Kurt Cagle / The Cagle Report
@thecaglereport.bsky.social
I'm a blogger, author, information architect, AI critic, and committed to the Blue Sky Rebellion and The Cascadian Alliance.
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April 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Just saw this: A billboard put up by the Canadians in Alabama. Love it!
March 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just saw this: A billboard put up by the Canadians in Alabama. Love it!
An overview of the taxonomies of different kinds of ontologies, for fun and profit in ... The Ontologist.
A Taxonomy of Ontologies
Exploring a Few Ontology Variations
ontologist.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:16 AM
An overview of the taxonomies of different kinds of ontologies, for fun and profit in ... The Ontologist.
I like pizza, and it's a good way of thinking about what a knowledge graph can do for you (not to mention going well with beer). Some foodie thoughts in ... The Ontologist.
Creating a Simple Knowledge Graph (and a Pizza) with AI
Copyright 2025 Kurt Cagle / The Ontologist
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March 12, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I like pizza, and it's a good way of thinking about what a knowledge graph can do for you (not to mention going well with beer). Some foodie thoughts in ... The Ontologist.
Why Use RDF? Many reasons, some more than others. Thoughts on data representation in ... The Ontologist.
Why Use RDF
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March 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Why Use RDF? Many reasons, some more than others. Thoughts on data representation in ... The Ontologist.
When all is said and down, we are dealing with how to represent language. Thoughts in ... The Ontologist.
Knowledge Graphs and AIs
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March 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
When all is said and down, we are dealing with how to represent language. Thoughts in ... The Ontologist.
A taxonomist, an ontologist, and a linguist walk into a bar. And there was much mayhem. Thoughts about words, in ... The Ontologists.
The Taxonomist, the Ontologist and the Linguist
The Story of the Quiet Kids in the Corner
ontologist.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A taxonomist, an ontologist, and a linguist walk into a bar. And there was much mayhem. Thoughts about words, in ... The Ontologists.
Sometimes it's hard getting keys right. Ruminations on identifiers in ... The Ontologiest.
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Designing Meaningful IRIs
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March 12, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Sometimes it's hard getting keys right. Ruminations on identifiers in ... The Ontologiest.
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Steampunk heroes and villains! RDF takes on JSON, in ... The Ontologist
Transforming RDF (to JSON)
A Guide to graph superheroics
ontologist.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Steampunk heroes and villains! RDF takes on JSON, in ... The Ontologist
Thinking about the differences between conceptual spaces (knowledge graphs) and narrative spaces (LLMs).
Narrative Models vs. Conceptual Models
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ontologist.substack.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Thinking about the differences between conceptual spaces (knowledge graphs) and narrative spaces (LLMs).
Connections: Explorers of Spacetime
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March 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Connections: Explorers of Spacetime
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Beware of those seeking efficiency ... it's usually a first step to tyranny.
Beware Those Seeking Efficiency
Copyright 2025 Kurt Cagle / The Cagle Report As I write this, the Tech Bros are currently doing a hostile takeover of the US Government. Elon Musk is now taking over department after department, sendi...
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February 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Beware of those seeking efficiency ... it's usually a first step to tyranny.
There are many places where knowledge graphs are the perfect tool for an organization, and even when not, they can often provide valuable supplemental capabilities. A look at KGs in the latest … The Ontologist.
When Do You Need A Knowledge Graph?
A Quick Guide to KGs
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February 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There are many places where knowledge graphs are the perfect tool for an organization, and even when not, they can often provide valuable supplemental capabilities. A look at KGs in the latest … The Ontologist.
January 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
New post on semantics, ontologies, and the evolution of language, in The Cagle Report
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January 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
New post on semantics, ontologies, and the evolution of language, in The Cagle Report
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What does the future of work look like? Explorations in ... The Cagle Report
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January 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
What does the future of work look like? Explorations in ... The Cagle Report
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I've been thinking a lot about Truth lately. We seem to be struggling with it a lot these days, and as an ontologist, it's something that runs deep in modelling. Some ruminations about why truth is a lot more complicated than most people believe. www.linkedin.com/pulse/truth-...?
