Robots

The Yuck Factor

The Yuck Factor

The Yuck Factor is best explained with an example.  Suppose you pull off a panel to begin working on some network equipment, and you find a dead rodent.  That would be a YF = 7.  Other discoveries like multiple rodents – or their time of death – might raise the number.  If on the other […]

Introducing ChatGPT

Introducing ChatGPT

The first chatbot was ELIZA, created in 1966 by computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT. ELIZA was designed to simulate a psychotherapist in natural language conversations and was based on pattern matching and substitution methods. ELIZA was designed to simulate a psychotherapist as a way to demonstrate the power of computer language processing. Joseph Weizenbaum […]

How Does That Make You Feel?

How Does That Make You Feel?

When someone asks you if robots are taking over our jobs, there are only two possible answers: (1) Yes and (2) I don’t know.  If you chose (2), then your job will probably be one of the first to go. If in fact a robot does replace your job, you will not be alone; each […]