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ChatGPT Fabricated A Plausible, But Incorrect, Biography Of Me.

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments AI, ai ethics, artificial intelligence, charles seife, chatgpt, ethics in ai, gpt, nlp, openai, science

In December, science and mathematics journalist Charles Seife was disturbed to learn that he, according to OpenAI’s new natural language

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Business & Economics Finance Urban Planning Finance Tech

The Collapse Of SVB Is A Big Deal. It’s Not a Catastrophic Big Deal.

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 1929, charles perrow, FDIC, federal deposit insurance corporation, federal reserve bank, glass-steagall, Great Depression, investment banking, matterport, mehrsa baradaran, NASDAQ, normal accidents, QQQ, savings and loan, silicon valley bank, svb, tech banks, tech bubble, tech crash, the color of money

The tech world and the finance world are both abuzz this week over the nearly overnight collapse of Silicon Valley

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Art & Design Tech

Midjourney AI: Escaping Down The Rabbit Hole

March 10, 2023March 10, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments

In recent weeks, I’ve done a cannonball off the high-dive into the deep end of the world of what I

Historic preservation Construction Energy Tech

Matterport 101 – Three Unusual Use Cases

December 9, 2022December 9, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments afro deli, afro deli st. paul, dubuque, ford motor company, ilitch, matterport, matterport camera, matterport pro 2, mattertag, Michigan Central Station, moten, saturday night building detroit, use cases for matterport

The Matterport platform offers plenty of opportunities well outside the realm of simply creating virtual tours for real estate listings.

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Sustainability Mobility Energy Tech

Move Over, Trucks: It’s Time For Smaller Delivery Solutions

October 14, 2022October 14, 2022 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bike infrastructure, carbon footprint, cargo bikes, decarbonizing transportation, drayage, drone, drone delivery, drones, ebike, ebikes, electric bicycle, electric bikes, electric cargo bikes, electric mobility, electric trucks, electric vehicles, emobility, EVs, fleet electrification, green transportation, mobility, mobility innovation, mobiltiy, quadricopter, tech bros

Delivery drones, we are told, will change everything. There are some hurdles, but according to recent research, drones might just be the best bet for most– but not all- local delivery.

Business & Economics Politics Tech

Truth Social, Trump’s New Platform, Is Owned By … The Chinese?

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 4chan, china yunhong holdings, digital world acquisition corp, Donald Trump, DWAC, facebook, gab, instagram, parler, pravda, rumble, social, social media, spac, special purpose acquisition company, stock, stock market, stonk, stonks, telegram, trump, truth social, twitter, what is a spac, whatsapp, wuhan, wuhan china

News broke yesterday that former president Donald J. Trump is starting a new social network. Beyond the quotidian ridicule, especially

Business & Economics Energy Tech

In Irrational Markets, Bitcoin Mining Uses– And Abuses- Local Power

September 29, 2021September 29, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bitcoin, bitcoin mining, bitcoin mining rig, blockchain, brightridge, crypto, cryptobros, cryptocurrency, dresden ny, economic developer, economic development, environmental impact of bitcoin, greenidge, industrial bitcoin mining operations, market capitalization of bitcoin, rural economic development, the taste that kids crave, upstate new york

Economic development is good, right? Well, perhaps not so much if it involves infuriating local residents with noise or point source air or thermal pollution.

Business & Economics Tech Rural Issues

Amazon, Lifeline or Scourge For Retail-Starved, Rural Communities?

September 21, 2021September 21, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amazon, amazon prime, Amazon Web Services, distribution facilities, economic development, fedex, free shipping, georgetown maine, jeff bezos, jeff bezos blue origin, logistics, rural, rural economic development, rural juror, sagadahoc county, shipping, ups, USPS, usps dejoy, warehouseing, westport maine, why is fedex so bad

Amazon is committed to a money-losing strategy to try and cop rural market share. But it’s not exactly a great deal for consumers, either. Looking at some examples from Maine and an example from California, we can learn a bit about the challenges facing retail in rural communities as well as how Amazon is (maybe) thinking about this issue.

Culture & Language Tech

Flashback: Jump Raven, A Forgotten 1994 Video Game, Predicts 2021.

September 3, 2021September 14, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments 1994, biodiversity, climate change, cyborg, cyborgs, disaster, doom, duke nukem, dystopia, dystopian, dystopian future, freeware, hurricane ida, hypercard, james cameron, jump raven, lunicus, moxy fruvous, new york city flooding, new york city subway flooding, quake, robots, rush limbaugh, sea level rise, shareware, storms, supercard, titanic adventure out of time, video games, william appleton

Battling techno-nazis in the climate change-flooded streets of New York City in this largely forgotten 1994 video game, and remembering the glory days of 90’s optimism and shareware.

Business & Economics Tech

Bitcoin and the Energy Illogic of Cryptocurrency

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bitcoin, bitcoin SV, blockchain, BTC, coinbase, coinmarketcap, crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptographhy, energy, ETH, ethereum, kilowatts, kola nuts

The price collapse of Bitcoin today raises some valuable questions about the value– and environmental impact- of continuing to use it and mine it.

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