This is not a post about the Chinese version of ‘the Panic Room’. This is a post about artificial intelligence and the different types of AI out there.
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The negative/positive trait thesaurus
Writing a great story starts with thinking up great characters. This sounds easier than it is. Two tools that can help are the positive and negative trait thesauruses.
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Avengers: Endgame is out, eleven years after the first Iron Man movie kicked off the Marvel cinematic universe. Forming the capstone to a twenty-two movie story arc is a pretty tall order. Let’s see how it fared.
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Above is a picture of a deep sea fish called the Mariana snailfish. This fish lives at 8 kilometers deep, or roughly 5 miles, and is transparent. It got me thinking about science fiction.
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In my career as a software developer, I’ve seen a lot of television and novels mangle the depiction of hackers. Today, let’s go blow apart some of those erroneous depictions.
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