So happy to see my grandmother getting this recognition as a pioneer in radio. I think she was a forerunner for Mary Tyler Moore. The Fierce Leading Ladies of Radio: Mary Livingstone youtu.be/mcUwwtjN6wg?si… via YouTube

Congratulation to American Repertory Theater. I think they've got a hit with Gatsby. Whole family loved it, especially the first half. I think it's the best new musical (NYC/Broadway included) of the past couple of years.

"If you want to make AI adoption projects successful and viable, you need to focus on humans first and AI second." hbr.org/2024/06/resear…

For enterprise use cases, you don’t need an AI model that knows the entire cast of ‘The Godfather,’ knows every movie that’s ever been made, knows every TV show that’s ever been made. wsj.com/articles/these… via The Wall Street Journal

Don't wanna miss this!

The hype is taking all the oxygen out of the conversation and not allowing the appropriate attention on other types of AI models that can really generate value. wsj.com/articles/a-cla… via The Wall Street Journal

I wonder what they were playing.

“Breazeal’s focus on taking multidisciplinary approaches to her research has resulted in an inclusive and supportive lab environment. Moreover, she does not shy away from taking students with unconventional backgrounds.” cynthia breazeal news.mit.edu/2024/large-lab…

Me thinks this hotel had some past experience with Joe Walsh.

And for anyone who's thinking that neural nets are a new thing, they were actually in this proposal.

Wow! Where does DrPopCulture find these gems?

Super impressed and inspired hearing from Matt Damon — the Space Pirate himself (he’s got the MIT certificate to prove it) — about his work with water.org Stella Artois #LetsDoDinner. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Water.org

Can someone tell me what a bathroom selfie is?

We have robots on Mars and in volcanos. In the home? Not so much. Is the home the final frontier for robotics? cynthia breazeal

Congratulations to cynthia breazeal for winning this year’s Robotics Medal awarded by MassRobotics. I think they made an excellent choice.

Just rewatched Barack Obama's eulogy for John McCain. Two great Americans, who disagreed but respected character. Character is worth remembering, honoring, and aspiring to. It is different from viewing the world as a transactional game where winning is all that matters.

All this AI washing has got to stop.

The new era of autonomous systems will require rapid data processing closer to the source. This has some CIOs adding AI at the network edge to their 2025 roadmaps. cio.com/article/356376…

By the way, none of this is coming from that GenAI (e.g., ChatGPT) stuff you've been reading about. AI ≠ GenAI. gizmodo.com/us-treasury-sa…

I grew up in a house just a half block down the street.