Chris Parker

@ctp
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Ex-Apple, skier, road biker, juggler, father of 2, master of none. He/him. Likely to say something you might not like.
Websitehttp://playswithfire.com/
LLMs have brought natural language interfaces to technology in a way that professors in most universities have had for years. The professors just called them "graduate students."

@bwebster Those are so so limited, though. The direct model manipulation afforded by AppleScript is pretty much the power behind the integration.

I just wrote (with Claude) a Timeliner application and I gave up on the editing UI. I had CC write an entire AppleScript dictionary against the model and now I just have Claude create the stuff I want to see using more-or-less natural language. It writes the AS for me.

I've been messing around with Claude and various technologies on macOS and iOS and I think I know what Apple needs to do to unlock AI usage on iOS: https://www.playswithfire.com/posts/applescript-on-ios/
Apple Should Make AppleScript Available on iOS for AI | Chris Parker

Jason Kelce picking up bobsledding in 24 hours is incredible and fun to watch. The training he's had for football clearly cross over and seeing him process what he's being taught and the respect the bobsledders have for how fast he picks it up is so cool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdGJ1LPOg5c&t=603s
Bobsled Is Actually INSANE

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@grimalkina “at-andrew.cmu.edu” - someone’s old-school on that paper. Fun! Thanks for the pointer, looks like I’ll be reading this one too.

@mcc This sounds like the opener to an Infocom game.

> go north

@dgoldsmith NGL I thought it would be the Post not reporting up top. I can add this to the long list of reasons to be angry at the Times, now too.

OK, I know the world is burning down and everything, but sometimes my brain just goes “Hey, what about this?” Today, it’s:

In _The Little Mermaid_ movie, after Eric and Ariel are married - does the kingdom just stop eating seafood?

@thomasfuchs The first work machine I had on my desk when I arrived at Apple in June of 2001. I liked it; but even then it was struggling so (relatively) soon after its release.
@GottaLaff Here’s a crazy idea. Maybe they should side with the people?