AI Strategist, Thinker & Philosopher
Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2010
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My latest article in @observer to coincide with New York Fashion Week: Can ChatGPT Wear Prada?
“The challenge ahead is no longer Can a machine draw a beautiful jacket? but rather Can it understand the creature who wants it?”
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My inaugural article in @thewalrus on what the research is telling us about the effects of Generative AI on adult cognition.
A fun piece to research – but an even more amusing one to write.
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Theoretically significant paper from @GoogleDeepMind on the limits of 'instantiating consciousness' with prevailing technologies.
Highly worthwhile...
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I’ve observed a change with the latest version of X on IoS when I forward a tweet on the native mail client.
The original behavior included a text preview of the tweet while the new behavior is to only include the link. Screenshots below. Confirmed on multiple devices.
It is the question I get asked more than any other: “What does Artificial Intelligence mean for my children?”
To wit, my piece in the Observer on the effects of Generative AI on childhood cognition.
As A.I. enters classrooms and homes, the real risk isn’t misinformation but the quiet erosion of developing thinking skills. trib.al/bBK0Tor
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It took 9 years and 3 billion miles to get this shot.
Pluto’s icy Mountains.
It’s been 3411 days – more than 9 years – between these two pieces I had featured on @RCScience.
From anticipation to reckoning in under a decade. Links to both articles below:
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Eight months ago, on the way to soccer practice, my six-year-old asked, “Dad, where does ChatGPT live?” and unknowingly stirred his father’s creative impulses.
The resulting piece can be found below.
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On The BetaKit Podcast, Sheldon Fernandez (@sheldonfff), former CEO of DarwinAI, opens up about what we can learn from talking to #AI.
What do we gain, what might we lose, and most importantly, how might this impact future generations?
Listen now. betakit.com/sheldon-fernande…
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Former DarwinAI CEO Sheldon Fernandez discusses the virtues of being vulnerable with his ChatGPT-4o instance. #AI betakit.com/sheldon-fernande…
An excerpt from the Jan 1991 issue of @PCMag, highlighting their technical awards for 1990.
The prose below makes for quaint reading 34 years later.
Feels apropos to share this on the first day of 2025; we’re at the precipice….
Ding’s blunder reminds me Karpov’s oversight in game 10 of the second KK match, which prefigured a changing of the guard against his youthful opponent.
Might this prove similarly portentous @Kasparov63 ?
#DingGukesh
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In the latest episode of Disruptors x CDL: The Innovation Era, we’re diving deep into the world of Artificial Intelligence with #AI pioneers @sheldonfff (DarwinAI), @korymath (@GoogleDeepMind), and @ghadfield (@UofT). @StackhouseJohn
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Looking forward to speaking at #ElevateFest2024 – one of Canada’s most influential and innovative technology conferences – next month.
Details aplenty at: elevatefestival.ca/
Hope to see you there!
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47 Contest - North America Champion #icpcwfluxor
University of Waterloo (47133)
Chess fame when you're a very weak player...
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#FIDECandidates
My opening remarks at the ‘Inclusion in the Age of AI’ panel facilitated by Diversio and BDC.
I maintain that diversity in a startup context is only sustainable when it provides an authentic commercial advantage to your company.
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