Update 1: added an album of AI edit quirks below
Update 2: a fresh French look into the future of AI
Update 3: AI as a means not an end in-and-of itself
Update 4: AI data centers are not what you think!
Q: eh! can you spot the difference on this blog?
A: new header Web maps & AI for the public good
Have I mentionned that AI will need skilled writers more than skilled coders? Forbes wrote here about a US efforts in that regard. This post follows on my last AI trial, a long conversation here. Let's see here some lessons-learned in this blog, Medium Professional Channel here (Personal here) & elsewhere:
Blog
Community Engagement Series (2023)
23: AI Prompt Engineering Trial 2
A.I. Series (2024)
Medium
2017
The robots aren’t coming… they’re here!
2022
2023
2024
2025
Flickr
These AI-edited shots aren't about removing elements - esp. people - per se, but rather about removing parts that detract from the photo; in other words, both tools and pitfalls in this narrow AI context. I don't think it's worth it, however, do you? Photo pros like Martin Bond here and Paul Nickeln here certainly don't!
French Connection
I closed my Medium series on AI (see 2025 above) with Flavien Chervet: he pushes us past next-gen AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) towards "Creative Super Intelligence"; a recent presentation here (go to settings cogwheel for English auto-translate or French original) complements what I found the best intro to AI in English here (French original here)... As seen under both 2025 Medium posts above, he's part of the French & European AI wave to the American & Chinese ones.
AI-ding Tool
Here are case studies that point to a useful role for AI: to aid in accelerating preparatory work, rather than to replace actual work; it still needs to be done by humans with the help of traditional IT incl. complementary AI tech:
- Stanford professor who co-founded 4 startups: How to use AI as a 'force multiplier' to start a business - Source: CNBC
- Google's AI 'co-scientist' cracked 10-year superbug problem in just 2 days - Source: LiveScience
- ‘I sent AI to art school!’ The postmodern master who taught a machine to beef up his old work - Source: The Guardian
- “Periodic table of machine learning” could fuel AI discovery - Source: MIT News
Aaand...
... everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask about AI Data Centers:
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This wraps up a blog started 15½ yrs. ago , as I move on to my life’s next phase - deets in banner menu & sidebar index on desktop here - quite happy with 365 posts, just over ⅔M hits, incl. just under 20K this month... Thanks for reading!
