The Eighth First Day of School
Gene GlotzerI know I'm a few days late with this post, but life has been crazy lately. Every year, I write a little post about my kid's first day of school…
AIs Are Funny
The AIs used to detect whether a piece of writing is AI generated or not think that the US Constitution and the Bible are AI generated. That's objectively funny. But…
Does Anyone Actually Believe in the AI Apocalypse?
For years, people have talked about the danger of an AI apocalypse. It's been a staple of science fiction for decades. More recently, big names like Elon Musk have been…
A Confidence Game
A little more than a year ago, I wrote a post about my almost total lack of confidence. At the end of that piece, I talked about different things that…
Could Socrates Be an Alligator?
Photo by Simon Watkinson on Unsplash There's a very simple answer to the titular question of this piece. No, Socrates cannot be an alligator. That's so obvious you might be…
The Power of Showing Up
Me dancing in my "gangster pajamas" I tap-danced on stage in front of people this weekend. This was the second time I did a parent/child class with my kid and…
Credit Where Credit Is Due
One of the big fears people have with ChatGPT and its ilk is that people will take credit for writing things that were actually written by an AI. Often the…
The Debt Ceiling and Why I’m Rooting for a Default
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash It would be hard to not know that the Republicans and Democrats are fighting over the debt ceiling. Well, not exactly the debt ceiling.…
Types of Inflation
Photo by regularguy.eth on Unsplash Most everybody knows what inflation is or, at least, has felt the effects of inflation. It's when there is an oversupply of money which devalues…
Artificial Intelligence and the Art of Writing
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash I've written about artificial intelligence and writing before in this space. Once was about Grammarly, which I hate. The other was about ChatGPT, which…