Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
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Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
Philosophy Mondays: Human-AI Collaboration
Today's Philosophy Monday is an important interlude. I want to reveal that I have not been writing the posts in this series entirely by myself. Instead I have been working with Claude, not just for the graphic illustrations, but also for the text. My method has been to write a rough draft and then ask Claude for improvement suggestions. I will expand this collaboration to other intelligences going forward, including open source models such as Llama and DeepSeek. I will also explore other moda...
Intent-based Collaboration Environments
AI Native IDEs for Code, Engineering, Science
Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?
One thing that keeps surprising me is how quite a few people see absolutely nothing redeeming in web3 (née crypto). Maybe this is their genuine belief. Maybe it is a reaction to the extreme boosterism of some proponents who present web3 as bringing about a libertarian nirvana. From early on I have tried to provide a more rounded perspective, pointing to both the good and the bad that can come from it as in my talks at the Blockstack Summits. Today, however, I want to attempt to provide a coge...
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I have been reading a fascinating book about nautical charts. It turns out that there are many pitfalls in using GPS navigation that result from the translation processes that take place between the original survey data (some of it quite old) and the GPS devices. It would be great to use a Bug to store a history of lat longs and depth soundings each time one goes out with a boat. The data from many bugs could then be used to improve the accuracy of existing charts.
But even before getting quite so ambitious, I would simply like to be able to easily record all the data from my instruments and plot them afterwards. It is already possible to do this by connecting a laptop up to the serial port of the instrument data hub (via the NMEA standard), but a bug would provide a much better form factor (and lower price point), especially if one could figure out a way to easily tap into the wireless network among the instruments.
I have been reading a fascinating book about nautical charts. It turns out that there are many pitfalls in using GPS navigation that result from the translation processes that take place between the original survey data (some of it quite old) and the GPS devices. It would be great to use a Bug to store a history of lat longs and depth soundings each time one goes out with a boat. The data from many bugs could then be used to improve the accuracy of existing charts.
But even before getting quite so ambitious, I would simply like to be able to easily record all the data from my instruments and plot them afterwards. It is already possible to do this by connecting a laptop up to the serial port of the instrument data hub (via the NMEA standard), but a bug would provide a much better form factor (and lower price point), especially if one could figure out a way to easily tap into the wireless network among the instruments.
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