The Truth About Truth
Copyright 2024 Kurt Cagle / The Cagle Report I look around me, I see the office of my home - a room, books on a shelf, boxes I haven't had a chance yet to fully pack, my various electronics, a coffee ...
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December 17, 2024 at 6:39 AM
I've been thinking a lot about Truth lately. We seem to be struggling with it a lot these days, and as an ontologist, it's something that runs deep in modelling. Some ruminations about why truth is a lot more complicated than most people believe. www.linkedin.com/pulse/truth-...?
House passes bill to make the bald eagle the official U.S. bird
YouTube video by NBC News
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December 17, 2024 at 4:31 AM
A video summary of my recent blog post - Through a Glass Darkly 2025, a look at what I expect to see in the coming year.
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December 17, 2024 at 4:27 AM
A video summary of my recent blog post - Through a Glass Darkly 2025, a look at what I expect to see in the coming year.
Link to post:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/throug...
Link to post:
www.linkedin.com/pulse/throug...
I began my Through a Glass Darkly series more than twenty years ago, giving my thoughts about the coming year in tech. This one took a while , but focuses on GenAI - the good, the bad, and the UGGGLLY. Join me for ... The Cagle Report.
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Through a Glass Darkly, 2025
Copyright 2025 Kurt Cagle / The Cagle Report I started writing these around the start of the Millennium, and while I haven't always written a column on my expectations of where tech is going, I try to...
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December 13, 2024 at 10:57 PM
I began my Through a Glass Darkly series more than twenty years ago, giving my thoughts about the coming year in tech. This one took a while , but focuses on GenAI - the good, the bad, and the UGGGLLY. Join me for ... The Cagle Report.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/throug...
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Well, that certainly lasted a while - a full day.
The question of course is whether the real reason for the about face was the protest by anesthesiologists or the assassination of an insurance CEO?
The question of course is whether the real reason for the about face was the protest by anesthesiologists or the assassination of an insurance CEO?
Facing criticism, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield said it will not proceed with a policy to put time limits on coverage for anesthesia during surgery.
Insurance company halts plan to put time limits on coverage for anesthesia during surgery | CNN
After sharp criticism from anesthesiologists, an insurance company is halting its plan to limit the amount time it would cover anesthesia used in surgeries and procedures. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shiel...
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December 5, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Well, that certainly lasted a while - a full day.
The question of course is whether the real reason for the about face was the protest by anesthesiologists or the assassination of an insurance CEO?
The question of course is whether the real reason for the about face was the protest by anesthesiologists or the assassination of an insurance CEO?
Interesting development from Anthropic - the release of an open source model context protocol that provides a consistent standard for prompting into external data sources from LLMs. If adopted, it could considerably simplify RAG operations.
www.anthropic.com/news/model-c...
www.anthropic.com/news/model-c...
Introducing the Model Context Protocol
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives, including content repositories, business tools, and development environments. Its aim...
www.anthropic.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Interesting development from Anthropic - the release of an open source model context protocol that provides a consistent standard for prompting into external data sources from LLMs. If adopted, it could considerably simplify RAG operations.
www.anthropic.com/news/model-c...
www.anthropic.com/news/model-c...
Ethics? We don't need no stinkin' ethics.
The ensh*tification of AI continues.
The ensh*tification of AI continues.
Microsoft lays off team that taught employees how to make AI tools responsibly
As the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone
www.theverge.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Ethics? We don't need no stinkin' ethics.
The ensh*tification of AI continues.
The ensh*tification of AI continues.
Corporate America is becoming increasingly sociopathic. My guess - investors are driving a lot of this, in part to drive dividends up no matter what the costs to cover losses from bad investments. Fire anyone who isn't absolutely essential, jettison projects, do anything to bring in money.
The Most Hated Way of Firing Someone Is More Popular Than Ever. It’s the Age of the PIP.
Performance improvement plans are on the rise. Workers dread them. Managers do too.
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December 1, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Corporate America is becoming increasingly sociopathic. My guess - investors are driving a lot of this, in part to drive dividends up no matter what the costs to cover losses from bad investments. Fire anyone who isn't absolutely essential, jettison projects, do anything to bring in money.