Views Expressed Podcast
1) Moral Injury and War
Many years ago, we stood up a new M-1B Predator squadron—the 20th Reconnaissance Squadron. The last time the squadron had been activated was during the Vietnam War, when US Air Force pilots flew O-1s,...Show More
2) A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
You probably don’t remember 110 film. It doesn’t come in a cylindrical can like 35mm film. It comes preloaded on a roll that looks a little like an old phone receiver—two small, black cylinders connec...Show More
3) Thanksgiving
I got bit by the publishing bug in 2013. I was applying to graduate schools and I didn’t have a writing sample from my undergraduate days that I was happy with. So, I decided to write a new paper. Wit...Show More
4) Hallucinations Are in The Air
Glen Powell hosted SNL last weekend. It was one of the best episodes I’ve seen in awhile. (Beware, spoilers).In Powell’s opening monologue, he tells the story of the first time he was supposed to host...Show More
5) Forgiveness Isn't Human
It’s easy to be vindictive, to be to be selfish. It’s easier to burn bridges than it is to mend them.The quotation that keeps coming to mind is from Julius Campbell in Boaz Yakin’s 2000 classic, Remem...Show More
6) AI Boom or AI Bubble?
I was writing something this week that caused me to look up what movie contains the line, “I’m gonna look out for myself, and I’m gonna get mine.” (Do you know the movie?). I consulted Google search a...Show More
7) Language and Medicine Cups
Note:This excerpt is part of a longer, unpublished project on language and artificial intelligence.“Fine,” my dad said. “Take the medicine if you want. If you don’t want to take it, that’s fine, too!”...Show More
8) A Day at Google
I was at Google’s headquarters (The “Googleplex”) in Mountain View, California last month for the Imagination in Action conference. There is plenty I could write about—a Distinguished Researcher at De...Show More
9) A Love Letter
When I was young, I used to build those plastic model airplanes you can find at hobby stores. When they were finished, instead of putting them on a shelf, my dad helped me to hang them from the ceilin...Show More
10) The Era of AI Slop Has Arrived
I couldn’t sign a PDF. I don’t know why I couldn’t sign it. I could sign other PDFs, just not this one. I finally joined a Teams call with an IT technician. He took control of my computer and checked ...Show More