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  • Flock Cameras – Another Tool in the Surveillance Toolbox

    Flock Cameras – Another Tool in the Surveillance Toolbox

    The Flock cameras are just another tool within the surveillance package of tools. To gain clarity, flock cameras are ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers). They are not used for facial recognition or speed enforcement that automatically issue tickets. Here’s what the manufacturer has to say. Flock Cameras. Surveillance Today Today there are a wide assortment…

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  • Debugging AI

    Debugging AI

    Debugging is harder than writing new code. When debugging, you’re trying to figure out what others have done and how it fits together. When writing new code, you don’t face those same challenges. Debugging AI is even more difficult because, unlike traditional debugging through deterministic means, AI is probabilistic. This means getting two results from…

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  • Nail the Present to Earn the Right to Ship the Future

    Nail the Present to Earn the Right to Ship the Future

    Slow Down Forget the current hype around AI. Nail the present to EARN the right to ship the future. Anyone remember the dot-com bust? If not, it was a frantic period of selling hype of product. People gained millions in paper between 1995 and 2000. As you would suspect, the hype didn’t line up with…

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  • High Tech, Low EQ: Why AI Failures Are Human Failures

    High Tech, Low EQ: Why AI Failures Are Human Failures

    Saying AI failures are human failures may sound over the top, but is it? People build AI, train AI, instruct AI, define workflows and assist in a number of areas throughout the globe. Many to the betterment of society, some, not so much. Below I will attempt to show where high tech and low emotional…

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  • Checkpoint – August 2026

    Checkpoint – August 2026

    Another month has gone by so it’s time for the checkpoint. As usual, things have been busy. This month I wrote articles in the general category of AI, the technical category and the environment. Let’s start with the General category of AI. General Working from newest to oldest we took a look at the duality…

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  • AI Creativity – The Duality of Art

    AI Creativity – The Duality of Art

    AI creativity, the duality of art. What is AI art and what is this duality? This had my head spinning. I wanted to crawl down this rabbit hole and see what I can learn. Having been a musician in my youth, I find this topic fascinating and filled with questions. To get a complete picture…

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  • AI in Healthcare

    AI in Healthcare

    AI in healthcare is now part of the daily, active clinical operations. I think that’s good news. However, after watching a documentary called The Bleeding Edge, I’m going to preface this article with a warning. When you’re told you need a procedure that will include the use of some latest piece of technology, with or…

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  • Does AI Dream?

    Does AI Dream?

    Does AI dream is another one of those questions where we anthropomorphize AI. That may sound familiar to my regular readers, but if you are new or need a quick refresher, check out my article titled Anthropomorphizing AI. Dreams fall into this category because a straight definition out of Webster wouldn’t factor substrate. However, the…

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  • Why Is The Media Stock Market Obsessed but Blind to the Environment?

    Why Is The Media Stock Market Obsessed but Blind to the Environment?

    Let’s take a break from AI specifics and turn to the bigger picture: media stock market vs environment coverage. Why is mainstream news so obsessed with daily stock tickers yet completely blind to environmental trends? I don’t get this, and gotta tell ya, I think it’s a HUGE miss. The press is performing a massive…

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  • The Death of the Truth Score: Why the Future of AI Fact Checking Is Transparency, Not Grades

    The Death of the Truth Score: Why the Future of AI Fact Checking Is Transparency, Not Grades

    The future of AI fact checking is in transparency, not grades. The “Truth Score” Premise:* Why can’t we just put a 0–100 score on articles or live speeches like a paper being graded? Let’s go ahead and dive into that premise to see why our goal should be tweaked from grades to transparency. What is…

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