Big brain move. Only question to me is the stoops. As a recent resident of such a street where we park on both sides of the sidewalk without penalty, makes sense to just remove it all and maybe add a step to asphalt. Let people park in that section between stoops, even, if the cars are to stay.

Totally. The new characters can resonate as the old ones did with similar casting or direction but feel fresh in the new scenario or genre, like Mike Judge’s Hank-as-Pharma-CEO Rick in Common Side Effects. Or Iroquois Pliskin in MGS 2.

Complex real estate deals and public subsidy currently need info synthesis to be accessible to the time- or attention-strapped public it impacts. It’s what the graphics are for, but even our synthesis is still complex.

GenAI would be great for answering specific questions! But it ain’t there yet.

I may be 10% less wary of Gemini after Norman’s analysis, but it’s not a replacement for accountability journalism and the graphics we’ve made. AI likely relies on his work, too.

I’d be in favor of suggesting genAI in tandem if it were reliable and not broadly trained on work without permission.

I appreciate that septa’s new app will be real with me when I miss the bus: “maybe just walk”