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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Yesterday evening, NY Tech Meetup and CEA LineShows organized an event to pick a startup that would receive a free booth at the next CES. I don’t know how the presenting companies were chosen, but whoever did the initialy seleciton did a wonderful job of representing the diversity and accomplishment of NY startups. There was both hardware (Peek and MakerBot) and software/service (Livestream, Aviary, drop.io). There were all levels of funding from bootstrapped ramen-fed MakerBot to double-digit millions for Livestream. There was laserfocused Peek and broadly ambitious Aviary. But all of the companies had accomplished a lot. Even the newest entrant, MakerBot, has already accomplished something impressive by creating a kit that lets folks assemble a 3D printing machine. It was a tough choice for the panel which included Engadget’s Joshua Fruhlinger, Anyclip’s Aaron Cohen and myself. Thankfully, at the last second the CEA agreed to sponsor not one but two startups which made the task quite a bit easier. In the end, we picked Aviary and MakerBot as the two companies as the best fit for the CES opportunity (taking into account many factors, including who had already been there).
Yesterday evening, NY Tech Meetup and CEA LineShows organized an event to pick a startup that would receive a free booth at the next CES. I don’t know how the presenting companies were chosen, but whoever did the initialy seleciton did a wonderful job of representing the diversity and accomplishment of NY startups. There was both hardware (Peek and MakerBot) and software/service (Livestream, Aviary, drop.io). There were all levels of funding from bootstrapped ramen-fed MakerBot to double-digit millions for Livestream. There was laserfocused Peek and broadly ambitious Aviary. But all of the companies had accomplished a lot. Even the newest entrant, MakerBot, has already accomplished something impressive by creating a kit that lets folks assemble a 3D printing machine. It was a tough choice for the panel which included Engadget’s Joshua Fruhlinger, Anyclip’s Aaron Cohen and myself. Thankfully, at the last second the CEA agreed to sponsor not one but two startups which made the task quite a bit easier. In the end, we picked Aviary and MakerBot as the two companies as the best fit for the CES opportunity (taking into account many factors, including who had already been there).
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