I’m Art Chester. I write about technology: surprises from the world of science, and their practical application in everyday life. I also write fiction about life in the research lab.
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Revised! How Words Manipulate Us… Deceptive language surrounds us! We continually receive words and images that mislead, misinform and try to manipulate an audience. Revision on 3/29/2023: I added Deceptive Statement number 8, and the section “Lying by Omission and … Continue reading
Your Phone Needs A Second Passcode… Screen Time – a setting on your iPhone – is about to become your best friend! Why? Because it will protect you and your finances from some really bad stuff. Read on… WSJ Sounds … Continue reading
A Critical Review, and Practical Tips – ChatGPT (Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer) is a chatbot developed by OpenAI. They have made this artificial intelligence (AI) tool available for public sampling and it has captured many headlines. Fortune calls it possibly … Continue reading
Ten New Word Lists! The Scrabble 7th Edition dictionary has arrived, and here is your update of useful word lists! These update my 6th Edition lists in a previous blog. Note added 6/17/2023: I corrected a typo in List 1, … Continue reading