That note kept mathematicians busy for the next three and a half centuries. Let us talk about what Fermat left in a margine.
Everyone Expected AI to Come From the Big Companies
Everyone expected AI to come from the big companies. They had the money, the data, the researchers and a twenty year head start. The research came out of those labs. The products did not, and the reason has very little to do with talent or budget.
Ten AI Phrases We Use Too Often
In 2013 I wrote a small list of phrases developers used too often. Twelve years later, the phrases have changed and the wincing has not. Here are ten I hear every week, and what each one usually means.
Tech Conferences: Five Questions About the Money
I said tech conferences are worth every hour and the sessions are not. Nobody argued about the sessions. They wrote about money instead, and five questions arrived.
Emoji Are Obsolete
Emoji are obsolete. There, I have written it. I do not entirely believe it.
A few days ago I wrote to a client: “We need to talk about the index strategy.”
The Job That Was Never There
The job that was never there is the hardest one to explain. After the last post, my inbox filled up for four days. The hardest messages were not from people who had lost a job.
Who Is Going to Do My Job Now?
Who is going to do my job now. That was the question in an email that arrived at 4:41 this morning, from a man who gave sixteen years to one company and handed his laptop back before lunch yesterday.