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Dr. Claude will see you now
Would you take medical advice from an AI? It turns out that a lot of people are doing just that. I have a problem with both my ring fingers where the tendon catches something and the finger get’s stuck temporarily: it’s called trigger-finger. Let’s look into what Dr. Claude can do.
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Building ‘Better with AI’
[TL;DR] Positive news about AI in science, engineering, medicine, and math deserves attention. An early morning idea turned into a ChatGPT Site in 90 minutes.
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Happy 250th Birthday America!
July 4th is one of my favorite holidays. This year we’re celebrating in small town style with the Sudbury town parade and barbeque / lobster in the backyard with friends. We enjoyed the Sudbury Parade with the theme “We the People of 01776”. Sudbury enjoys the 01776 zip code. I’m sure the battle over that…
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Turning 70 and Starting Something New
I turn 70 this July. I’ve wound down the consulting work that kept me busy for years. My wife, Ulli, and I have a stable home, family, and retirement plan giving me the opportunity to explore new ideas. In recent years I’ve paid attention to my health and developed an exercise program. Golf and photography…
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Hooray for RAID 6
I used to have a lot of work files. These were mostly sample databases that I had constructed to use in testing various SQL Server storage management techniques on the home server that I used to have in the basement.
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Why I bought SpaceX
[TL;DR] I watched rocket launches as a kid and wanted to be an astronaut. SPCX is expensive but still might go up. Buying was an emotional decision: YOLO! On May 5, 1961 when Alan Shepard took his 15 minute ride into space, starting at 9:34 AM, I was four and at home with Mom and…
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What I’m Learning About AI-Assisted Coding
I’ve written software since 1971. Since the mid-1980’s I’ve heard that a new computer program is going to write the code from now on instead of programmers. That’s left me with skepticism about what AI might do. After spending time with them, here are a few early impressions.
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Welcome to AndyNovick.com
Hello, and welcome. I’m Andy Novick, and this is my new corner of the web. It’s going to be a place to write about whatever I’m curious about, share links to my other projects, and keep a record of what I’m learning along the way.
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Making use of AI in 2025 – The year in Review
I’ve tried to keep up with what AI makes possible. Here’s a rundown of the projects I used AI for during 2025.
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Review of CO-INTELLIGENCE: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick
In early 2025, I was almost too late in reading CO-INTELLIGENCE. The book was completed in late 2023 when ChatGPT was the undisputed king but the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large-Language-Models (LLM) in particular is evolving so quickly that it often sounds dated. However, it has value in the long-term perspective that we…
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