I don’t know why but I find this story crazy. I guess considering today’s politics where we know every bruise on a president’s hand. With FDR, we had a president in a wheelchair that never was known outside everyone who saw him everyd ay. But did you know we had a President who had a…
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Why Are Many People in Their 40s and 50s Divorcing or Exploring Divorce?
As someone nearing 50, I’ve noticed an increase in the number of divorces and unhappy marriages among peers, and former clients whose weddings I attended. I’ve been shooting weddings for a long time. I don’t live in a glass house, either and I sought out answers. Why does it seem harder to stay married in…
Part TWO: Transforming Classroom Learning with AI
Creating a personalized AI learning assistant for each student, as I wrote about in part one, might seem a little daunting. especially for educators who are not particularly tech-savvy if there are any of those left. Teachers figured out tech, especially AI quickly. To start this project much of what you’ll be creating will be…
Part One: Transforming Classroom Learning with AI by Tailoring a Lesson Plan for Every Student
What are We Talking About? The focus of AI is often how students will use it to cheat by having it write papers for it. Students cheating by copying work will always be an obstacle. It’s easier than ever to if a student cheated. The reality is teachers use AI just as much if not…
I Made A GPT And So Can You.
Why Create a GPT Within ChatGPT and How to Start One AI feels complicated. So, imagine thinking you can tailor your own AI model with ChatGPT—and it’s easier than assembling an Ikea bookcase. Do it for yourself or earn extra points at the office. Why Create a Custom GPT Within ChatGPT? Specialization: When you go…
Navigating the Future of Work: AI’s Impact on the Middle Class
There is no track record that the money behind AI, like tech giants and VC backed startups care about using AI in a way that benefits works. There is a major power shift happening. We’ve already seen AI systems exhibit racial and gender bias, and be used to enable mass surveillance and manipulation. Human workers are making less decisions in decision-making contexts from hiring to medical diagnosis. The corporations and governments deploying these systems are doing so to cut costs, centralize control and accumulate power.
The Vermont Housing Improvement Program (VHIP) 2.0 – New and Improved?
The Vermont Housing Improvement Program (VHIP) 2.0: Vermont has a problem. There are way more folks that want to live here than available housing. Any available housing is priced double what it should be considering Vermonters overall earn less for the same work. If you guess that would lead to higher homeless and housing insecurity…
Gross Potions: A Magical Adventure Gets a Fresh Look and a Free eBook Promotion
When I wrote “Gross Potions” back in 2017 it was an exercise I did with my boys. At the time they were obsessed with the goings on at Hogwarts and writing Gross Potions was a fun way to get them into reading. It was a little raw and sillier with less plot. I eventually added…
Practical AI for Everyday Life: Notes from my lecture.
I held a lecture recently about the practical AI use for Everyday Life, the group as expected was a bit older; everyone was over 40 and there was even an 80-year-old. That gentleman couldn’t wait to talk to his morning walking partner. We gathered to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI)—a concept they’d all heard of but…
The End of Two Eras: Losing Sports Illustrated and Pitchfork
This past week delivered a double gut punch to my longtime passions – sports and music journalism. Within days of each other, storied publications Sports Illustrated and Pitchfork essentially ceased operations as we’ve known them. As a child of the 80s and 90s, Sports Illustrated was synonymous with sports writing for me. I eagerly awaited…