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Is AI really great or just (another) bubble?

Bubbles in the financial markets are not something related to the Internet age. The first financial bubble that I am aware of happened in 1634 blowing out in 1637. It was the first time that financial tools like edging and futures. The very first “flippers” appeared, buying on paper to …

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CAPTCHA? Gotcha!

CAPTCHA: Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. The bold part is what matter in this post. Over the years I got progressively more and more annoyed by CAPTCHA, more and more as they became more and more complicated. Add to this the fact that my …

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Digital after-life

In a few of my posts I touched upon the potential of technology to preserve our memories and make them available to others even after we died. Just few days ago, I stepped onto a Technology Review article (I would suggest you to read it) on this very topic. A …

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What the heck does it mean?

Ever looked at the result of some medical exams and wondered what does that mean? I am not talking about the chicken scratch of some doctors (many, most …) but to the nicely printed result you get from a medical lab. Those long list of unknown words, and even more …

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Generative AI means biz

Just a year ago Generative AI was not used by industry, it was not even on the radar of industry. The ChatGPT wave has changed all that and now it is much more than the talk of the town. Industry has noticed and has started to apply it (or similar …

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