In this blog post, we will review how an entire IT infrastructure – computing, storage and networking resources – using the automation tools Ansible and Terraform. Emphasis in this blog post will be placed on Ansible. Ansible’s tag line is that it delivers: Radically simple IT Automation. It delivers on this claim through its playbook architecture covered with supporting files such as inventory files that […]
While Artificial Intelligence is the center piece topic in the realm of information technology, its less sexy counter part – boring ho-hum “Automation” – is having just as big an impact on our economy, on jobs and our civilization overall. Currently, we encounter “automation” everywhere: at the grocery story in the self-service check out lane, at the airport with the check-in kiosks, and now even […]
AI systems function best with clearly defined win/loss outcomes. Examples of clearly defined win/loss outcomes are: (1) playing a game like chess or checkers: you either win or lose, (2) investing: you either make money or lose money, or (3) analyzing x-rays: you either find the fractured bone or you don’t. For each of these applications, you can feed the specific Artificial Intelligence “Expert System” […]
In the book The Big Nine, Amy Webb lists three forms of Artificial Intelligence: (1) Artificial Narrow Intelligence (p. 53) (2) Artificial General Intelligence (p. 53) (3) Artificial Super Intelligence (p. 143) While Webb provides the three categories of AI above, there are other categories used to classify artificial intelligence. Here are three common terms used interchangably with artificial intelligence: 1). Expert Systems (Webb’s Artificial […]
[print-me] It appears that a key strategy of the Trump campaign is to call all Democratic candidates “socialists“. On the Democratic side, it appears that among the party’s most extreme left wing, being classified as a “socialist” is a badge of honor and anyone embracing “capitalism” is viewed with suspicion at best and more commonly with contempt. Since the long-term objective of this Internet Technology […]
[print-me] Dad, I followed your recommendation and read the Green New Deal. It’s only 14 pages. Because of the Congressional format that it is written in, it is actually about 6 pages of regularly formatted text. It was a really easy read. Here is a direct link to the PDF from the Congress web-site: https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hres109/BILLS-116hres109ih.pdf I find it fun to open the PDF and press […]
Two days ago, the results of a major 2020 Democratic Presidential Nomination poll was released by Quinnipaic University just north of New Haven, Connecticut. Here are the results from the web-site Real Clear Politics: https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html As poll above indicates, the the top five front runners for the 2020 Democratic Nomination are: Joe Biden (31.0 %) Bernie Sanders (15.8%) Elizabeth Warren (15.5%) Kamala Harris (8.3%) Pete Buttigieg […]
Son, I like your ideas for an extracurricular school project. Since your high school is right outside of Washington DC and since you have a “Washington Program” that takes you into DC every Wednesday, you are in a perfect position to get involved with the 2020 Presidential election in some way. Furthermore, I like your very cool idea to investigate the impact of technology in […]
In two weeks, I begin my junior year in high school. This means that I will be applying for colleges in just one year! I need to keep my grades up, do well on my SAT/ACT’s, score lots of goals for my lacrosse team (that will be lots of fun!!!) and…. participate in some extracurricular activities that make me stand out from other college applicants. […]
