AI: Friend or Foe?

AI: Friend or Foe?

Friend Artificial intelligence (AI), a term that has caught our attention for its transformative potential, is already being deployed in myriad ways, improving our lives and boosting productivity. Notable among these AI implementations is ChatGPT, a large language...
2023: The Year Ahead and Beyond

2023: The Year Ahead and Beyond

This month I experienced a glimpse of the future of Artificial Intelligence when using ChatGPT’s OpenAI platform. The following article was written by a chatbot algorithm when I typed in the following instruction: “Write an article about social, technological,...
Lessons from the World of Politics

Lessons from the World of Politics

What is politics and why should I care? For me, it all started a few weeks ago when I became interested in supporting a tax referendum. On August 2, Holland residents will vote on a millage for Holland City Fiber to install city-wide fiber optic infrastructure for the...
The Adventure Continues

The Adventure Continues

For those who may have missed it, last month’s article described my pending knee replacement. On April 11th,  I underwent surgery to replace my right knee. What I learned in the process of this phase is that it takes an army of people to support this effort. First and...