Terence Faircloth
@atelierteee
Retired Professor from Roosevelt University in Chicago. First computer was a TRS80 Model II; first app was Visicalc. Been at it ever since. Geezers can compute!
@atelierteee
Retired Professor from Roosevelt University in Chicago. First computer was a TRS80 Model II; first app was Visicalc. Been at it ever since. Geezers can compute!
View from a Venetian Window
“He went to the window and stared at the vines that had started their yearly pilgrimage up the inside of the fence around the house on the other side of the canal. As spring advanced, it would creep over the top of the fence and head down towards its real object, the water of the canal, only to stop ten centimetres above
... See moreThe most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.
— Steve Jobs
Post Halloween School Instructions
I know the day after Halloween is extra hard when you're trying to get your kids up and ready for school. Because dressing a hungover, raging pterodactyl is not fun. But PLEASE do NOT bribe the groggy elementary goblins with trick or treat candy and send them to school with two fistfuls of Pixy Stix and a wish. We
... See moreGrief is the price we pay for love.
—Queen Elizabeth II
We are kept from our goals not by obstacles but by a clear path to lesser goals
.—Robert Brault
We are poor indeed if we are only sane.
—D. W. Winnicott (English Psychoanalyst)
The ouroboros effect in AI is the danger of AI-generated content contaminating datasets for future AI models. It is indeed a growing concern in the field of artificial intelligence. One result is Model Collapse. Research has shown that when new generative models are trained on AI-generated content, they can gradually degenerate, leading to a phenom
... See moreIt is the mark of little men to like only what they know; one step beyond, and they feel the black cold of chaos.
—Mary Renault