The anti-AI people are angry again
I’m seeing a hilarious new time-wasting trend emerging: software engineers are making "naughty lists" of software "tainted" by AI/LLM involvement, seemingly to shame authors who use AI-assisted...
Blackjack for VSCode
I wrote an extension to play the classic game of Blackjack inside VS Code.
Console Blackjack in Java
I wrote a console version of Blackjack in Java.
Console Blackjack in GNU Smalltalk
I wrote a console version of Blackjack in GNU Smalltalk.
The Rise of Autonomous Code
The idea of code that can fix itself represents a monumental advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) and software development. However, this innovation has a dark counterpart: autonomous...
A Tribute To My Friend John
John was usually a man of few words and even fewer visitors. He'd kept to himself for as long as I'd known him - a grumpy, stubbornly solitary guy whose real passion was the hobby of remote control...
Assessing the Environmental and Human Cost of AI
The advent of large language models (LLMs) has revolutionized the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing. LLMs, which include tools like OpenAI's...
Sam Harris, Robert Sapolsky, Dan Dennett, and Rush Walk Into a Bar…
Do We Really Have Free Will? Ah, free will—everyone's favorite topic for debates that make your brain feel like it's trying to do yoga. The question is: Do we actually make our own choices, or is...
Console Blackjack in Zig
I wrote a console version of Blackjack in Zig.
The 7 stages of accepting that you probably do not have free will
1. Shock / Disbelief "Wait, what do you mean I don’t have free will?" Encountering the idea for the first time can be unsettling. Many people are startled, as the belief in personal freedom feels...