We made it! .. to the end of January 2026 without the collapse of the labor market due to AI and Robotics! Just kidding! I've noticed a slight change in the "Acceleration-ists", and most optimist futurists, where their expectations of when full AGI and Humanoid robots take over has shifted out. Elon (Tesla) is frustrated with the supply chain issues in Robotics, and his plan for 1M Optimus robots this year has changed to be, in production by the end of the year, with a target

The & Report #4 Prompt Engineering Accelerator available now for free during January ​ This week was a busy week in the world of AI, Robotics, Politics and Economics. The focus of these weekly updates is to look at AI and Robotics primarily, and how they pertain to the nature of work, today and over the next few years. ​ My process - ​ The sources of this news comes primarily from these places: ​ ChatGPT - ​ https://chatgpt.com/​  based on a prompt. Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross - ​

In this issue of The & Report, I'd like to cover some on the major news in tech during the week Jan. 10th - Jan. 16th, 2026, and thoughts on what it might mean for you. ​ The End of Programming, or Programmers? Claude leads in coding. ​​ Claude Code is getting better at Agentic AI and Orchestration. Claude Code is an agentic coding assistant that automatically pulls context into prompts. ​ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RpGVqgqLaE ​ ​ https://venturebeat.com/orchestration/

I hope your first full week of 2026 was a good one. Rested up after the holidays and getting ready for an exciting, if turbulent year with technology, the economy, and the global order. ​ In this, the 2nd weekly issue of The & Report, I'd like to cover some on the major news in tech, and thoughts on what it might mean for you. ​ (No AI was used in the production of this report, and all the typos and grammatical errors are mine.) ​ Let's get started. 1. CES & The latest job's

Prompt Engineering Accelerator available in January ​​ Happy New Year! I hope you enjoyed the holidays and the close out of 2025. ​ Welcome to The And Report! ​ Why And? How often do you find yourself in a conversation where people are stuck between one or more opinions? It's either 'this only', or 'this or that'! Well, sometimes it can be 'this and that'. ​ " Or" is restrictive and limiting, while "and" opens up insights and understanding. ​ I intent to focus primarily on br

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