April 16, 2024, 9:53 p.m. | Dirk Johnson

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When I graduated high school in the mid-80s, MIT was convinced AI was going to change the world in the next decade. Well… they were only 3 decades off - not bad really.


I went into software engineering after high school, but not with a focus on AI. Most of my career has been in the full-stack application space. However, I have tried to keep up to date with AI and its progress, especially over the last 10 years.


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