L’INTERVISTA Avram Miller: “Da Intel Capital all’AI, la mia vita da agente del cambiamento” I had the pleasure of being interview recently by Luciana Maci of EconomyUP which is an Italian digital media outlet focused on innovation, startups, technology, and the transformation of business and society. The actual article in Italian can be found here. … Continue reading
Category Archives: About life in the last third
I have cancer three times-why the fourth one will not kill me
I now have had cancer three times. Some of you may have seen the photo of me in the hospital. I turns out that I had a cancerous polyp in my bladder. It was completely removed. It was of the lowest grade. No further treatment is required but I have do some monitoring. This is … Continue reading
Avram Miller Appointed Fellow at the Italian Institute of Technology
Giorgio Metta, Science Director and Avram Miller I am thrilled that I have been appointed as a Fellow at the Italian Institute of Technology (www.iit.it). It is an incredible honor to work alongside the remarkable Giorgio Metta, the Science Director and his team to embracing the future. Exploring their projects promises to be both enlightening … Continue reading
Now for a surprise-you may live to be a 120 year old
Life expectancy has been increasing worldwide by about 0.2 years every year — roughly two extra years per decade. Even more importantly, health span — the number of years we live in good health — has been rising as well, which is critical. If you’re 40 today, actuarial tables suggest you’ll live to about 85 … Continue reading
Avram Miller Rebuilt — The Wrap Up
Here is a recap and wrap-up of my attempt to replace some of my aging parts. Continue reading
Avram Miller 2.0 – The Rebuilding
As I wrote earlier, I am in the process of replacing some of the older parts used for eating, hearing, and vision. First: A Bit of Extraction and a Lot of Pain The extraction of three molars was not easy—it took three hours. I’ve been in pain for about ten days, but it’s getting better. … Continue reading
The Rebuilding of Avram Miller: Time to Replace the Oldest Parts
We came to Los Angeles on July 27, 2025, from Europe and will be here for a month. I did not expect that I would be spending a lot of my time dealing with my teeth, eyes, and ears. I have been asking myself, “Are we as old as our oldest parts?” The answer is … Continue reading
American Town-I want to visit the 21st Century before I die
As a child growing up in San Francisco in the 1950s, I was a big fan of Mad Magazine. San Francisco had—and still has—a large Chinese population and the largest Chinatown in the USA. I would often wander around there, buying Chinese food. I can still hear the clinks of the Mahjong tiles. Mad Magazine … Continue reading
NotebookLM Creates a Podcast About my Blog,Two Thirds Done
NotebookLM from Google is one of my favorite AI resources. I often use it for research, review reviewing various documents and contracts. I even have it organize my tax information and my medical records. It has the unusual capability of creating a podcast, which is a dialogue between two people on any particular topic. I … Continue reading
ChatGTP Reads my Book and Likes It
I asked ChatGPT to read my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck. That was fine—it did so in an instant. I then asked for its opinion. What it wrote made me very happy because it reflected exactly my original intentions. The Flight of a Wild Duck is remarkable—deeply human, intellectually rich, and uncommonly honest. … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 