Category: Technology

From the perspective of a full time programmer and hobbyist game developer – interesting tech with a mix of think pieces about the way technology shapes our lives

  • Writing in a Post ChatGPT World

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    From the outset it should be said that I use ChatGPT pretty much daily and think it is an amazing piece of technology set to change the course of human history (as if it hasn’t already done so). But now the act of putting thoughts to paper in my own often grammatically dubious and bumbling…

  • AI & Automation Revolution

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    Artificial Intelligence vs. Machine Learning: Understanding the Differences Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same thing. AI refers to the broader concept of machines that can perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence, such as perception, reasoning, and learning. Machine learning, on the other…

  • Solarpunk

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    What started as pure aesthetic has become social underground with books and manifestos building an optimistic ideological movement providing much needed hope for the future.

  • Perfect Worker Drone

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    True sentience in artificial intelligence is the pinnacle but semi-autonomous non-sentient machines might be the key to our future.

  • Reason Based Text Alignment Discovery Model

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    The hottest topic currently is fake news and the proliferation of disinformation. Though it would be counter to the wishes of corporations more interested in profits than human collective good, a system is sorely required to analyse text content that is shared as & undistinguishable from facts. Small statements with no backing and linking to…

  • How to Think

    Moving an arm and thinking about moving an arm are two vastly different things. Even thinking about thinking about moving an arm is a natural thing to do even if reading it is very odd. Now the hard part, how to you design thinking? The deliberate process of simulating scenarios to either logical or illogical…

  • Where’s the Fun?

    When Galliventurer was first conceived in the bowels of my brain it was during a particularly good session of playing No Man’s Sky. I had just traversed several different planets finding old ruins and exploring as I went. The exhilaration I felt zipping around in space and then landing to explore – it was this…

  • Knowledge is Power – Society is Weak

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    Never more true than today, knowledge is power. Or more aptly in today’s world the ability to provide & control the flow of knowledge is power. Recently there’s been several large course corrections occur, several years too late but hey, better late than never as the saying goes. This highlights one of the biggest and…

  • Genetic Revert & Refresh

    The premise is pretty simple, what if we could press the undo button for DNA related aflictions. It’s a sound theory but whether it would actually work or not is questionable. The possibilities! This particular train of thought was mostly born from thinking about cancerous cells, which grow out of control due to a minute…

  • Burnout

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    After several months of near constant stressing about work deadlines & topsy-turvy project schedules, I finally came to terms with the fact that I had burnout.  Recently I’ve had a growing sense of apathy & general disinterest towards work. A deep feeling that I can only describe as a feeling of treading water, with no…