{"id":132864,"date":"2026-05-01T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=132864"},"modified":"2026-06-13T21:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T01:47:41","slug":"friday-night-mit-ai-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2026\/05\/01\/friday-night-mit-ai-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday night &#8211; MIT AI-thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Woke up early and went for a run on the charles.. always brings back memories of living here.. almost 50 years ago !<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"132786\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_002-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132786\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_002-scaled.jpg 1920w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_002-scaled.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_002-scaled.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_002-scaled.jpg 113w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_002-scaled.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_002-scaled.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_002-scaled.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_002-scaled.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-id=\"132791\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132791\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_007.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_007.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_007.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_007.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_007.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_007.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_007.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_007.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I stayed last night in the hyatt.. its where my folks stayed on the day I graduates in 1981.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"132793\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_009-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132793\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_009-scaled.jpg 1920w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_009-scaled.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_009-scaled.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_009-scaled.jpg 113w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_009-scaled.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_009-scaled.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_009-scaled.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_009-scaled.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-id=\"132794\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132794\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_010.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_010.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_010.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_010.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_010.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_010.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_010.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_010.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I walked across campus to kendal square .. it used to be a dangerous part of town.. now its the the center of the bio tech universe.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"132798\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_014-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132798\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_014-scaled.jpg 1920w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_014-scaled.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_014-scaled.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_014-scaled.jpg 113w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_014-scaled.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_014-scaled.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_014-scaled.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_014-scaled.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-id=\"132799\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_015-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132799\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_015-scaled.jpg 1920w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_015-scaled.jpg 225w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_015-scaled.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_015-scaled.jpg 113w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_015-scaled.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_015-scaled.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_015-scaled.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_015-scaled.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I I found the MIT\/NAE conference.. and met up with my BETA friends. First speaker was my freind Tsu-Jae, the president of the NAE.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-id=\"132802\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132802\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_018.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_018.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_018.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_018.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_018.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_018.jpg 1536w, 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http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_022.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_022.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_022.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_022.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-id=\"132813\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_029.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132813\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_029.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_029.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_029.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_029.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_029.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_029.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_029.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_029.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-10 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"134823\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-134823\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg 768w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg 150w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg 948w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2.jpg 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>one of the main speakers was Yann lecunn.. unfortunately he couldnt be here in person.. he gave a great talk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex 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(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>the rest of speakers weere a very interesting mix.. lots of &#8216;amaing things that AI can do\/ will do:.. and lots of AI is makign us stupider&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-12 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-id=\"132827\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_043.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132827\" srcset=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_043.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_043.jpg 300w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_043.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260501_043.jpg 150w, 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At 5, We headed off , I gave Sara a ride home which was fun It was great talking to her..\u00a0 \u00a0she&#8217;s so awesome<br \/><br \/>Glad to be home<br \/><br \/>nite all,. Nite sam<br \/>-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woke up early and went for a run on the charles.. always brings back memories of living here.. almost 50 years ago ! 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