Author: William Mapp (William Mapp)

Last week’s Valentine’s Day was a busy day. Lockheed Martin announced its trained AI named VISTA flew an F-16 for 17 hours in the sky. This was no VR or simulated flight, but a real AI flew a real, airborne plane. This flight represents the first time an AI has piloted a tactical aircraft. VISTA,...

Aren’t you sick of social media challenges by now? Social media clout car thieves known as the Kia Boys have been posting instructional TikTok videos showing how to steal Hyundai and Kia vehicles using a USB cable. The videos have resulted in hundreds of car thefts and 14 crashes according to the National Highway Traffic...

Mapp’s Modus on Machines Machines don’t thinkMachines can’t thinkMachines are trained on human frailtyMachines reflect human frailty Everyone likes to bask in the wonder and glow of AI. Especially when real life humans can dialog with an AI and read new human-like responses. Rampancy is a word that will soon hit mainstream discourse. For all...

My all-time saying in this land of post-modernistic devices has been: Live by the demo. Die by the demo.– William Lee Mapp, III “Toss a coin to your Google, Oh valley of plenty, oh valley plenty…” Because Google’s stock price tumbled 8% after Bard goofed on its response.” To much fanfare, Google announced, Bard, it’s...

Last week, Netflix announced plans to change its password sharing policy among family users. New account sharing protocols listed in the Help Center would require users to verify all devices attached to a specific account. Essentially, Netflix would be checking to make sure users’ devices are all in the same house or attached to the...