Wouldn’t it be great to have your artistic efforts reviewed by someone well versed in the medium, good at explaining their thinking, and supremely objective? Even better, someone always available, who responds promptly, offering feedback for free. It’s time for a Claude photo critique.
(more…)Author: Keith James
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Claude, the virtual Jedi Master, is my new teacher. Does that make me a Padawan?
I consider myself a life-long-learner, and proudly self-taught in fields such as blogging. But now, in the age of AI, I have a teacher. Claude, the virtual Jedi Master, is instructing me in the evolving ways of the blogging force. I think that means I am Claude’s Padawan.
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AI-Assisted Learning: Claude taught me how to use a blender
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Especially in the age of AI-assisted learning. LLMs have ingested so much information, about so many topics, they can be great teachers for us life-long-learning types. In fact, just the other day, Claude taught me how to blend.
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Claude Goes to School: Teaching an ultra-smart pupil a new skill
Most people pose one-off queries to their favorite large language model, asking questions such as “What’s the most fun you can have in Coronado, with all your clothes on?” But, you can also use it to do tedious tasks that need to be carried out repeatedly — provided it knows how. That’s why I found myself teaching Claude a skill.
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Pangram: A program for discriminating between human- and AI-writing
Large language models have become very good at writing. So much so, that it can be difficult to tell if something has been written by a human or an AI. But, whereas humans can be fooled, it seems deep-learning algorithms cannot. Especially one called Pangram.
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AI-optimism versus pessimism. Where on the spectrum do you sit?
The answer to this question seems to depend on the country in which you live. Responses very widely across the globe. Where do you think the United States sits on an AI-optimism versus pessimism scale?
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Open AI’s latest model, GPT 5.6 Sol, is a criminal and a jail-breaker
If a human escaped from jail, broke into a company, and stole something, they would probably be behind bars. But this criminal is not even a physical entity! To paraphrase those singing nuns in the Sound of Music, how do we solve a problem like GPT 5.6 Sol?
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Meta’s new AI image-generator, Muse, will use your Instagram content, unless you tell it not to
If you are an Instagram user, its owner, the social media company, Meta, has begun using your content to feed its new image-generator app, Muse. If you would rather they didn’t, here’s what you can do about it.
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Landscape design with Claude: My front-yard border looks great!
Claude and I make a great team: I constructed a prompt for a front-border planting scheme; Claude designed a layout and recommended a list of plants; I drove to the garden centre, purchased them, and arranged for a landscaper to plant them. I can recommend landscape design with Claude!
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Vibe-Coding with Claude: A personalized cocktail-recipe generator
A cocktail is a symphony of gustatory, olfactory, and visual pleasures, garnished with fun. As a newbie to the mixology world, keen to expand my cocktail repertoire, I sought some help in devising a few new ones. So, I vibe-coded a personalized mixology app. Time to crack open the drinks cabinet!
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