How patient are you with AI? One of the great hidden dangers of AI is its ability to diminish your patience. Ask ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini anything, and you get an answer immediately. Very reminiscent of the sign seen in various snarky places: Answers: Free Correct Answers: $1 If you want really great answers, be prepared to invest…
In this episode, we put mobile video microphones to the test. You’ll see a direct comparison of four different audio setups for iPhone video. You’ll evaluate how popular microphones perform in real-world conditions. You’ll uncover surprising issues and discover useful features you might miss. You’ll learn which budget wireless mic delivers reliable sound for your…
You still can’t measure brand strength in AI. Ashley Faus pointed out this morning on another post that a company is claiming to measure your brand strength/presence in AI. Unsurprisingly, the claim was not accompanied with a peer-reviewed dataset or methodology, or even a preprint paper. Let’s review why this is impossible today. Models are…
Disclosure: I use Generative AI (currently Google Gemini) to write these reviews. Known biases: My review prompt (which is several pages long) focuses on new knowledge. One of the most important reasons I’d read a book is to learn new things, to see how a book and its information advance knowledge in a field, help…
“A new AI thing has appeared!” This sort of announcement is an almost daily occurrence in the world of AI and a major contributor to people feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. Here’s one way to deal with that: have your own tests. This is something I deal with a lot in the use of open models…
GPT-4.5 is everything wrong with AI today. Here’s why. First, it’s ridiculously expensive for what it is. OpenAI says the costs and prices are because it’s so huge and compute intensive. When you look at its benchmarks… it kind of sucks. When you look at its API prices… it really kind of sucks. OpenAI GPT-4.5…
