GenAI Diary (page) ...The absence of critical thinking in the research design of a recent MIT Media Lab study of student misuse of ChatGPT

Last update: Sunday 6/22/25

This note discusses the absence of critical thinking in the research design of a recent MIT Media Lab study of student misuse of ChatGPT.  

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How and why we should build a national library of generative AI use cases and benchmark tests

Last update: Monday 6/9/25

Coding has rapidly become the most successful use case for Large Language Models. Models can now code so well that all Big Tech and many smaller companies are making drastic reductions in the size of their coding staffs. That's bad news ... for software engineers. 

The good news ... for experts in a wide range of other fields ... is that new employment opportunities are just over the horizon for computer savvy personnel who learn how to use generative AI to solve complex problems in their fields. So how can they learn these new skills? Click Here to read more ... 

GenAI Diary (page) ... The failure of Apple's leadership to comprehend the impact of the generative AI revolution on Internet search

Last update: Friday 5/16/25

The Generative AI revolution has upended Internet search, replacing it with a new paradigm. This note discusses the failure of Apple's current leadership to perceive the real potential winners and losers in this upheaval, a misperception that reflects its broader failure to perceive the historic implications of the generative AI revolution. Note: The essential points of this discussion were dramatized in one of our recent podcasts ... (GenAI Diary home page)

GenAI Diary (page) ... Savvy computer users moving from chatbots to agents to writing their own agents using natural language

Last update: Sunday 5/11/25

The editor of this blog recently read a fascinating article in VentureBeat, then watched VentureBeat’s YouTube podcast. Both claimed that genAI is entering a new phase wherein non-coders can build their own agents using natural language. We aren't there yet, but this new phase is coming fast ... (GenAI Diary home page)

So the editor asked ChatGPT on GPT-4o to provide an overview of the latest developments with regards to the development of agents using natural language prompts.