Probably because of my outreach to legislators in connection with my advocacy for election reform, I get quite a few email newsletters from Maryland’s state delegates and senators and federal representatives and senators.  (At the end of this post is a copy & paste of recent...

I listened to a podcast today from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on AI.  The participants were a BCG human moderator, a BCG human AI expert, and a BCG AI chatbot named GENE.  You wouldn’t know the chatbot was a chatbot:  it spoke naturally (albeit with a “computer”...

I recently completed Lifeguard certification (American Red Cross) and a certificate course in AI & Career Empowerment (University of Maryland Smith School of Business) … and acted as venture capitalist in a mock pitch and funding competition (also at the Smith School).  I...

While catching up on reading, I came across a brief but chilling article in Time titled: “New Lab Partner: Why AI Models Could Help Prevent – or Cause – the Next Pandemic.” The article cites a recent study where researchers asked AI models to troubleshoot highly complex lab procedures. ...