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iPhone vs SuperComputer : When the Black Mirror in your pocket is smarter than You
Many youngsters, born safely after the dawn of the new millenium, do not have proper context to appreciate the modern miracle of the smartphone, or what i call the “iPhone vs Supercomputer” comparison. The fact is, that the phone you carry in your pocket literally packs the computing punch of the world’s fastest supercomputer of…
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The XR Blueprint: Where we are headed
I’ve posted fairly extensively before about the rough equivalency of our modern iPhones vs. the worlds fastest supercomputers in Y2K. That in itself is amazing. There are several key trends at work that make that possible: Moore’s Law the eternal(?) Truth of Tech — that every 18 months, processor power doubles. AI Designs Silicon In…
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AI in Hollywood Today : “Not a single frame untouched”
There is a growing resistance to AI in Hollywood.. and AI-generated content flooding the internets. The general concept of this genAI content flood has been dubbed “Slop”… images, text, and videos that are laser-targeted to the algorithm, that appear at first glance to be some of the [coolest architecture / most beautiful faces / most awesome…
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The (Hidden) Faces of Militarized AI 2030 : Starlink, Palantir, Anduril
OpenAI, ChatGPT, Google’s continual Gemini faceplants, and now Apple’s (“Intelligence”) tend to dominate the public conversation about AI. But what about militarized AI, the AI of global warfare, the AI that will theoretically control the killer robots of sci-fi lore? Let us not forget what fully 1/6th of the entire federal budget, and fully half (50%)…
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the AI Chip Race : nVidia vs. the World in Silicon Warfare 2024
All the news, and all the stock market, seems to celebrate nVidia these days, with their apparent stranglehold on the global AI chip race market. Their domination, and the unprecedented demand for their fastest chips (currently the H100, as of 2024), has been the major factor that has propelled them into position as the most…
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AI production pipeline comes into maturity : the GenAI scorecard / watchlist
In the Land of AI, nothing stays still for long. The AI production pipeline is rapidly moving from the R&D lab and into commercial enterprise / creative agencies. New models and startups, with genuinely boundary-pushing technology, appear to pop up almost daily. Its a lot to keep track of. This is my by-no-means comprehensive and…
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The Bizarre Way that Fortnite Fashion makes Billions in Revenue
When Fortnite first launched, I met with some of the key execs in the offices of Epic Games, in a quiet office park in the remote suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina (technically, a village called Cary). They were excited, and enthusiastically explained the concept to me: “The game is short-form; no session will ever exceed…
