Bots all the way down, and a puppy reference
Bots have been around for a long time. Anyone who knows the history of AI remembers ELIZA, a conversation-mimicking AI that made you feel you were talking to a ...
Author: charlie
Hey, John McCarthy, AI has finally gone mainstream
You know the feeling when someone mentions something and then you see it everywhere? Well, that’s what happened to me with AI. I wasn’t giving it an...
Thoughts on Aetna’s Apple Watch move
Aetna announced they were going to subsidize the Apple Watch for select large employers and individual customers this open enrollment season. Aetna will also pr...
What’s the healthcare equivalent of reach, throw, row, go?
The other day we were talking about my wife’s mobile veterinary practice, and I started mapping what she does to human healthcare and reach, row, throw, g...
AIs, writing, and computational literature
A few months back, I stumbled upon Inkitt. Well, more like they stumbled upon me – they were looking for someone with a background in analytics and in wri...
Recipe: How I make yogurt
I’ve been meaning to post this for a long time. The way I make yogurt was inspired by Vaugh Tan (from a meet-up back in 2012!). The philosophy he shared, ...
Human permanence and nature’s flow
When I fly, I try to sit by the window. Night or day, the world from the plane is quite interesting, providing perspectives on humanity, the planet, time and sp...
Hey Bruins, it’s concentração time
Every Bruins fan knows that this year our favorite team has been struggling at home. On the road, Bruins are 23-7-3, which, by this table, ranks them as the sec...
Pause for station identification
As I am sort of feeling my brain starting to reactivate my writing muscles, I thought now would be a good time for a station identification. No need to panic. I...
Thoughts on “The age of indie fitness apps is over”
I officially left the mobile world back in ’09. But, of course, since then, we’ve seen the meteoric rise of the iPhone, folks getting the idea of mo...