https://www.peterhiltz.com/en/tags/technology/ Recent content in technology on Peterhiltz.com Hugo -- gohugo.io en ©{year}, All Rights Reserved Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:18:19 -0400 daily https://www.peterhiltz.com/en/posts/bitcoin/ Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:18:19 -0400 Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:18:19 -0400 https://www.peterhiltz.com/en/posts/bitcoin/ Bitcoin is another example of the gig economy - outsourcing business costs to someone else who may or may not recover their costs. In addition, there is the question of its impact on the environment. Let’s spend a minute thinking about what bitcoin really is. Bitcoin is a let’s pretend commodity, limited by contract to 21 million bitcoins. Simplifying greatly, bitcoins are supposed to be a way to exchange value and anonymously with the transaction guaranteed by cryptoanalysis. Peter Hiltz politics technology posts https://www.peterhiltz.com/en/posts/chatbot-patents/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:18:19 -0400 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 14:18:19 -0400 https://www.peterhiltz.com/en/posts/chatbot-patents/ Microsoft was just granted a patent on creating a conversational chat bot of a specific person. The chat bot’s personality would apparently be based on images, voice data, social media posts, electronic messages and more personal information. The Independent claims Microsoft Patent Shows Plans to Revive Dead Loved Ones as Chat bots. Seances would take on new life, but it could also prevent someone from moving on. I leave it to the psychologists as to whether this would be a good thing or bad thing. Peter Hiltz technology posts