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RMA Featured Speaker: Rick Lawrence, Ph.D.“From Search to Generative AI – How ChatGPT Changed the World in a Few Months”

This general audience talk will begin with an overview of ChatGPT and discuss how it differs from traditional search engines. There will be specific examples of ChatGPT illustrating its remarkable capabilities, and demonstrating some of its well-documented shortcomings including bias, misinformation, and hallucination. Continue Reading →

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New Year’s Day Polar Plunge Tradition at Tod’s Point Draws Hundreds

Every year on New Year’s Day hundreds of people know to show up at Tod’s Point to plunge into Long Island Sound at precisely 12:00 noon. In fact, this year, by 11:30 cars were queued all the way to Sound Beach Ave to mark the tradition. But it was worth it. The first day of 2024 was unseasonably mild and the sun was shining down on plungers, some of them even taking their time for a swim. People brought their dogs, wore their party hats and some even posed with the lonely mannequin “Cos Cob Bob” – brought to the beach by John DiNucci from Asf. Continue Reading →

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