PinnedEric NewtonI Talk To RobotsWill right-wing media come down hard on accurate and contextual artificial intelligence?·3 min read·Jan 30, 2024----
PinnedEric NewtonTalked with the world’s coolest chatbot about supporting nonprofit journalismChatGPT is the best artificial intelligence chatbot out there. It feels alive, and it writes quickly and well.·4 min read·Dec 8, 2022----
Eric NewtonPlease, Alexa, You’re Better Than ThisIn this brave new digital age, all robots should be required to identify themselves.·3 min read·Mar 29, 2024----
Eric NewtonThe Wikipedia editing story that won’t dieIt’s been 18 years, and the anonymous editors of Wikipedia, as wonderful as they can be, are still doing me wrong.·6 min read·Jul 4, 2023----
Eric NewtonArtificial Intelligence, yes or no or …If you ask artificially intelligent ChatGPT to answer questions with a single word, it will. Just add “answer in one word” to each…·3 min read·Dec 28, 2022----
Eric NewtonWhen the writing isn’t finishedNine days before my wife died, she forwarded a Brevity Blog post, “The Death of a Writer,” which asked:·4 min read·Feb 27, 2022----
Eric NewtonLennon’s death didn’t end the 60sNote: I’ve been finishing Circle Way, a book by my wife, Mary Ann Hogan, who died last year from lymphoma.·3 min read·Dec 8, 2020--1--1
Eric NewtonElection DayOver the hill in Muir Woods awaits a cathedral of ancient redwoods:1 min read·Nov 3, 2020----
Eric NewtonI can do thisi am the Monterey Cyprus — is this all you’ve got!?1 min read·Nov 1, 2020----