Kindly note that Elon and the boys will be live-streaming the introduction of Grok 4 this evening at 8 PST. I’ll be watching! Just tune in to XAI’s channel on X.
Grok 4 Livestream
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Doctor Do Little
When I got my TRS-80 computer in 1980, one of the very first programs I bought for it was Eliza, which was an exceptionally simple implementation of what seemed to be an electronic psychologist. I found it fascinating, and it was extra cool that Eliza was born the same year I was.
Arrested Development
I just watched this funny RiffTrax of a movie from the 1950s about flying on a jet.
Even though this is about seven years old (!!!!!), it’s amazing how almost nothing about the passenger experience has changed for the better. The flying time is the same. The process is the same. In fact, the only improvement over that period of time is that the seats are about 1/7th of their original size. At least the kids were allowed to roam freely and pretend they were part of the staff.
Jean-etic Engineering
What’s Replaced It?
I think it’s great that high schools are drinking a lot less (although, let’s face it, I like most charts with a downward slope), but I can’t help wonder what vice has replaced it? It’s not like they all became saints.
