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The Battle of the Bots…And Best Tools for Transcripts
All of the major tech players are releasing every more powerful A.I. tools. While many freelancers just want a reliable way to create transcripts from recordings.
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AI in Everyday Life - Part 1 of 5
The first of five two-hour sessions about AI in Everyday Life. Discussions, demostrations, relevant videos and video clips, documents and some very recent news about the world...
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An Overview of AI in Everyday Life for SCANS (Senior Collage Association of Nova Scotia)
AI seems like it just arrived, when in fact it's pretty much everywhere. This hour-long overview was a pre-amble to a 10-hour course that went far and wide to find real-world...
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An A.I. Presentation for a local Rotary Club
The Halifax Harbour Rotary Club asked for a 15-minute presentation about A.I. and its impact on businesses.
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A.I. Show & Tell: It’s Not That Scary…
More and more freelancers are finding productive ways to use the avilable A.I. tools, and are willing to share what theyv'e learned.
Continue ReadingFacebook Phishing Scam with Canadian Connection
One of today's widely distributed junk emails is a Facebook phishing scam - Subject: Facebook Update Tool - claims that "Facebook will be implementing a new login system that will...
Continue ReadingCalling all Anglican mysoginists and homophobes: become an official Catholic
I write this with all due respect to my Catholic friends, family and colleagues.
In the news today: "Pope Benedict XVI offers a home to Anglicans who have broken with their church over...
Continue ReadingWhen Media Consolidation Goes Bad
In Monday's Globe & Mail, two full pages in the first section battled it out for the public's vote either for or against carriage fees for TV content by cable and satellite companies....
Continue ReadingAnother Home-Grown Spammer - hgmi.ca
It seems that every time I go on the road - which is when I turn on my cellphone - another local company decides to start spamming me.
The latest: Help Group Management (hgmi.ca) of...
Continue ReadingApple vs Adobe - Web developers caught in the cross fire
Apple's refusal to allow web-based Flash applications to run on the web browser on either the iPhone or the iPod Touch continues to drive web developers crazy. Like it or not, Flash is...
Continue ReadingSegway's in the Street as Bell Aliant Rolls out FibreOp in Fredericton
"Call it FTTT - fibre to the tent," quipped one Bell Aliant exec as company reps in their new blue windbreakers and white shirts bearing the FibreOp logo showed of the new service to...
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