Hmm, I am a newbie - he says, slyly flashing his deep knowledge of what the kids say these days (or perhaps decades ago) - but does AI info inspire a deep dive or dispense the need for it?
I think YMMV (old slang). For me, it helps to scan a bunch of things to triage my deeper reading. It also might just give people enough of a topline where they can say, okay, I see what this is doing, and move on with their busy lives.
- but surely the introduction of the World Wide Web was a game changer. I had worked when the Internet still had no graphics—the WWW tech helped bring graphics to the fledgling net.
Solid quibble. I remember dial-up with my 300 baud modem, so I feel you here, David.
The web was a game changer but it took a long time to mature and, to be fair, I was in college in 1994 and didn't immediately understand where it was going.
When the iPhone was released as well as AI I was much more aware of what the technology could do and felt that these had the potential to do a lot more than even the web.
I'd argue that the iPhone changed how we interact everyday even in small moments, away from computers (because we have one in our pockets). While the WWW was interesting, iPhones changed human interaction, and not always in a good way.
While AI remains in its early stages, I think we all know this is the next big wave and, frankly, I just wanted to create a way for voters to do one simple thing: read a summary of a bill so they can then decide if it's important to them to double-click into it.
Anyway, again, solid quibble, and I appreciate the note.
300 baud! Mine was 98 baud, and only Prodigy and Compuserve were available. And can we talk about just how LOUD those early dialups were?
But I was a copywriter, computers were just expensive typewriters (but SpellCheck—the ONLY killer app). Prophetically, the iPhone meant nothing to me when it came out and, as a user of Word exclusively, I found Job’s insistence on a proprietary OS was infuriating … I distrusted anything he did. (Fool I.)
To be fair, I was on an Apple II and it's possible (probable?) that the baud rate was lower. I remember the sound like it was yesterday. It felt like nerd freedom.
Oh indeed it did! Mine was an IBM X-T (truly a desktop), huge machine with an 8-inch display, truly covered the desktop. Also an IBM ProPrinter daisy wheel.
Hmm, I am a newbie - he says, slyly flashing his deep knowledge of what the kids say these days (or perhaps decades ago) - but does AI info inspire a deep dive or dispense the need for it?
I think YMMV (old slang). For me, it helps to scan a bunch of things to triage my deeper reading. It also might just give people enough of a topline where they can say, okay, I see what this is doing, and move on with their busy lives.
Anything to inform … with honesty and alacrity.
Not here to quibble - he says quibblingly
- but surely the introduction of the World Wide Web was a game changer. I had worked when the Internet still had no graphics—the WWW tech helped bring graphics to the fledgling net.
Solid quibble. I remember dial-up with my 300 baud modem, so I feel you here, David.
The web was a game changer but it took a long time to mature and, to be fair, I was in college in 1994 and didn't immediately understand where it was going.
When the iPhone was released as well as AI I was much more aware of what the technology could do and felt that these had the potential to do a lot more than even the web.
I'd argue that the iPhone changed how we interact everyday even in small moments, away from computers (because we have one in our pockets). While the WWW was interesting, iPhones changed human interaction, and not always in a good way.
While AI remains in its early stages, I think we all know this is the next big wave and, frankly, I just wanted to create a way for voters to do one simple thing: read a summary of a bill so they can then decide if it's important to them to double-click into it.
Anyway, again, solid quibble, and I appreciate the note.
Damn Quiblings! (hahaha)
True, and important point. It opened the floodgates in ways we couldn't perceive back then. iPhone/smartphones took it mobile and, arguably, permanent
Yes! Worse than Tribbles!
300 baud! Mine was 98 baud, and only Prodigy and Compuserve were available. And can we talk about just how LOUD those early dialups were?
But I was a copywriter, computers were just expensive typewriters (but SpellCheck—the ONLY killer app). Prophetically, the iPhone meant nothing to me when it came out and, as a user of Word exclusively, I found Job’s insistence on a proprietary OS was infuriating … I distrusted anything he did. (Fool I.)
To be fair, I was on an Apple II and it's possible (probable?) that the baud rate was lower. I remember the sound like it was yesterday. It felt like nerd freedom.
Oh indeed it did! Mine was an IBM X-T (truly a desktop), huge machine with an 8-inch display, truly covered the desktop. Also an IBM ProPrinter daisy wheel.