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Brent Smith

Brent Smith

The journey of life, human connections, and engagement. To learn more, always be curious, be happy, and find oneself in the company of good friends, with memories that matter in a turbulent world.

Pre-dawn Pataua river 5:50:06 am Jan 1st 2024, Northland, New Zealand | © Brent Smith

AI Connections: 01 History

A continuing series on AI Connections, including commercial exploitation, how might we use AI technologies, theories of mind and neurobiological connections, risks, research, and cultural impacts.

Satellite view of South America

Satellite broadcasts from Tierra del Fuego

I worked in London in satellite events management and audio - this is an account of one journey and several broadcasts in the remote wonderland of deepest South America

Photo of sunrise across an estuary, South Island, New Zealand.

BN #01 The Fed: "Unprecedented" tools in 2008 are now routine

A brief note on macroeconomic insights from the Congressional Research Service around the Fed's responses to the great financial crash of 2008 and afterwards