Magic mushroom journey — Part 2Deep into a 6 hour magic mushroom experience, the essence of my ‘trip’ revealed itself to me. A hyper-connected brain looks inward and…Nov 16Nov 16
Magic mushroom journey — Part 1Approaching age 60, having never tried any recreational drugs, this is a journey I entered with an entirely fresh frame of mind. What was…Nov 16Nov 16
GPT o1 preview learning and reasoning(?)How does the latest OpenAI model ‘reason’ given a new puzzle to solve? A continuation of…Sep 22Sep 22
Spotify for AudioBooksA few weeks ago, my friend Phil Marshall and his team launched Spoken, a subscription service where writers self-publish their works. When…Aug 281Aug 281
GPT-4 learning and reasoning(?)Everywhere we see claims on each side of the ‘AI’ spectrum: from those claiming LLM’s like GPT-4 will surpass human intelligence while…Aug 20Aug 20
UpWork has become a dumpster-fire.Finding freelancers on UpWork used to be straight-forward but recently it has jumped the shark, here’s a recent experience to highlight the…Aug 9Aug 9
Early-stage sales customer acquisition manifesto‘A new business can attempt only 2 things productively: building product and acquiring customers’ — Peter DruckerMay 251May 251
Machines, AI, Life, Consciousness and Living Forms — VitaeAn essay from the book ‘Reflective Journeys — Vitae’, published May 2024 and available at major book retailers:May 8May 8
The Great AI Play-on-WordsMachine learning has been, and continues to be, a powerful and important aspect of computer science however delusions and confusion around…Apr 2Apr 2
Elemental Entrepreneurial Skills: Distillation of IdeasWhat does it mean for something to be ‘elemental’? There is a figurative “Periodic Table of Elements” for entrepreneurial skills, some…Feb 6Feb 6
