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“At this writing, the only serious ELIZA scripts which exist are some which cause ELIZA to respond roughly as would certain psychotherapists (Rogerians). ELIZA performs best when its human correspondent is initially instructed to”talk” to it, via the typewriter of course, just as one would to a psychiatrist. This mode of conversation was chosen because the psychiatric interview is one of the few examples of categorized dyadic natural language communication in which one of the participating pair is free to assume the pose of knowing almost nothing of the real world. If, for example, one were to tell a psychiatrist…
New year, new conversations about AI. As 2026 begins, AI has moved from experimentation to execution, and expectations are rising just as fast. Boards are investing, and customers are pushing for real outcomes. The question is no longer if organizations will invest in AI, but how they’ll turn that investment into durable, long-term value. Over the past year, I’ve had countless discussions with our Precisely leadership team about what they’re seeing across industries, regions, and customer environments. While their perspectives come from different disciplines, a clear set of themes keeps emerging. Below are several insights from myself and our leadership…
Ever found yourself circling a packed parking lot, heart sinking as you realize the only spot left is impossibly tight? Or perhaps you’ve experienced the dreaded “door ding” aftermath, wishing your car could just… park itself? And what about the sheer frustration of trying to squeeze yourself into your vehicle when it’s boxed in by other cars? What if we told you that future is already here, and it’s smoother, smarter, and more seamless than you can imagine? Prepare to say goodbye to parking woes and hello to a whole new era of convenience, thanks to innovative robotics and the…
eBay, the world’s biggest resale company, has joined the growing cohort of companies that have published a climate transition plan outlining specific steps needed to meet corporate emissions reduction targets. Delivering the goods sold by the 134 million sellers on its marketplace to their customers is eBay’s biggest greenhouse gas liability: it accounts for almost 84 percent of total emissions. The 30-year-old company vows to cut that footprint by 27.5 percent by 2030 — it has already achieved a 21 percent reduction — and to reach a 90 percent cut across all emissions categories by 2045. The baseline year for…
The highly-anticipated WWDC 2023 has drawn to a close, and as the dust settles, I find myself sifting through a barrage of new revelations and innovations from our friends at Apple. As an ardent ChatGPT user, I was on tenterhooks to see what Apple had been concocting in their AI lab. But in classic Apple fashion, ‘AI’ has been stealthily replaced with the phrase ‘Machine Learning’. An interesting move, to say the least, and a clear indicator of Apple’s control over their narrative. Turning to iOS 17, Apple has granted Autocorrection an upgrade. A shiny new transformer-based model is set…
Migrating firewalls can be a complex undertaking, often involving intricate policies, critical applications, and the need for seamless transition. This post distills key insights from experienced architects on best practices for any firewall migration, and then dives into the unique considerations when moving from Palo Alto Networks to Cisco Next-Generation Firewalls. Section 0: The Background Customer leadership has decided to migrate from PAN to Cisco. This was a business decision based on increased prices by PAN. Unlike many firewall migration projects CX supports, this engagement had the following complicating factors: Lack of current-state documentation. Lack of understanding of current identity…
With a new tool called Mobile Apps by Replit, users can describe their idea, let Replit do its thing, and then scan a QR code to test the app on their iPhones. Here are the details. Creating a simple app in about 10 minutes Replit announced this week Mobile Apps by Replit, an interesting vibe coding platform that builds React Native apps based on user prompts. (Why React Native? Probably because Replit’s CEO and co-founder, Amjad Masad, worked on the team that invented React Native while at Facebook.) The company says that the main objective of Mobile Apps by Replit…
Photochromic materials with rapid response and high stability are essential for progressive anti-counterfeiting and secure information encryption technologies. Herein, we report a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-assisted strategy to boost the photochromic properties of high-crystalline C3N5 nanosheets (HC-C3N5) by integrating carbon dots (CDs). The incorporation of CDs significantly increased light absorption, fluorescence intensity, and energy transfer efficiency, leading to an ultrafast and reversible color transition from dark yellow to green under UV irradiation, with complete recovery within 180 s and excellent cycling stability. Transient photovoltage technique (TPV) test confirms a non-radiative energy transfer pathway between CDs and HC-C3N5, excluding the…
I like Agile. I like discipline. I like systems that ship and systems that learn. What I don’t like: tribes. In the last couple decades, many teams camped at the ends of a spectrum: Traditional shops treated optimization as virtue and adaptation as risk. Agile shops treated adaptation as virtue and optimization as betrayal. Both missed the point. By adaptation I mean fast learning and course-correction under uncertainty. By optimization I mean reliability and repeatability under constraints. The mistake is treating either one as a permanent operating mode. The adult question is: what should dominate right now? This is a…
The Campaign For Fairer Gambling (CFG) has issued a statement after Governor Janet Mills of Maine has reversed her intent to veto a bill to legalize online slots and casino games. While online sports betting is legal in Maine, online gambling has largely been illegal in the state. However, Gov Janet Mills has now allowed for the passage of the online casino bill LD1164. iGaming is coming to Maine. That's according to a statement released by Gov. Janet Mills earlier today. Based on the statement's wording, it appears she's letting it become law without her signature. pic.twitter.com/0GKMFjUlTC — Steve Bittenbender…