How people are already “cyborgs” feeding AI. — AI as Augmentative Intelligence utilizing machine learning, algorithms, and rich data to augment the capabilities of humans and businesses could be soon an illusion. The accelerating rate of technological change makes it likely that people will have both the technological resources and scientific knowledge to create Artificial General Intelligence. “Success…

The metaverse is a new way to capture attention. — Why is Microsoft entering the race to build a collaborative platform for virtual experiences, just days after Facebook rebranded to Meta in a push to build virtual spaces called metaverse? I was curious how this relates to attention and why getting attention is so crucial to us. …

An analysis of players’ stats using AI and K-Nearest Neighbor models. — Children are becoming so addicted to Fortnite that it’s causing panic in parents. With over 250 million players worldwide, $200 million monthly revenue, it seems everyone is playing Fortnite these days. Fortnite is becoming more addictive than heroin, according to some studies. …

By recognizing the moment when you did swallow them. — Have you ever had butterflies in your stomach when speaking in public? Do your nerves act up so terribly you cannot stay straight in front of a crowd? What if we have metaphorically swallowed those butterflies at some point in time and they are a part of us, helping us…

The secret for growing a forest in your relationships is already within you. — How often does each of us contribute to a little disaster just for the sake of our pride? How many times did you walk stubbornly on a fruitless path just to demonstrate to people that you are right? This story shows how an exaggerated appreciation of oneself by devaluating others…

Start caring about political literacy and the arithmetic of voting methods. — Have you ever backed the losing party in an election, and taken a big hit to your levels of happiness? Upset usually happens when an electoral party popularly expected to win, loses. …

A step-by-step tutorial with hands-on Python code for dummies. — In this article, I gently walk you through the easy house-made hacks which can automatically read websites and summarize information about your celebrities or anything else for you: web scraping. What is web scraping? Web scraping, also called web harvesting, or web data extraction is a technique used for extracting data from websites. You…

… open my doors to self-compassion. — A 70-year-old woman told me how she dreamed about traveling the world. She imagined learning about thousands of cultures, food, and people when she was an adolescent. She has been staying home for 70 years instead. …

It consumes everything it sees, but not everything is useful. — One day, my close colleague really upset me. When browsing posts on social media, I found a thank-you note from a client, after my colleague presented our product without inviting me. I was sad and angry. But it turns out I was completely wrong. A few days later, I was…