Tag: Artificial Intelligence
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Book Selling & Mysterious AI
Although my wife and I have published ebooks before, after going to several SF Conventions the last 3 years, I decided I should also publish my first novel in paperback—maybe even hardback and audio eventually. When I did, mysterious things happened. I published Advance Guards on Amazon, the big boy in indie publishing because, well…
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Machine Unlearning Update
At the end of July, I wrote an article about the problem of machine unlearning or how would you get a model such as ChatGPT to “forget” information that it has been trained on but has later been proven false. My focus was on scientific journal articles that had been revealed to be based on…
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‘Advance Guards’: A Unique Family Saga in a Near-Future Setting
So I finally did it. I finished and published my first novel. It’s called Advance Guards, and if you want a sales pitch, go to the link and read the blurb. That link goes to the ebook, but there’s also a paperback version now. Yes, I’ve already published one book, A Geek’s Progress, but that’s…
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Machine Unlearning
I’m a SF writer and have participated in multiple SF conventions this summer. If you’re not familiar with the world of ‘Cons’, they are a ubiquitous practice where those formerly known as nerds and geeks gather and celebrate the culture of comic books, science fiction, fantasy, science, potential futures, etc., exchanging ideas in the hopes…
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Son of SilverCon III
SoS three was just as much fun as the first two. It was a small gathering of smart, well-read folks who loved to swap their experiences and their dearly-earned wisdom. Maxwell Drake was a very gracious guest of honor and gave us portions of his writing courses that he teaches at Starving Writer Studio in…
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Things That Make Me Go Hmmm
Now that we have not just year and a half election campaign seasons but also month long voting, I’m trying to ignore politics as much as I find possible. The only advantage is that as an old, single guy, it makes my daily trip to the mailbox less futile because every day has at least…
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Mother Inc.
“Is this where you…? I mean we’d like to see about a child,” said the woman’s voice. There was no need for confusion. The kiosk was clearly labeled. It was going to be another case of Green’s rule: “If someone sounds like a bozo, he’s going to act like a bozo. Mother initiated the conversation…
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What YOU Need to Know About Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Now that I have a section on my blog for AI and machine learning, I wanted to repost one of my first essays about it to serve as a general introduction, so people can understand some of the terms I use. For those who are not practitioners of AI, Data Science, Big Data, and all…
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Fear and Envy of AI
The two most frequent and equally dangerous responses to so-called AI are fear and envy. First let’s dispense with the bear in the convenience store. AI is really, as we in the biz like to say, NBI (Nothing But Initials). There’s nothing either artificial or intelligent about what most of us are talking about. Sure…
Musings of a Restless Mind 