We all know that technology changes swiftly. However, a short article this week surprised me. It appears that US government agencies are being pushed to stop recording meetings, talking books, and other archival documents on audiotape. The answer is simple: they (the US government agencies) can no longer purchase recording tapes! Quantegy, one of the …
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The Social Dilemma of Over-Sharing Genetic Test Results
Don’t be guilty of this! From the Miss Manners newspaper column: Dear Miss Manners: Lately at social events, I often find myself trapped by people who want to share, in excruciating detail, their genetic test results. Each person finds their own results deeply compelling, marveling at length over being 3% this and 15% that, with …
Do ‘Griefbots’ Help Mourners Deal With Loss?
From an article by Tim Reinboth published in the undark.org web site: Various commercial products known as “griefbots” create a simulation of a lost loved one. Built on artificial intelligence that makes use of large language models, or LLMs, the bots imitate the particular way the deceased person talked by using their emails, text messages, voice recordings, …