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Building Myself a English-to-English Translator in Slack

I'm not sure if it's just me, but this feels increasingly less true as AI threatens to take over the way that we think and communicate. What is one to do? Write an English-to-English translator.

Logarithmic Tetris

I wanted a version of Tetris that had a logarithmic board instead of a square grid. I couldn't get the idea out of my head, so I turned to AI.

Chat-based Interfaces, Trust, and Guilt

Trust can be found between individuals, within organizations, and between an individual and an institution. When we consider the concept of trust, we might think about people we trust to be vulnerable around when we are going through a difficult time in our lives.

I Finally Signed Up for ChatGPT - Here's Why

I'm no stranger to being a contrarian - so when ChatGPT exploded onto the scene a few years back, I resisted the urge to start using it for everything and instead decided to go as long as possible without. At the one year mark, I wrote about how my

TIL: Writing a Custom AdBlocker Ultimate Filter to hide LinkedIn's AI Feature Upsell

On the list of "things that annoy me about AI", trying to upsell AI features as part of a service is close to the top. I've recently noticed that my LinkedIn feed has been shoving an AI icon and related "coaching prompts" into my

One Year In - I Still Don't Use ChatGPT. Here's How it's Going.

As an autistic and queer individual, the role that technology plays in identifying, surveilling, and categorizing acceptable behavior within society is not lost on me. Despite using machine learning technology since 2014, I have used ChatGPT one time. The challenge that has come from not using OpenA

Eigenvectors as a Representation of Nuance? (Or, How I'm Re-Visiting all of my Freshman Year Math Classes To Explain my Brain) - Pt. 1

One decision that many organizations may be making right now is how to develop a corporate policy about artificial intelligence. Could, perhaps, an eigenvalue be calculated against a matrix of perspectives within an organization, to represent a new form of communicating the nuance and fluid nature o

Being a Pregnant Developer in the Age of AI is Weird

As I'm writing this, I'm wearing a green t-shirt with a giant eyeball over my rapidly growing stomach. It's Halloween, and I've decided to dress up as Mike Wazowski - it feels like I'm all stomach these days, so it

Auto-saving Browser Documents to Augment Local AI Model Context

I've written a bit about my interest in using local artificial intelligence for memory recall, and this week I finally made some progress on a project to start turning some of my earlier thinking into an actual part of my workflow. Memory Cache is a project that allows you to save a webpage as a PDF

Developing Artificial Intelligence while Developing Human Intelligence

I joke sometimes that my entire career to date has been about Learning How to Human - that I was drawn to social VR and metaverse platforms because my neurodivergent self wanted to experience a taste of a world that I could both understand, navigate, and flourish within. As it turns out, there's a t