Today’s large language models remind me of banner ads in the early days of the internet. They are impressive, useful, and often surprising but I don’t think they represent where AI is ultimately headed. I’ve written before about forms of AI that will touch us much more personally. AI that feels less like a tool, … Continue reading
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To My Grandsons
I am writing this at the age of 81. Your ages range from 16 to 23. You have never known me as a young man, and I will never know you as old ones. We share only a short stretch of time, perhaps 20 or 30 years, about a third of my life. We do … Continue reading
Avram Goes Video
My blog posts are now available as short videos on my new YouTube channel. You can subscribe here. I will also put a link on blog posts for which I have created videos. I hope you enjoy the new format. Here is an example: My primary form of communication has been writing blog posts, along … Continue reading
A Favor to Ask
I have been writing this blog since 2007. There are about 570 posts with 430,000 word which is equivalent to about five books. I have never worked very hard at getting anyone to read it. Which is a strange thing to admit, because I clearly want people to read it. Otherwise, I would have just … Continue reading
The Personal Climate Opportunity
The Earth is heating up very quickly, and the things we needed to deal with climate change, we did not do. Governments have talked, held conferences, made commitments and set targets. Some progress has certainly been made. But not enough, not nearly enough. In Paris in 2015, nearly every nation on Earth agreed to hold … Continue reading
My First Eighty Years Were About Building the Platform — Now the Adventure Begins
I write about my eighties not because my life has been exceptional, but because so few people my age write about this time of their life at all. I want to inspire them if I can to embrace the future not fear it. Trying to Understand What Defines Me A few weeks ago, I created … Continue reading
Memories of the Past-Dreams of the Future-the Sweetness of Now
I have had difficulties living in the present. For most of my life, the future dominated my thoughts. I preferred dreams over memories. The present was about how to move to the future. Now that is starting to reverse. While I think about the future, it is often one in which I am no longer … Continue reading
I Love My Children but Miss My Kids
Last night I woke up around 3 a.m. thinking about my children. Not my children as they are today, but my children as they once were. I could see all three of them vividly: Adin at eight, Asher at six, and Dafna at two. We were living in Israel then. It was 1978. I was … Continue reading
Has Apple Entered Its Tail-Fin Era?
In the early days of the automobile industry, competition was driven by engineering. Faster engines, better suspensions, and more reliable cars won customers. But by the 1950s, something changed. America’s highway system had matured, and most cars were already fast enough for the roads people actually drove on. Competition shifted away from performance and toward … Continue reading
How Susceptible Is Avram Miller to Flattery
AIs are great at using flattery to increase engagement. So it made sense that a friend commented “Does Chat GPT also measure to what extent you’re susceptible to flattery?” So I asked ChatGPT. Here is the response. Does Chat GPT also measure to what extent you’re susceptible to flattery? You appear less susceptible to flattery … Continue reading
