Artificial intelligence is changing the way that we inform and entertain ourselves, from helping narrow movie choices to making worlds come alive that exist only in a computer core. This topic focuses on the broader, non-technical aspects of AI in the news and entertainment field, including its use in sports, journalism, music and novels.
The last week of the year has traditionally been about reflections and planning, taking stock of the old (or auld), and preparing for the changes… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 28 December 2021: An Auld Lang Syne (and Cosyne Too)
Today, the 21st of December, is the Winter Solstice, unless you happen to be in sub-Saharan Africa, Australia, Argentina, or Antarctica, or other points south… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 21 December 2021: Winter Solstice Shenanigans
The day before I started writing this, a tornado hit central Kentucky, touching down and then staying in contact with the ground for more than… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 14 December 2021: Evolution and the Winds of Change
An Unevenly Distributed Future Once again, the specter of a new n-Cov-2 variant, in this case, omicron, is making its way around the world, like… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 7 December 2021: Unevenly Distributed Futures
The harvest festival goes back millennia, almost to the dawn of agriculture itself. It is held after the barley and corn and rice have been… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 30 November 2021: Season's Greetings
This morning, I downloaded an app that puts my vaccination record on my phone, including the two Covid-19 vaccinations I received earlier this year. What… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 23 Nov 2021: Moving Towards Digital Identity
The Importance of Dimensional Modeling When I was in high school, I had a superb chemistry teacher, something I, unfortunately, failed to appreciate until long… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 16 Nov 2021: The Importance of Dimensional Modeling
In the DSC November 2 editorial, I posed a question I’ve wondered about for a while. Why is it so hard to create a shared-reality… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 9 November 2021: Standardizing the Metaverse
Why Are Metaverses So Hard To Build? Facebook has been in the news lately, possibly tied into attempting to change the narrative after October’s disastrous… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 2 November 2021
When the Power Goes Out Seattle has a reputation for being rainy, though it’s actually drier than many other places that don’t have that reputation.… Read More »DSC Weekly Digest 26 October 2021
