LowededWookie

LowededWookie

Random access to my brain. This blog has photos by me, words by me, and thoughts by me.


Fair test of AI

18 Dec 2025 15 minute read 2 comments lowededwookie

In my post The State of AI two years on I looked back on a previous post I had written two years prior Is AI a tool, a gimmick, or the death of us all? Part 1. In both I put a phrase into the chat and looked at the results. The results were interesti...

The Future of AI: Why pineapple on a pizza is not the real story

1 Dec 2025 3 minute read 0 comments lowededwookie

Yesterday, while driving home, a random thought popped into my head:If “pizza” basically means bread, why do people lose their minds over pineapple on pizza? Seriously—have these folks never had a ham, pineapple, and cheese toasted sandwich? That’s...

Can you predict the unpredictable?

20 Nov 2025 5 minute read 0 comments lowededwookie

On face value, the answer to that question is obvious. If it is unpredictable, then by its nature, you can't predict it. But as a motorcyclist, I can assure you that there is nothing that is truly unpredictable. When I lived in Upper Hutt, I worked...

Apple Intelligence, intelligent path or fallen by the wayside?

11 Nov 2025 6 minute read 0 comments lowededwookie

If you listen to the markets, Apple is so far behind in the AI race that it will die in the next 5 years if it doesn't do something. These statements are as old as time itself. Apple has been "about to die in the next 5 years" for the past 40 so all...

The state of AI two years on

9 Nov 2025 7 minute read 1 comment lowededwookie

Two years ago I started a series called "Is AI a tool, a gimmick, or the death of us all". It was a 5 part series examining AI and what it is doing for us, what it will do for us, and what it can't do for us. For interest here are the articles: Is A...

Like Arnie - I'm back

9 Nov 2025 1 minute read 2 comments lowededwookie

It's been over a year since I last posted. I was going through a health kick and my last post was June 2024. A lot has changed since then with me spending more and more time on the HIVE platform. My last post was 7 months ago. That was the time that...

Is AI a tool, a gimmick, or the death of us all? Part 5

16 Apr 2023 4 minute read 0 comments lowededwookie

We've so far looked at what AI can do. We've looked at what it gets right and wrong. We've also shown how future AI could make our lives easier. In this final part we'll look at whether its potential is damaging to our future or not. In the example...

Is AI a tool, a gimmick, or the death of us all? Part 4

13 Apr 2023 9 minute read 0 comments lowededwookie

Disclaimer: What you're about to read is a made-up scenario. While I use Apple as the protagonist, I have no clue if Apple is working on this or has even thought about this. I chose Apple as it has the technical know-how and the desire to put users b...

Is AI a tool, a gimmick, or the death of us all? Part 3

6 Apr 2023 2 minute read 0 comments lowededwookie

You may have noticed in the past couple of posts in this series an image of the Terminator typing on a laptop. Using Bing I was able to create this image by entering “Terminator typing on a laptop”. This is pretty cool and shows how AI is advancing....

Is AI a tool, a gimmick, or the death of us all? Part 2

31 Mar 2023 4 minute read 1 comment lowededwookie

In my previous post I posted a travel log that I had created for me using Bing's AI Chat. As good as the result is, it is also completely flawed and I'm about to explain why. But first, let's look at the parameters I used to create that travel log:...