Founder @ Volcano Base. Pragmatic AI and automation. Fellow of the RSA.
I create Systems for Independence. I also geek out about #PKM, #automation and #AI. Enthusiastically bad at #Ableton. Old school #ttrpg nerd.
Always experimenting with emerging technology on the off-chance it’ll make life better for the 99%. Opponent of the surveillance economy.
So, I got roped in to producing a white paper (with accompanying webinar, natch) about the path to 2030.
The commissioning company is aiming it at HR and agencies, but I finished it today and it’s relevant for any leadership function really.
Anyway, more info here.
Sheep sound like humans pretending to be sheep.
Whatever this is, I didn't vote for it
A feeling held by just about everyone at the moment. Get the T-shirt here >>> https://shop.newsthump.com/product/whatever-this-is-t-shirt/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=image-post&utm_campaign=160625WhateverTee
Schrödinger’s employee. On being both integral and entirely external.
Horses with roller skates. Or: How not to use AI unless you’re keen on high-velocity chaos.
WTF is outcome choreography? It's how you map the path-to-outcome.
https://zurl.co/gxbab
Need cheering up? Give a dog a prawn cracker.
@martinus Robots just exceeded my personal football skills.
Bath time for ruru at BirdCare Aotearoa #owlsintowels
https://birdcareaotearoa.org.nz
Owls in Towels
Crap Cantrips 3/13 Full text: https://eq.jifish.co.uk/false_moustache
#DnD #5e #ttrpg #homebrew
FALSE MOUSTACHE
Illusion cantrip
CT: 1 act
R: Self
C: S
D: 1 hr
A false moustache appears on your upper-lip, persisting for the spell's duration or until you dismiss it (no action required.) You choose its style: simple, handlebar, pencil, horseshoe, walrus, imperial, etc.
A creature that uses its action to inspect your appearance can determine the moustache is illusory with a successful Intellige […]
NASA engineers fixed some thrusters on Voyager 1 from 15 billion miles (almost 1 light-day) away. They’d been broken for 20+ years and the fix was tricky. “If the heaters were still off when they fired, it could trigger a small explosion…” Amazing. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-revives-backup-thrusters-before-command-pause/
It can be better than this.
Nothing is future-proof. When it comes to LLMs, "future-proof" is the punchline before the pratfall.
What's your organisation's #AI archetype? Firefighter, Builder, Juggler...?
Complete this #diagnostic tool and you'll be emailed your current archetype, with some suggestions for things you might want to consider focusing on.
AI arts and crafts - new video capabilities and synthetic personalities
https://zurl.co/ChwYq
Success convinces you that you're smart. Being smart convinces you that you'll be successful. The gap between those two assumptions has ruined more folks than incompetence ever could.
Saw a LinkedInner recommending we “audit our strategic architecture”. Pretty sure that’s a euphemism for taking a dump.
