A short month that brings us back on schedule. ??
Joining the four YES! thematic teaching volumes in the children's book series are children's stories illustrating those theme challenges. How can I show kindness? Defuse US vs. THEM thinking? Engage with technologies responsibly in ways promoting individual and human flourishing? Care for the environment in which I live? The tagline for these complementary volumes is "A YES! ADVENTURE." Here, a mockup of the cover for the first:
YES! Adventures add another way to help children bring their worlds into balance in ways in which they can have agency.
- OpenAI plans the release of its next big model by December of this year. OpenAI plans Orion AI model release for December - The Verge
- Meanwhile, the current hype battles rage around search. Which is funny, but not, as Perplexity has done an absolutely stellar job as an AI search engine. But competition rules the Triangle... ChatGPT Search vs Google Search: Which Is Better?
- And here. Between Perplexity’s new macOS app and ChatGPT’s search launch, conversational search just got a lot more fun | TechRadar
- Anthropic has added visual PDF search to Claude. Anthropic Launches Visual PDF Analysis in Latest Claude AI Update - Unite.AI
- The marriage of LLMs and robots is just beginning, but it will be one of the NEXT. BIG. THINGS. MIT debuts a large language model-inspired method for teaching robots new skills | TechCrunch
- But the timing of that THING remains to be seen. Robot developers keep making it seem like housebots are imminent when they’re decades?away
- Perhaps Spot, for now. Forget Tesla's Optimus, the future is Spot: The robot with ChatGPT you'll want to own
- And here. This Is a Glimpse of the Future of AI Robots | WIRED
- A bit of a productivity primer... How to Use AI Assistants like ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and More to Boost Productivity | by Utsav Nagaria | Nov, 2024 | Medium
- And filling the gap, for now, between LLMs and future artificial general intelligence (AGI)... Why multi-agent AI tackles complexities LLMs can't | VentureBeat and Gartner's appraisal Gartner: 2025 will see the rise of AI agents (and other top trends) | VentureBeat
- So, perhaps a bit of pragmatic optimism rather than hype around AI is in order. AI Industry Pivots From Doomsday Talk to Problem-Solving
- Wave generated energy has been quietly developing. And now Has wave energy finally found its golden buoy?
- And in another type of wave, a world awash with AI-generated text, an attempt at content credentials... Google DeepMind Debuts Watermarks for AI-Generated Text - IEEE Spectrum
- And in credentials of a different sort... Unlocking the future: The rise of biometric verification in securing identities - RegTech Analyst
- In the spirit of optimism, not all plastic news is microplastic particle problems. Conductive plastic and new possibilities... 'Electric Plastic' Could Merge Technology With the Body in Future Wearables and Implants
- But it is a significant problem that we have the ability to solve. Exploration continues... Mangrove microbes show potential for breaking down plastics
- Great call, tough challenge... Cosmos launches global competition to teach kids quantum
- Because of the importance of quantum computing, another NEXT. BIG. THING., if nothing else... How Quantum Computing Could Solve the World's Biggest Problems
- We chose urbanization a mere 12,000 years ago, a blink in human evolutionary history. Futures are wide open. Here’s What the Regenerative Cities of Tomorrow Could Look Like | WIRED
- And here. Smart Cities On The Horizon: What Next For Real Estate & Construction?
Stay optimistic. We have greater technological power to resolve problems than ever before. The challenges, as always, remain in our abilities to build the sensemaking worldviews and leadership that will take advantage of it...
President Foundation for Sustainable Communitiesare
4 个月Thank you, Chuck! Your continued optimism motivates us to follow your lead and work together to build a better world!
Founder | Philosopher | Futurist | Inventor | Author | Empowerment Visionary | Cyberg v1.0 |
4 个月Very informative, thanks Chuck!
Global Lead, IEEE Planet Positive | Founding E.D., IEEE AI Ethics Initiative | Author, Hacking Happiness and Heartificial Intelligence | Expert Advisor, AI & Faith.
4 个月Thank you, Chuck. Your kayak and words bring me peace.