I really don't understand the love affair with rockets into space. Personally, I would be more than happy to take all the billionaires and send them to Mars and leave them there.
But they will have a rapid unscheduled disassembly on the way, perishing forever. I have no ability to comprehend the Mars fascination that has gripped a portion of Silly Con Valley. Thanks for reading
I hear Venetians are thrilled about Jeff's upcoming nuptials. 😡 I was leading a workshop recently for teachers and they were talking about how many students used AI to do their English homework (they were French). They don't even interface with the texts at all, so they are not learning anything! We talked about ways to engage with the content off-line and let them use AI for some elements of tasks to enhance/make it fun. Prohibiting doesn't work.
This is just one of many profound issues that all caps AI will be forcing us to think through. They will come up much more quickly than we want to. It depends on what age the students are as to what our policy should be, but I suspect something similar to the smartphone ban that is widespread in certain areas for K-12 is in order. Voluntary prohibition won't work, but if they really want to learn, they can't interact with AI.
In terms of grading, I would have my exams live in the classroom with no access to any form of computer, but then I'm not a teacher. I think it's definitely dependent on what age the student is.
Agreed. The students we were discussing are 18-22. I think for young children the best approach is to avoid or severely limit use of AI (and screens). To allow them to develop their own creative, intellectual, critical and motor skills.
Totally agree for the young. The smartphone movement in K-12 is an exemplar to follow. Much more of a problem for older 18-22s. Much more thinking and trials to get the right changes at that level.
Classic piece - ahem... here in NZ we have Rocket Labs which launches the orbital and electron rockets - which have included NASA as a customer - not bad for the country that discovered how to split the atom and invented the flat white and pavlova - oh our butter is quite good too
I read that Rocket Labs was under Nasa consideration. Unfortunately from my writing perspective it looks like a great well run business. No satire or humour there, just respect.
I learned that most people-the weird ones-don't share the same skepticism about that $10B revenue figure. In enterprise software, first-year contracts often don't renew at the same rates, and we have no idea what AI customer retention looks like yet. Every new free user increases compute costs exponentially, but there's no clear path to convert them to paying customers at scale. Plus, how much of that revenue is actually corporate experimentation budgets that will dry up once the novelty wears off? And it WILL wear off, but first we have to tolerate the endless BS.
Thanks for the great comment which no one much - other than some in the real in the know types - is talking about. I think there is chance that we get an AI winter or at least cold snap (underinvestment ) if the dollars keep like this. And even individual $20 per month isn’t cutting it.
Thanks for your comments Hans! It depends on who the marketers are marketing for. There is no doubt sone consulting firms are making money. But we also live in an era of social media influencers. Who knows how they make money
I like your U2 reference. I actually use more AI in creating images. I pay for some of them. I wish they would settle up copyright and give money to creators.
I really don't understand the love affair with rockets into space. Personally, I would be more than happy to take all the billionaires and send them to Mars and leave them there.
But they will have a rapid unscheduled disassembly on the way, perishing forever. I have no ability to comprehend the Mars fascination that has gripped a portion of Silly Con Valley. Thanks for reading
Sheldon from Big Bang Theory! lol
I hear Venetians are thrilled about Jeff's upcoming nuptials. 😡 I was leading a workshop recently for teachers and they were talking about how many students used AI to do their English homework (they were French). They don't even interface with the texts at all, so they are not learning anything! We talked about ways to engage with the content off-line and let them use AI for some elements of tasks to enhance/make it fun. Prohibiting doesn't work.
This is just one of many profound issues that all caps AI will be forcing us to think through. They will come up much more quickly than we want to. It depends on what age the students are as to what our policy should be, but I suspect something similar to the smartphone ban that is widespread in certain areas for K-12 is in order. Voluntary prohibition won't work, but if they really want to learn, they can't interact with AI.
In terms of grading, I would have my exams live in the classroom with no access to any form of computer, but then I'm not a teacher. I think it's definitely dependent on what age the student is.
Agreed. The students we were discussing are 18-22. I think for young children the best approach is to avoid or severely limit use of AI (and screens). To allow them to develop their own creative, intellectual, critical and motor skills.
Totally agree for the young. The smartphone movement in K-12 is an exemplar to follow. Much more of a problem for older 18-22s. Much more thinking and trials to get the right changes at that level.
Simulation is where it's at
Classic piece - ahem... here in NZ we have Rocket Labs which launches the orbital and electron rockets - which have included NASA as a customer - not bad for the country that discovered how to split the atom and invented the flat white and pavlova - oh our butter is quite good too
I read that Rocket Labs was under Nasa consideration. Unfortunately from my writing perspective it looks like a great well run business. No satire or humour there, just respect.
I learned that most people-the weird ones-don't share the same skepticism about that $10B revenue figure. In enterprise software, first-year contracts often don't renew at the same rates, and we have no idea what AI customer retention looks like yet. Every new free user increases compute costs exponentially, but there's no clear path to convert them to paying customers at scale. Plus, how much of that revenue is actually corporate experimentation budgets that will dry up once the novelty wears off? And it WILL wear off, but first we have to tolerate the endless BS.
Happy Tuesday, David.
Thanks for the great comment which no one much - other than some in the real in the know types - is talking about. I think there is chance that we get an AI winter or at least cold snap (underinvestment ) if the dollars keep like this. And even individual $20 per month isn’t cutting it.
Have a great week!
Thank you so much David.
I wish that, too. Ethical use...
It seems like marketers must be making money on AI for how much oxygen it takes up.
Your pairing AI with failing rocketry says something, doesn't it?
Thanks for sharing these resources clearly for laypeople like me.
As U2 said - I still haven't found what I'm looking for.
Thanks for your comments Hans! It depends on who the marketers are marketing for. There is no doubt sone consulting firms are making money. But we also live in an era of social media influencers. Who knows how they make money
I like your U2 reference. I actually use more AI in creating images. I pay for some of them. I wish they would settle up copyright and give money to creators.