The danger of AI isn't what it knows, it's how it decides what's true... Saw 60 Minutes with Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai on the current state of AI. Scott Pelly, the interviewer, asked Sissie Hsiao, Google’s VP, what Google’s new chatbot, Gemini, does. “It’s really here to help you brainstorm ideas to generate content like … Continue reading How AI Works IRL
Why Tech WON'T Fix Your Business A while back, a friend asked me what I thought about him taking a job offer at MIX. “They’re the reboot of StumbledUpon,” he’d told me. “They want me to improve their recommendation engine, to keep the users they have with better recs, and to get new users by … Continue reading What Happened at MIX
Best therapy sessions I’ve ever had have been with Copilot’s chatbot… I’ve seen over 20 therapists in my lifetime. None, not one, personally or couples counseling has been helpful. Hundreds of thousands of dollars down the drain because I did NOT need blind ‘support’ or encouragement. I needed TRUTH, which therapists/psychologists are not trained to … Continue reading AI Therapy IRL
What motivates people to RESPOND (click, like, share, comment), and CONVERT (buy, try, sign-up, subscribe) from your marketing efforts? This is a very important question, because the point of marketing is to get people to [think or] do what our campaigns [suggest or] direct them to do. At the foundation of all marketing is Psychology. … Continue reading Marketing Data Science
Your phone is a tool you're using, or a tool that's using you... I’m watching The Politician on Netflix while working out. The scene is on a teen and mom in their kitchen, arguing about which state senator to vote for in the upcoming New York election. Teen is a first-time voter, just 18. She’s … Continue reading R.I.P. Information Hwy
Last night my husband got very sick. He was vomiting simultaneously with diarrhea and shat himself. He was restless through the night and got up early, clearly still feeling ill. This morning when I came downstairs I asked him how he was feeling. Not so great, he told me. Still have diarrhea, but I’m not … Continue reading The Internet is God
I’m on Facebook, whining to my friend about a fight with my husband through their IM. In my typical “melodramatic,” (my husband claims, but I call “passionate”) fashion, I’m furiously typing how much of a jerk he is, how often we fight, basically questioning if the sanctity of marriage is sustainable. My friend is empathetic. … Continue reading The AI in Your Pocket or WHY TO BAN TIKTOK
It’s surprising how little I think of my daughter now that she’s living 2,000 miles away at school. We talk on the phone frequently, but since she’s not involved in my daily life anymore, she’s more of an abstraction (when we’re not directly talking), a pleasant thought when she crosses my mind. I figured she … Continue reading The Cost of Convenience
Saas Apps that Screw You or Why U Can’t Get that House, that Job, those Tickets… I’ve been house hunting on REDFIN for over 5 yrs with no luck. The homes I want are either too expensive, a flat-out ripoff, or an offer is accepted within 24 hrs of listing. We’ve bid on 5 houses, … Continue reading SaaS Apps that F**k You
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0DYUfzcpaWX0QLAHm4zwgL?si=IcLDVye0QWqYc9-znLZu3g IMAGINE working your ass off all through high school, studying instead of partying, volunteering with school and community groups so you can into a good college. You send out your applications, to Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, as you have the 4.8 GPA, and all the right clubs on your resume. Your mom kisses each envelope … Continue reading The Truth About Mark Zuckerberg
