Tonight’s new brew was Blackberry Bramble from Lost 40 Brewing. This is a seasonal brew packed with blackberry juice. It’s sweet and tart with very little bitterness.

This was a nice way to finish out the evening; it’s basically dessert in a can. It was very refreshing and I didn’t feel like I was drinking beer. Definitely light bodied and pleasant.

6% ABV and they didn’t list the IBU, but I’d bet it’s less than 10.

From the brewery:

Packed with the juice of blackberries featuring tangerine and clementine-forward aromatics. Features a crisp and tart berry zing.

Lost 40 Brewing

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Tonight’s new beer was Red Headed Stranger Irish Red Ale from Bentonville Brewing Co. I’m no stranger to Irish reds, thanks to Killian’s, but this one is so much better.

This is a delightful brew that’s not very bitter. I certainly tasted the earthiness and toffee in this one. It was dark, so I’ll take their word for the deep ruby color. This is a beer I could certainly see myself sipping on regularly.

5.4% ABV
22 IBU

From the brewery:

This iconic beer style harks back to the early roots of craft brewing, but is no less deserving still of a place among the rows of “Pastry this” and “Hazy that” that seem so ubiquitous on the shelves these days. Smooth bodied, deep ruby in color, and offering a mild earthy hop aroma with a gentle bitterness and notes of toffee, toast, and black tea. This ale is one of our favorites, and just may be one of yours as well.

Bentonville Brewing Co.

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Tech bros: We want to train our AI on your data.

Me: *shows them my posts*

Tech bros: Not like that.

It seems like AI is beginning to take shape. There’s so much hype about what it can do and how much time it can save you, but, honestly, it doesn’t do what I want it to do yet. It will be really neat if Google fully integrates Gemini into Google Assistant. As of right now, it can only scratch the surface.

I want an AI who will monitor my email box and text messages and alert me if something important comes in. I want it to be able to call a support number and wait on hold for me, then bring me on the line when they answer. I want to be able to tell my AI assistant to put things on my shopping list, organize the list based on the most efficient route through the store, and present it to me when I need it.

There are some things I already enjoy from Google Fi, but wouldn’t it be neat if everyone had it? Fi answers calls from unknown numbers and asks them what they’re calling about. It shows me what the person says and asks me if I want to take the call. Why isn’t this a thing everywhere? If it recognizes a number as SPAM, it hangs up and blocks the number. Why can’t they extend this to my Gmail account?

I’m excited for Google to integrate Gemini into Assistant, but there are still too many things it can’t do for me. I can’t ask it to play something on Spotify while I’m driving. I can’t ask it to turn lights on and off. (This is useful when arriving home in the dark and wanting the porch light to come on.) It can’t add things to my calendar or do anything with my emails besides summarize them.

Right now, AI is just a cool toy to play with, but it doesn’t do anything useful to me, personally. I don’t need it to create documents for me. I don’t need it to generate pictures for me. How cool would it be to wake up one morning and have my AI tell me a band I like set a tour date in my area and ask me if I want to buy tickets? How about monitoring the news for severe weather and alert me if I need to take shelter quickly?

I want practical uses for AI that make my everyday life easier and more organized.

https://jaymcooper.me/blog-what-i-want-from-a-i/

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