Open Your Eyes to the Truth: The Mess of Misinformation

I am not sure how we got here.  That is saying something from a person like me who thinks a lot about data and misinformation and even wrote a book about it with Jeff Camm – Data Duped: How to Avoid Being Hoodwinked by Misinformation. We have been advocating for everyone to build their own … Continue reading Open Your Eyes to the Truth: The Mess of Misinformation

Misinformation Lessons from Pizza Glue and Eating Rocks: A Beginning

Recently the data community and the media have been buzzing about Generative AI and in particular Google’s AI Overview responses to questions like ‘How many rocks should I eat?’ or ‘How to glue cheese to your pizza?’ These answers of course are silly and the memes have been fun to read, however, there is a … Continue reading Misinformation Lessons from Pizza Glue and Eating Rocks: A Beginning

Containing ChatGPT May be Impossible

Generative AI has spilled into society like an oil slick on an ocean.  There is no escaping it. The wind, the waves, and the current will carry it to places we have yet to imagine in terms of its capabilities, uses, and applications.  It encroaches on us without much of a plan to contain it, … Continue reading Containing ChatGPT May be Impossible

Generative AI Has Brought Us to this Inflection Point

In the pre-dawn days of this year, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT. At first many probably thought of this as a fun parlor-like game sentence generator holding the same constructive value as the magic eight ball.  ChatGPT was entertaining and it can answer questions like who has the most Olympic gold medals in a way that makes … Continue reading Generative AI Has Brought Us to this Inflection Point