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Gave my first demo to a prospective customer this morning.
Phew! Went ok! Maybe?
My spiel has a strong “don’t use #AI, do this instead” theme. Since this was for people who were pretty technical I went into some detail about why #machinelearning for this problem was using a hammer to perform heart surgery. My wife watched the faces while I did the demo. She said the ML engineers in the group looked shocked and dismayed.
Getting real, though, I don’t think their careers are in grave danger.
Still. I wanted to get through to their bosses. Even if nothing comes of this for my little venture, I’m glad some boss-types got to hear an explanation of why ML and “big data” tech is often really bad. Bad in a way they would understand as bad. And crucially: not at all inevitable. There’s usually a better way.
A way that also happens to be more humane. Didn’t have the nerve to say that part. Not proud of that. 😔
I’ll get better at this.
Anyway. Time to go love on a couple of donkeys now. #asstodon
Hugged the horse. Glad that he seems to like that. I guess horses and humans have grown up together as species and kind of got used to accommodating each other’s emotional needs.
@impermanen_ you did well! don't be too hard on yourself!
thanks for the cute ass pic! I always send them to my ill friend and it brings her a lot of joy 💚
@bazkie oh good. I think posting random snapshots of the donkeys may be my most valuable contribution to the world.
@impermanen_ @bazkie That is a pretty good contribution! More than some.
@impermanen_ it's important!! 
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