Sabbath mode and assistive technology features "There's a secret mode that comes with almost all large ovens, refrigerators, dishwashers, and other large kitchen appliances. It is called Sabbath mode, and there is a very specific reason it is provided by the manufacturer." WYSIWYGPT "[ChatGPT] caused an avalanche of news items and blog posts calling'game over' for web developers and that soon all the work to build web products will be done by machines. Any person will be able to do that job -- all you need to do is to ask the chatbot the right questions." Advertising folk, it's time to rethink what we're selling "Every time we step on a bus or open a social media app, the invisible hand of our industry is there to build demand for new products and services that might make life better. And with up to 10,000 ads floating into our consciousness every day, how can we resist?"

Today, several product vendors talk about using machine learning for a variety of reasons such as to make intelligent predictions and to understand customers better and provide a more personalized service. However, usually, the details of how exactly these vendors employ machine learning is a little mushy. A few years ago, in one of my earlier organizations, we decided to make learning recommendations more relevant for employees. In addition to scanning an employee's profile and previous learning history, we coded the application to look at his peer group – what others in his own team/ organization/ career level were learning, and make useful learning recommendations. This application was definitely smarter than a system that made uni-dimensional suggestions – for e.g.