Matt DeForrest

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Matt DeForrestMar 8, 2025
MacStoriesMar 8, 2025
Notes on the Apple Intelligence Delay https://www.macstories.net/stories/notes-on-the-apple-intelligence-delay/
Notes on the Apple Intelligence Delay

Simon Willison, one of the more authoritative independent voices in the LLM space right now, published a good theory on what may have happened with Apple’s delay of Apple Intelligence’s Siri personalization features: I have a hunch that this delay might relate to security. These new Apple Intelligence features involve Siri responding to requests to

Matt DeForrestMar 8, 2025
Federico Viticci Mar 8, 2025

I wrote up some thoughts on the Apple Intelligence delay and some of the commentary around it:

https://www.macstories.net/stories/notes-on-the-apple-intelligence-delay/

Notes on the Apple Intelligence Delay

Simon Willison, one of the more authoritative independent voices in the LLM space right now, published a good theory on what may have happened with Apple’s delay of Apple Intelligence’s Siri personalization features: I have a hunch that this delay might relate to security. These new Apple Intelligence features involve Siri responding to requests to

Matt DeForrestMar 8, 2025

Apple is seeking something bigger, I suspect.

https://artsandlettersatjcsu.org/blog/2025/3/7/a-quick-note-on-the-apple-intelligence-delays

A Quick Note on the Apple Intelligence Delays — The College of Liberal Arts at JCSU

I am just as disappointed as the next tech enthusiast about the recent news that Apple has pushed back the release dates of some of the more advanced features of Apple Intelligence. The deeper integration with Siri and apps is going to make a real difference in how we use our devices — especially

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Matt DeForrestDec 25, 2024
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43171/a-visit-from-st-nicholas
A Visit from St. Nicholas

Away to the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. dash away all!" As leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky; So up to the housetop the coursers they flew With the sleigh full of toys, and St. He was dressed…

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Matt DeForrestNov 6, 2024

Never confuse the challenge of the moment — no matter how painful or joyous — with the long arc of history. Whatever the moment may bring, it is our task to bend that arc towards justice as best we can.

We may not agree on the details and debate honest disagreements but if we are committed to that arc — and holding ourselves accountable when our side is not living up to that commitment, we will persevere.

Keep your faith. Stay strong. Move forward.

Matt DeForrestAug 29, 2024
@viticci @imyke @ismh Forgive me if this was raised elsewhere, but in your new system of bonus regular picks based on past picks that have come to pass, how will you handle partially correct answers? Do you get a bonus pick if any of the three components are unfulfilled or do all three need to have been missed?
Matt DeForrestAug 24, 2024
https://artsandlettersatjcsu.org/blog/2024/8/24/the-man-in-black-has-not-entered-the-building
A Change in My Sartorial Pedagogy
The Man in Black Has Not Entered the Building — The College of Liberal Arts at JCSU

Let me explain how a pedagogical imperative drove a wardrobe change for my first day of classes this year. Oscar Wilde isn't the only person to have spoken about the theory of the Mask but he's the one I reference when explaining it to students because of how he embodied it in his life and how well

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Matt DeForrestAug 13, 2024

Revisiting Apple’s thought-provoking ad.

https://artsandlettersatjcsu.org/blog/2024/8/13/whats-a-computer

"What's a computer?" — The College of Liberal Arts at JCSU

Apple caused a lot of consternation amongst the tech world's equivalent of the chattering classes (On a good day, I include myself in that group.) with the question asked at the end of this ad . For many, the question was one that challenged the preconceived notion of the form factor: Could someth

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Matt DeForrestAug 6, 2024

The faculty you might need are already there.

https://artsandlettersatjcsu.org/blog/2024/8/6/the-best-prepared-faculty-to-teach-ai-skills-are-already-on-your-campus

The Best Prepared Faculty to Teach AI Skills Are Already on Your Campus — The College of Liberal Arts at JCSU

One of the questions l've seen and heard explicitly and implicitly asked of late is who is going to teach the general undergraduate student population how to use AI. Given the recent Cengage Group report that the majority of recent graduates wish they had been trained on how to use Generative AI,

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Matt DeForrestAug 5, 2024
https://artsandlettersatjcsu.org/blog/2024/8/5/more-on-the-problem-of-pro
More on the Problem of “Pro” — The College of Liberal Arts at JCSU

I was watching another tech YouTube video on computer and/or iPad peripherals the other day (I can stop any time I want.). In the video, the presenter was describing a 7-in-One usb-c dongle that had all the ports he and any other pro users might need. I'm not sure why this video struck me more fo

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