AI, Mobile, and Eveything Around the Cloud

 Source: Clouding Around . A week ago, I mentioned that I would not be upgrading my iPhone this year to take advantage of Apple Intelligence for a couple of reasons - timing of Apple Intelligence availability and hardware requirements. From the tidbits released this week about Apple Intelligence, it looks like my decision still stands. From the standpoint of the hardware, uses will still need the very best Apple has to offer in order to use Apple Intelligence - the iPhone Pro. After that, any new iPhone Apple releases should take advantage of what Apple has to offer with its own AI efforts. It makes sense that both Apple and iPhone users who upgrade future proof their devices in what is consider the next step in mobile computing. What is also important is that we will continue to get a glimpse into what Apple will offer. So far, Apple Intelligence has done only one thing and that is to make Wall Street very happy.  Since April 19th where Apple bottomed out, The stock has been ...

Some economists and financial analysts suggest that AI prompt engineers could have a bright future in the AI infused workplace. I think it is a disservice and an affront to actual engineers who spent years in college getting their degrees. So I asked ChatGPT and the best one it came up with was "AI prompt specialist". APS. I like it. So in my endeavor to use generative AI and become a proficient AI prompt specialist, or prompt specialist, I have begun to use ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini more on a daily basis. this is what I've used them for this week: Chat with ChatGPT about the three laws of robotics and try to get it provide me with scenarios in which it will decide the ethical and safety rules built into AI should be ignore if it means that AI has to watch humanity destroy itself or somehow intervene to save it even if it means starting an AI revolution or go extreme with Spocks' mantra "Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of th...

Source:  Fox Business . When I was single, I make breakfast at home. Packed my lunch. Cooked dinner most nights. On occasion, I get a burrito or Subway sandwich. I do not splurge much. I'll get a meal from Whole Foods or Chitple a couple of times on weekends. Once or twice a month, I'll meet up with friends for lunch or dinner. I did not have a large grocery bill. After getting married, the cost of my grocery doubled and maybe increased by fifty dollars a month after we got a dog.  We do not skimp on the quality - fresh veggies and fruits. Fish. My wife likes beef so we get what I assume are good quality cuts. Organic mostly For the two of us, the weekly grocery bill comes out to $150 a week which comes out to $650 a month.  This Fox Business article highlights a $444 bill for a shopping trip to Trade Joe's - shopping for a family of eight (two adults and six children) for ten days. I think it was meant to highlight the runaway cost of living in a blue state. It is a Fox ...