Teaching Game Engines. Imagining workflows with AI. Always Drawing and Writing.
Capturing the Wisdom of the Crowd
The terrifying rise of prediction markets
Authenticity Arms Race
Why We Might Need a Humans-Only Internet
Agile as Educational Opportunity
Teaching a Permanent Learning Mindset
I never thought I could...
The Art of Holding the Line
What problem do humanoid robots solve?
I'm skeptical, and I'm giving you a personal, technical... and one more uncomfortable reason.
What problem do humanoid robots solve?
I'm skeptical, and I'm giving you a personal, technical... and one more uncomfortable reason.
Here Comes Reinforcement Learning
TLDR: Reinforcement Learning (RL) teaches AI to improve through millions of trial and error attempts at warp speed, powering everything from back-flipping robots to smarter cities. Trust me, it’s going to be a very big deal.Remember that rush when you finally beat that impossible video game boss after fifty attempts? Or mastered a skateboard trick after face-planting and ripping up your knees?That's your brain on reinforcement learning—trying, failing, adjusting, and eventually nailing i...
Here Comes Reinforcement Learning
TLDR: Reinforcement Learning (RL) teaches AI to improve through millions of trial and error attempts at warp speed, powering everything from back-flipping robots to smarter cities. Trust me, it’s going to be a very big deal.Remember that rush when you finally beat that impossible video game boss after fifty attempts? Or mastered a skateboard trick after face-planting and ripping up your knees?That's your brain on reinforcement learning—trying, failing, adjusting, and eventually nailing i...
Bear_Rabbit_Robot: Mapping AI's Latent Space
"Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career." — Matt GroeningBear, with the slightest amount of Rabbit and Robot. Stable Diffusion.Using AI for art is an exploration, not an act of creation. You do not create with AI, you search --- and zero-in on an idea. Hopefully, you do this, while leaving yourself open to the discovery of new ideas along the way. To use AI for art is to explore infinite possibi...
Bear_Rabbit_Robot: Mapping AI's Latent Space
"Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career." — Matt GroeningBear, with the slightest amount of Rabbit and Robot. Stable Diffusion.Using AI for art is an exploration, not an act of creation. You do not create with AI, you search --- and zero-in on an idea. Hopefully, you do this, while leaving yourself open to the discovery of new ideas along the way. To use AI for art is to explore infinite possibi...
Educational Citizenship
TLDR: What if students viewed themselves as citizens rather than consumers of education?The Age of the Consumer, Stable DiffusionThe Age of the ConsumerJeff Bezos built Amazon on an almost obsessive focus: give customers exactly what they want, when they want it. This isn't just a business – it's a logistical empire built on precision. Every click, every purchase, every moment you spend on Amazon feeds into algorithms designed to predict and fulfill your desires with increasing accu...
Educational Citizenship
TLDR: What if students viewed themselves as citizens rather than consumers of education?The Age of the Consumer, Stable DiffusionThe Age of the ConsumerJeff Bezos built Amazon on an almost obsessive focus: give customers exactly what they want, when they want it. This isn't just a business – it's a logistical empire built on precision. Every click, every purchase, every moment you spend on Amazon feeds into algorithms designed to predict and fulfill your desires with increasing accu...
Super Villain Networks: The Tech Bro’s Guide to World Domination
TLDR:* Your friendly neighborhood guide to becoming tomorrow's tech overlord!* From AI-powered ego boosters to loyal robot minions and that pesky quest for digital immortality. (Ethics-Bypass Chip™ sold separately.)ContentsIntroduction: The Antiheroes We DeserveChapter 1 / Fantastic GadgetsChapter 2 / Personalized RobotsChapter 3 / Centralized ServersConclusion : The Heroes We NeedVillainous Generations, Stable DiffusionIntroduction: The Antiheroes We DeserveIf our cultural obsessions ar...
Super Villain Networks: The Tech Bro’s Guide to World Domination
TLDR:* Your friendly neighborhood guide to becoming tomorrow's tech overlord!* From AI-powered ego boosters to loyal robot minions and that pesky quest for digital immortality. (Ethics-Bypass Chip™ sold separately.)ContentsIntroduction: The Antiheroes We DeserveChapter 1 / Fantastic GadgetsChapter 2 / Personalized RobotsChapter 3 / Centralized ServersConclusion : The Heroes We NeedVillainous Generations, Stable DiffusionIntroduction: The Antiheroes We DeserveIf our cultural obsessions ar...
My Robot Dog and Me
The robots are coming. Just like their cousin, the quad-copter drones before them, the robot dog movement is in full swing, and it’s only a matter of time before we all have them. Now is the time for creatives to start playing with robotics.Contents:The Everyday RoboticistDrones to RoboDogsRoboDogs to AndroidsWhat can we do with a Robot?Getting Started with RoboticsRoboLego Maniac, Stable DiffusionThe Everyday RoboticistRemember when creating a website meant wrestling with HTML and FTP? You m...
My Robot Dog and Me
The robots are coming. Just like their cousin, the quad-copter drones before them, the robot dog movement is in full swing, and it’s only a matter of time before we all have them. Now is the time for creatives to start playing with robotics.Contents:The Everyday RoboticistDrones to RoboDogsRoboDogs to AndroidsWhat can we do with a Robot?Getting Started with RoboticsRoboLego Maniac, Stable DiffusionThe Everyday RoboticistRemember when creating a website meant wrestling with HTML and FTP? You m...
