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Greg Colley's avatar

I want to say I am proud of the news outlets refusal to sign on to the restrictive new guidelines. But it begs the question: is this what the Trump administration wants them to do? If they refuse to sign on then the government will operate without any oversight by the press. This is Trumps' attempt to not just circumvent the constitution but to obliterate it.

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It's coming so fast and I'm still not using it enough. That's what is alarming to me as a tech specialist. Besides throwing myself into it every day, I see lots that I would like to do, but simply cannot (time constraints are real.) When I say "lots" I mean there are right now at least 6 AI tools (that I catch an idea about off a blog, YouTube video or just the news) that I would love a day or two each to fully explore, internalise and apply to my work to leverage optimisations - which they would all do.

Then I look at comments made on social media and the random "surveys" I do with the public ("So hey, do you use AI at all?") and I'm blown away at how far people are even behind me... and I feel I'm lagging.

I loved the "time machine experience" reflected in today's stories as I was right there in 1995 buying my first pc. The debates at school (pre pc-release) were "would pc's (aka robots) take over the world and our jobs?" Even before PC's became the norm a few years later I knew that the "greatest" efficiency tool at the time was the type writer and I immediately threw myself into taking a typing course to gain the advantage.

It feels just like AI discussions now and I'm left feeling, no matter what happens with AI or any tech, you just have to grab a little of it by the horns and get applying it to your work and learn how it can help you. This is less about AI, or age, or ability and more about mindset - so don't make the mistake of getting caught up in the AI hate and make a plan.

If you don't, you will be left behind and that will only be your undoing.

Oh, and don't forget to say "thank you" and "please" to your ChatBot - I'm hoping the AI Terminator overlords will remember ;)

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