OK, I admit that I’m sometimes too focused on technology to realise that not everyone is aware of all the different AI services out there. — This week, I mentioned Mistral.ai to a colleague and was surprised that he hadn’t heard of it. But, as I said, you can’t know everything.
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Those Who Forget the Dotcom Crash Are Doomed to Repeat It — with GenAI
A friend recently recommended Craig McCaskill’s article “The Bubble That Knows It’s a Bubble” with a disclaimer “it’s quite a read”. After forgetting it and coming back to it later I can say: it’s so worth reading it!
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Handling 3,500 drones to recreate Michelangelo’s masterpieces in a huge Lightshow
Thanks to the Fediverse integration of Flipboard I just saw the post from National Geographic where they link “Grace for the World: Recreating Michelangelo’s masterpieces above the Vatican“.
At first I thought it was mainly about how impressive the show itself was. But there’s also another topic: the technology and the team behind the scenes:
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8 Years in my Current Company
At the beginning of the month, a colleague reminded me that I had been with the company for 8 years now! A little anniversary! I reflected about the past years when at the same time a recruiter message reached me, what my motivation would be to “leave my comfort zone“.
Before being here, I changed jobs about every 2 years. The team was always great – super lovely people that I still miss, but I felt like I couldn’t improve anymore, I felt stuck and I felt like I wasn’t adding value to the company any more – and I then did the necessary steps.
It was the first time I joined a larger corporation. And obviously something was different here – otherwise I wouldn’t have stayed so long, right? So I started reflecting what I did all those years long. Was it worth staying? Am I, perhaps, settling into a comfort zone?
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Toxic Positivity and Whitewashing in Tech
What I’ve been noticing and disliking more and more lately:
All the whitewashing and toxic positivity!
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Audio and Video Quality in Online Meetings DOES matter
We’ve all been there – endless online meetings, squinting at grainy screens, wondering if our colleagues are even awake. Seriously, how many online meeting does it take to realize that audio and video quality matter more than we want to admit?
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Why do I feel triggered when Managers talk about AI?
I still don’t know why it triggers me so much when managers talk about “(Gen)AI” with such fascination. Maybe because I get the feeling that they tell themselves that IT problems will magically disappear?
But … what does ChatGPT say … the AI for sure must know (*cough*)
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The truth about (Gen)AI
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Recently I attended a GenAI event organized by <big company>. All professional, interesting, insightful. Really good. (Really! I mean it! No sarcasm.)Until it hit me like a blow during a discussion:
I DO KNOW the whole plot already!
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