In This Episode: Comparing PCs and Macs. AI in your OS? Or AI teachers?

This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.

(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)

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• LN New Microsoft Surface “CoPilot+” PCs
  
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  • 1:00 LN: A new AI era begins
    
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    • Kinda meh. Playing catchup, of course, hardware wise
      
    
    
    
  • 3:30 SnapDragon CPU, not x86 (emulator, though) (Snapdragon not new)
    
  • Snapdragon X Series
    
  • 5:30 “Designed for AI”
    
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    • NPUs for CoPilot, but only really pushing performance and AI enhanced camera (NPUs not new)
      
    
    
    
  • 7:00 So right now it’s a fine machine, but whether the CoPilot+ / AI inclusion really goes anywhere and how quickly is unclear
    
  • 7:40 GR: Matching the Macbook Air?
    
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    • Comparing high end and low ends
      
    • 12:00 Invested in skills
      
    • 15:00 Mac guy using Windows skills
      
    • 18:00 Menu bars… where are they?
      
    
    
    
  
  
  
• 21:00 LN: Why have AI in an OS anyway?
  
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  • Move current online AI apps local. Might be faster
    
  • 24:00 GR: Managing settings with a smart OS
    
  • 28:20 ChatGPT Mac app. Sumarize screenshots
    
  • 32:45 CoPilot app
    
  • AI meeting summary is posted below.
    
  
  
  
• 36:00 GR: Thoughts on AI in education
  
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  • AI can be patient, nonjudgemental 
    
  • ; `46:00 TED talk. How AI Could Save (not destroy) Education
    
  
  
  

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• 47:25 LN: All Creatures Great and Small – Amazon
  
• 49:20 GR: The Rook, Stiletto, Blitz by Daniel O’Malley (previously LN)
  

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• 50:30 LN: Use the Cloud; Just Don’t Rely on the Cloud – #170468
  
• 52:00 GR: How To Translate Text On Your Mac and How To Translate Text On Your iPhone
  

1:44 PM – Zoom meeting May 21 Notes