phases, trends and where you'd end up when.[show the article]
DEVONthink 3 — Where the heck is DEVONthink going? 2019-09-17 | Reading time: 4 minutes DEVONthink 3 looks sleek (if colorless) and comes with new features. More important is what they ditched, and possibly whom.[show the article]
Looking at a Shadowrun Future — By political parties delegating censorship powers to corporations 2019-09-17 | Reading time: 1 minute We are weary of censorship by the state. But unfortunately, censorship got delegated to private companies. Unfortunately for us ... and the state.Image: Shadowrun Rulebook Cover Image.[show the article]
Idealistic Youth and (Social) Power 2019-08-10 | Reading time: 2 minutes A short passage from a graphic novel struck a chord — there is a danger when idealistic youth get power beyond their years.[show the article]
Should AI be explainable or should it just evaluate its predictions? 2019-07-28 | Reading time: 1 minute Just some thoughts on explainable AI.[show the article]
Grading Paper Exams with an iPad 2019-07-28 | Reading time: 1 minute Turns out you can grade paper exams pretty well with an iPad.[show the article]
Gab seems to be running nicely now 2019-07-23 | Reading time: 1 minute The free speech social network Gab has recently shifted to a new underlying technology. After about three weeks, things are looking good.[show the article]
Stupid Software: Excel 2019-07-16 | Reading time: 1 minute Apparently Excel likes my students, it changes the scope of formulas without warning, resulting in very different results.[show the article]
Affinity Publisher is available 2019-06-20 | Reading time: 1 minute Affinity has just released it's InDesign Killer — Affinity Publisher. Worth a look.[show the article]
