Sometimes you can find wisdom in unexpected places. What did I see on this morning’s walk? A sign reminding me that “Hill Blocks View”. This year has been quite a significant hill for me. I was blessed with SO many tremendously great opportunities and accomplishments. I gave two invited keynote talks - one of which was on a TREMENDOUS stage in Albania. I did the technical writing of two very large, technical, complicated, and very successful RFP responses.
I had the opportunity to check out ChatGPT this week. Honestly, I didn’t have high expectations. There has been so much chatter about this tool, that I was sure that there was more hype than substance. I decided to give it an hour to see what it was all about. My very first impression was that it is actually much more like a research project or proof of concept than a product.
I, myself, am a student of Indian dialects. Are you? Do you know Colonel Pickering, the author of Spoken Sanskrit? I am Colonel Pickering. Who are you? I’m Henry Higgins, author of Higgins’ Universal Alphabet. I came from India to meet you! I was going to India to meet you! My Fair Lady (film), 1964 Much of the way that science (and many other fields) is conducted and evaluated today is heavily influenced by the foundations established in Europe during the Scientific Revolution in the 1600s.