Author: Bill

  • Feeling Overwhelmed by The Current Political Climate?

    A determined woman stands at the forefront of a vibrant community gathering. The text at the top of the image says, "Rise Together," revealing hope.

    You’re not alone.

    🌟 Here’s how we rise:

    1. Embrace resilience. Shift from despair to determination. Our ancestors faced darker times and still pressed on. Their spirit lives within us.
    2. Stay engaged. Make your voice heard. Women are leading the charge in early voting. Be part of the wave for change.
    3. Reach out and show support. Build and strengthen your community. Every good deed counts. Be the light someone needs.
    4. Get active in your community. Participate in grassroots movements. Harris and Walz have created momentum with massive field operations involving thousands of dedicated volunteers. Join them.
    5. Focus on the positives. Highlight the potential for progress. A win could improve countless lives.

    Act now. Together, we shape the future.

    ♻️ Share if this resonates with you. Thanks!

  • ChatGPT for Beginners

    Two women working at a computer.

    ChatGPT is an advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI.

    It’s designed for natural language conversations, enabling you to interact with it like talking to a friend or colleague.

    It’s in the name!

    Chat – refers to conversation.

    GPT – refers to Generative Pretrained Transformer

    GPT is an AI type trained on text data—books, articles, websites—to understand and generate conversational human-like responses.

    ChatGPT can assist with a wide range of tasks.

    In addition to ChatGPT being used for individual use, ChatGPT can be integrated into products.

    This allows developers to enhance their products with natural language understanding and generation capabilities.

    For example, I have a sleep app that can summarize my sleep and give me a text summary of how I slept.


    How to think about ChatGPT and AI

    While many people use terms like AI and ChatGPT interchangeably, it’s important to note AI is a broad field that has been around for decades.

    Here’s how to think about the terms:

    • AI is the umbrella category.
      • Machine learning is a subset of AI.
        • Deep learning is a subset of machine learning.
          • Generative AI is a subset of deep learning.
            • ChatGPT is an example of the generative AI model.

    However, most news about “AI” today refers to generative AI like ChatGPT.


    How to start using ChatGPT

    You don’t need to download or create an account to use ChatGPT!

    Go to chat.openai.com, where you can access it completely free.

    I recommend creating an account to save your conversation history, which helps ChatGPT learn your preferences over time. You can still do this for free.

    To start using ChatGPT, type a question into the text input box that says “Message ChatGPT” or click one of the suggested pre-made questions.

    You are now entering an ongoing back-and-forth conversation with ChatGPT.

    As you continue talking with ChatGPT, it will better personalize its answers for your specific needs. It’s just like talking to a friend or colleague. You can ask follow-up questions, seek clarification, or discuss different topics.

    If you sign up for an account, ChatGPT will remember your conversations. Again, it’s free to create an account.

    The free version lets you experience ChatGPT 4o-mini, which is robust and adequate for learning ChatGPT.

    There you go! You can now start exploring and learning the power of ChatGPT.

    Leave a comment if you need more help, and I’ll do my best to respond.

  • Thanksgiving and Gratitude

    Gratitude is the Attitude

    Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

    It turns what we have into enough, and more.

    It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, and confusion to clarity.

    Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events.

    Gratitude can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

    -Melody Beattie

  • First Blog Post for NEW MEDIA b in 2024

    Welcome to NEW MEDIA b.

    Today, Wednesday, 11/27/24, a lot is happening in politics and AI.

    In politics, Republican Donald Trump is the president-elect.

    There are so many apps to use for AI it can be overwhelming.

    More to come on both topics and more.