TEH Podcast

TEH Podcast


TEH 177: A.I. gives answers, Google scrolling, online support

December 07, 2022

In This Episode: A.I. gives answers, Google scrolling, online support


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.)


Top Stories
  • 1:00 GR: Solopreneurs always working. Using a forum for questions. Turning it on and off.
    • 4:25 LN: Customer question portals. Zendesk and Freescout
    • 5:40 GR: Acting as a search engine for my own site

  • 7:00 LN: ChatGPT  – Tried it, it comes up with good’ish answers
    • Asked a Personal question: 500 Word biography for Leo Notenboom. It was right and wrong.
    • Tech question:  How do I download and install Windows 11? Wrong.
    • It’s getting better fast. I’m impressed and depressed.
    • 13:50 GR: Asked it questions that I get. It was right and wrong.
    • 16:54 LN: Gary’s bio. It was kinda right. Maybe it mixes up names.
    • 20:20 Repeating bios. TEH podcast introduction
    • 23:20 LN: Will it help cheaters?
    • 25:00 LN: Seems to have a formula.
    • 26:00 It’s confidently wrong.
    • 27:00 It can’t do video yet

  • 27:00 GR: Google continuous scrolling. Just launched today.
    • Apparently not everywhere.
    • 29:30 Does it change the game of being on Page 1?
    • 30:50 Above the fold.

  • 32:40 Are they getting rid of customer support.
    • 33:45 GR: Apple iMessage. Live chat and AI chat.
    • 38:00 Text could mean chatbot, human, or a combo. What might be the best blend?
    • 39:45 LN: How machine learning works.
    • 41:20 GR: Learning in real time.

    • 50:00 Free services with no support.


Ain’t it Cool
  • 51:50 LN: Still enjoying Mastodon. Post.news, IFTTT (If This Then That), Zapier. How they compare.
  • 55:00 GR: The Peripheral (book and TV show)

BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion