I took my band’s drummer out for breakfast. Our waitress was Janet Bean (Eleventh Dream Day, Freakwater). That day we learned “The Waitress Song” saw so real. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0D0....

My first job out of college in 1990 was in AI. But it had nothing to do with what people now call AI. There’s a lot of AI crap - and a lot of untapped potential that is being left behind in the mad rush for LLMs and Generative.

Yep. But it has hype, and thus people throw money at it. There are lots of great applications, but it’s not really suited for lazy writing/art/music/etc. Garbage in/Garbage out. The mistakes were fun in a weird way - two years ago.

Basic old time (!?) Machine Learning is still more useful but because it’s too geeky it’s still not gotten the traction it should. You don’t need computers talking like people (poorly), you need them dealing with mathematical analysis on a scale people cannot handle unaided.

I took this photo when visiting Cleveland

When I did martial arts my real opponent was always myself. My sparring partner was there only to help me explore the terrain and learn how to get improve. Just like playing in a band.

I’m married to a fan. And it does make gift shopping easier.

So…. Happy Birthday Chuck.

I always accidentally switch in Roddy