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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Shapeways is a partner for Google’s brand new MadeWithCode initiative aimed at getting more girls excited about coding and computational thinking. What is important about this initiative is that it will broaden the understanding of what can be done with code. Code is not just games or websites. Increasingly it is everything and everywhere (even in a long piece on computational thinking in MotherJones).
So what I am particularly excited about is how this initiative will introduce a many more people to the idea of constructing physical objects through code. This is a key enabler for mass customization and for creating objects on demand (rather than having wasteful warehouses full of stuff that may wind up in a landfill). Shapeways makes this possible and even easy by providing a powerful 3D Printing API and the incredible ShapeJS Javascript Library.
The MadeWithCode bracelet project is built on top of these. Anyone can use the Shapeways API and ShapeJS to create their own customizable or fully code generated objects. This opens the door to amazing possibilities, such as the automated creation of a perfect fit lightweight arm or leg brace instead of a traditional cast. I can’t wait to see what people come up with!
Shapeways is a partner for Google’s brand new MadeWithCode initiative aimed at getting more girls excited about coding and computational thinking. What is important about this initiative is that it will broaden the understanding of what can be done with code. Code is not just games or websites. Increasingly it is everything and everywhere (even in a long piece on computational thinking in MotherJones).
So what I am particularly excited about is how this initiative will introduce a many more people to the idea of constructing physical objects through code. This is a key enabler for mass customization and for creating objects on demand (rather than having wasteful warehouses full of stuff that may wind up in a landfill). Shapeways makes this possible and even easy by providing a powerful 3D Printing API and the incredible ShapeJS Javascript Library.
The MadeWithCode bracelet project is built on top of these. Anyone can use the Shapeways API and ShapeJS to create their own customizable or fully code generated objects. This opens the door to amazing possibilities, such as the automated creation of a perfect fit lightweight arm or leg brace instead of a traditional cast. I can’t wait to see what people come up with!
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