Activating the AI at Agostini’s

Recently, there have been exciting developments in the field of AI, and ChatGPT is just one of the many AI tools that can be used to explore data, discover new insights and supercharge work. However, AI has its limitations and requires high-quality data, careful training, and human oversight to work effectively. Ethical considerations are critical in the development and deployment of AI, and collaboration between stakeholders is essential to advancing AI in a responsible and beneficial way. While AI can create new opportunities and efficiencies, it also poses risks and challenges that must be addressed. By approaching AI with a human-centered and ethical perspective, we can ensure that it enhances our lives and contributes to a better future for all.

Still having fun with ChatGPT: Building a multi-tier app

Built with ChatGPT!

Let’s build an app to help me keep track of certain bits of technology news. The name of the app will be CWACON: Cloudy With a Chance of News.
It will be a combination of a browser app to display a summary of the set of news collected, as well as a c# console app to produce the news summaries.

Development-as-a-Service

It’s early days yet, but the sooner we face the music, the more ready we’ll be to adapt. I was listening to “Precious Things” from a recent Lupe Fiasco album. In it, he personified his hands and sang about the conflict he, the artist was engaged in with his instruments of expression – his hands. […]

Conversational+Intelligence

I mentioned PSI before. And I’m pretty sure I will again. Microsoft’s Platform for Situated Intelligence has a lot of potential. I was reminded about it today with this tweet: From the PSI lab, they released a great demo that I’ve spent some time playing with. With PSI, you can access all the streams of […]

First a11y bot [Updated]

In which Irwin and Daniel Gordon participate in a hackathon with a focus on Accessibility.

GitHub Copilot: A young Jarvis?

I recently watched yet another time travel TV series on Netflix. This time out of South Korea. I forgot the name, so in looking it up I realized that time-travel K-dramas are very much a thing, lol. Anyway, it’s called, “Sisyphus: The Myth”. It comes to mind because the writers of the show were fond […]

#MSBuild 2021 Table Talk: How it went

In a recent post I mentioned moderating a table talk at this year’s MSBuild along with Erik Kleefeldt. By design, it’s meant to be like a hallway chat with a bunch of people about tech we’ve been using/playing with/excited about. This hallway was huge. 318 people turned up on Teams to talk about extending it […]

In media res

Taking a break from an experiment about streams in Teams

One Marvelous Scene – Tony and Jarvis

My video editing skills are what you might call, “Hello World” level. So, I’m not interested in bringing down the average as it were, in terms of the quality content over on the official “One Marvelous Scene” playlist on YouTube. I dig what those storytellers did a lot. But as far as I can tell, […]