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Thomas Smith

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As seen in: Bay Area Telegraph, Elemental, Forge, Medium, OneZero, The Startup, IEEE Spectrum, SFGate, Substack, Flipboard, YourTango and
Covers:  Technology, food, travel, AI, and the San Francisco Bay Area
Award-winning, Johns Hopkins trained AI expert with 14 years experience. "A Veteran Programmer" - @nytimes. AI consultant, photographer and YouTuber.
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Bay Area squirrels are splooting and it's freaking people out

Bay Area squirrels are splooting and it's freaking people out

If you looked out your front window and saw a squirrel stretched out spread-eagle and motionless on your lawn…

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Don't Take Our Kodachrome Away

Don't Take Our Kodachrome Away

The 19th and 20th centuries saw a dizzying array of photographic technologies, from the daguerreotypes that l…

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Medium Is Building a Monetized Alternative to Twitter

Medium Is Building a Monetized Alternative to Twitter

If you got paid $0.50 to $1.00 (or more) for every Tweet you wrote, would you use Twitter more often? Most co…

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This Musician Shared His Personal Cell Phone Number Online

This Musician Shared His Personal Cell Phone Number Online

Would you share your personal cell phone number online, and commit to speaking with anyone who decides to cal…

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I Got My File From Clearview AI, and It Freaked Me Out

I Got My File From Clearview AI, and It Freaked Me Out

Have you ever had a moment of paranoia just before posting a photo of yourself (or your kid) on social media?…

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Inside the mission control center for California's power grid

Inside the mission control center for California's power grid

As Bay Area residents tried hard to stay cool during the September heat wave, a group of people worked franti…

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Why OpenAI's Codex Won't Replace Coders

Why OpenAI's Codex Won't Replace Coders

The struggle that most companies have maintaining code causes a second problem: fragility. Every new feature …

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