Understanding the da Vinci robot

The Intuitive Surgical da Vinci robot is the king-of-the-hill in this industry. Every year, nearly 2 million procedures are done with their robot. Understanding the field has to start with understanding what this robot can do. I found a great video that shows the...
Book 2: Against a Viral Threat

Book 2: Against a Viral Threat

The second book is with the developmental editor now. She is checking the story for plot and character problems. I sometimes make dumb mistakes like changing a character name in the middle of the story, forgetting that some fact has already been discovered, or...
Book 2 Cover Survey

Book 2 Cover Survey

Well I surveyed several authors and friends about the new cover design. Should I keep the “tech” style from Book 1? Or move to a human character for Book 2? Overwhelmingly, most of them said they preferred the tech-style of Book 1. Some said the beautiful...
Book 2 Progress

Book 2 Progress

Book 2 is coming along well. Dr. Monica Gray has graduated from her fellowship and created a practice in partnership with the Adam Two AI. They stumble on a virus that is killing their patients and they use the power of the Mark V robot and the AI to create a solution...
AI: Neither  Good nor Evil

AI: Neither Good nor Evil

Mo Gawdat’s view of emerging AI power is similar to that in my novels. I present my AI as neither good nor evil, but logical and consistent with the information it has learned. The actions it takes are what any consistently logical person would take in its...
Studying AI

Studying AI

Dozens (or hundreds) of online courses are coming out on #generativeAI. A couple of years ago, I invested my time and money into taking every course that was created by Andrew Ng and his team at DeepLearning.AI. They were fantastic, especially if you want to do the...