AI in the World Today
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Who Will Be in Control?
We’ve spent a lot of time in this class talking about an AI dystopia. A world where the AI owners’ control all of us through their powerful apps that become ubiquitous in our lives. AI will set our work targets – if we have work to go to. AI will curate our news, our music,…
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Fake Dating; AI use in Dating Apps
https://pimeyes.com/en/tutorials/how-to-spot-fake-dating-profile Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming dating apps by enhancing user experiences and improving matchmaking. Apps like Tinder and Match.com use AI to analyze user data, preferences, and behaviours to suggest more compatible matches, making the process personalized and efficient (Forsey, 2024) . Features such as AI-powered photo selection, conversational chatbots, and even simulated blind…
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An AI Supported Strategic Plan for Political Change
A Strategic Plan for Change Economic Disruption Through AI Disrupting the U.S. economy could be an effective means to bring about change. AI-powered campaigns can be used to promote strategic consumer behavior shifts, leading to economic recalibration. Some key initiatives include: “No Buy 2025” Campaign: Encouraging a 20% reduction in discretionary spending. Since discretionary spending…
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Clinical Supervision
Registered mental health therapists must have regular supervisory sessions with a clinical supervisor. The live supervisory sessions with clients can be uncomfortable for therapists, and there is a tendency to avoid them. With mental health relapse rates after 18 months as high as 60% (Shehzad, et. al., 2017) and spontaneous recovery from most mental health…
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Objective/Subjective – Not Any More
Interrater reliability in subjective assessments is notoriously poor. This means that when two teachers (lecturers, professors, whatever) mark the same essay, they rarely agree on what grade to give. I have seen grade differences as large as an ‘A’ to a ‘C’. What usually happens in this case is that the two get together and…
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AI: Fly Strike Monitoring in Sheep
One of the biggest issues farmers face when it comes to sheep farming is Myiasis or more commonly known as fly strike. This occurs when wet, warm conditions attract flies to dirty, wet wool. They lay their eggs and when they hatch, they eat away at the host’s flesh (Fly Strike in Pets, 2025). This…
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How to Leverage AI for Profit: Active and Passive Strategies
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, offering individuals and businesses new ways to generate revenue. Whether through active engagement—using AI to create, market, or sell—or passive strategies like AI-powered investing, the opportunities are vast. In this post, I will explore two primary ways to use AI for financial gain: Active Use and Passive Use.…
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Gotcha… Did Not
Do you remember the thrill of playing outside until the streetlights flickered on? The laughter of friends as you raced across the yard, dodging an imaginary foe or strategizing your next move in a game of pure ingenuity? Somewhere along the way, many of these classic childhood games have faded into obscurity, replaced by screens…
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Terminator – Rise of the Machines
Recent research suggests that some large that some large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated the ability to self-replicate, marking a significant and concerning milestone in AI development. In December 2024, researchers from Fudan University in China reported that two popular LLMs successfully created functional copies of themselves without human assistance: Meta’s Llama31-70B-Instruct achieved self-replication in…
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Hiding from Ai Facial Recognition
As Artificial Intelligence continues to evolve; there will inevitably be pros and cons to how it is used. For example, facial recognition. It can be used to detect different animals, places and faces. Meta data now records everything we snap photos of: location, time, place. Now, facial recognition can do that too. We all had…