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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Jul 25, 2026

My new article on how introducing AI detectors can actually backfire and make writting worse. Based on resent research by Meena Jagadeesan, Tatsunori Hashimoto, and Jon Kleinberg. #AI #Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/guillermopower/p/ai-detectors-make-writing-worse-even?r=jixi&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Jun 01, 2026

Munetaka Murakami being injured is so disappointing as a spectator. He's been spectacularl! Superhuman performance! #mlb #baseball

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Jun 01, 2026

I keep reading how MetLife Stadium is in the New Jersey Meadowlands, a "toxic swamp" (not my words!) and it has no way to walk to it. I've visited a few Olympic venues and they were all walkable. Also the figure skating world championships last year in Prague was also 100% walkable. Why would a stadium like this be chosen for a world class event? It makes zero sense to choose a city and stadium with poor infrastructure. #WorldCup

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Jun 01, 2026

I put this deck together when the pandemic started. I didn't think it would last very long but it is still solid and in decent shape!

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 31, 2026

I've been in Paris before during a World Cup when people burned motorbikes, cops beat the living shit out of a colleague of mine when his only crime was to leave the hotel, and we saw some guys riding on a car's roof for seemingly no reason at all other than football being on... I just don't understand this at all! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7pk5j7nyjo

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 28, 2026

Higher spec single board computers are nearly dead. Pi Zero 2 Ws are so unavailable that they might as well not exist! And Pi 4s and 5s are so expensive that starting a project with one is unjustifiable! I can't wait for things to return to normal!

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 28, 2026

Publishing a working paper on SSRN has led to an overwhelming number of emails from predatory journals. The volume of these solicitations has been far worse than I anticipated. I had no idea that the problem was this bad. #academicPublishing

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 27, 2026

Reading simple old fashioned news about C# warms my heart!

https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/05/26/microsoft-wants-safer-c-without-turning-it-into-rust/5246359

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 27, 2026

The rumoured third Witcher 3 expansion has been announced by CD Projekt Red | Eurogamer.net... This is very exciting! #gaming #gwent #witcher #witcher3

https://www.eurogamer.net/rumoured-witcher-3-third-expansion-announced

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 27, 2026

When it comes to pricing there's really only one option! #AI

https://www.techzine.eu/news/applications/141586/deekseek-puts-downward-pressure-on-openai-anthropic-and-google-pricing/

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 25, 2026

#Subnautica2 is pretty neat! I'm not sure I will love it long term, but it's a neat one to jump into and build a few things now and then. #gaming

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 24, 2026

My new working paper: "The Future of Software Development: Navigating the Agentic Revolution and the Training Gap Paradox" by Guillermo Power.

Problem: Agentic AI automates entry-level tasks that built engineering judgment. The very judgement that's essential to providing human oversight. Junior roles shrink, no proven replacement yet.

Call to action for researchers, industry, educators.

Read: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6739060

#AI #SoftwareEngineering #AgenticAI #JuniorGap

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 23, 2026

I don't like 2026... even getting hold of a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W is difficult!!!

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

I just pushed a pure Markdown text adventure: no Python, no compiler, just an LLM reading two plain text files that you can play in any AI chat like #LeChat.

Is this a good idea? Probably not! But I thought it was an interesting experiment and the way it maintains the state by printing it out seems to work... This is an adaptation of a C64 text adventure I coded quite a while back.

#AI #textadventure https://github.com/gpowerf/llm-text-adventure

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

Playing #Pragmata with #gyroaiming is an absolute blast! It almost feels like cheating compared to using a standard controller. I’m still using an old BigBig Won Armor X Pro for gyro, and while the new Steam Controller is tempting, it’s hard to justify the price when there are perfectly solid alternatives out there for a lot less.

I cannot imagine the Steam controller will sell well at all at that price. Which is a shame as it would have been nice to have a standard PC controller.
#gaming

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 03, 2026

I'm loving #Pragmata

It feels like an old fashioned arcade game from the early 3D console era. It's a nice mix of a bit of Cyberpunk, Halo, and Burning Rangers. #gaming

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

Replying to @radio_alergy@mastodon.social

@radio_alergy@mastodon.social I'm playing it on PC with a RTX 5060 and it looks incredible and feels amazing.

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 01, 2026

I've started playing the full #Pragmata game and I'm hugely impressed! Hugh and Diana could become iconic videogame characters... it's a phenomenal game! And it feels so topical and very 2026 even though it is set in the future.

The game engine is slick as hell too! Motion is so smooth and fluid with no stutters and every character and object is insanely detailed!!! #gaming

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · May 01, 2026

Access to quality dentistry is something is increasingly only for the very wealthy!!!

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 30, 2026

I do like my fake IBM... #pcgaming #localAiSetup

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 27, 2026

I've started checking if in-text citations match their references in meaning and strength with this.

Is it error prone? Yes, like any LLM job it is non-deterministic and error prone.

Does it save time and find useful stuff? Also yes!

#AI #AcademicPublishing #Academic

https://github.com/gpowerf/citation-relevance-auditor

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 23, 2026

I'm so tired of AI hype! Every new model is "dangerous", "AGI", "PhD level", etc.... Blah...

https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/22/anthropic_mythos_hype_nothingburger/?td=rt-3a

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 23, 2026

My fitness/smart watch of choice is still my aging Amazfit GTS 2 Mini.

Not because it’s the best, but because of the “Mini” part! There are very few options out there that aren’t 44 mm+ behemoths.

This tiny watch has all the health metrics I need, GPS, and lots of work out types and it’s a genuinely comfortable size.

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 22, 2026

I remember now that the game that #Pragmata reminds me of! Burning Rangers on the Sega Saturn!

At least the environment!

Anyway, I bought the full Pragmata game. I enjoyed the demo alot.
#gaming

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2026

Replying to @gpowerf@mastodon.social

PS: This is also a cool game for gyro aiming! #gyroaiming

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 21, 2026

I've just played through the #Pragmata demo and WOW! I have to get this game! It's so much fun.

It feels like an old fashioned action game you'd play on #Dreamcast ! #gaming

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 19, 2026

"Civilian version", "dangerous".... I'm so tired of how LLMs are being marketed. What a bullshit world we are living in.

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/anthropic-just-released-a-civilian-version-of-its-mythos-ai-thats-too-dangerous-for-the-public

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 19, 2026

Replying to @itgrrl@infosec.exchange

@itgrrl That's a very valid point. It's way easier to create something that's both an insecure and unmaintanable pile of crap with an AI agent.

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 19, 2026

In a world where AI can generate functional code from plain English specs, is there still a place for low-code platforms?

Low-code was supposed to democratize app development, but if AI can do the same, and often easier, without the constraints of drag-and-drop builders, why bother?

Are low-code tools becoming obsolete, or do they still have a niche? What’s your take?

Keep in mind that neither AI code or low code solutions are perfect! But they can be functional for many tasks!

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 18, 2026

Life as a Mycock: What it's like to have an unfortunate surname.

I'm so childish... 🤣😂

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cql7eennngvo

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 18, 2026

First new Honda Prelude I see in person and I love it!!! #cars #Honda

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 18, 2026

#Pragmata looks like so much fun! It looks like an old fashioned action adventure and I want to try it!

A bit of retro arcade fun with modern graphics.
#gaming

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 17, 2026

https://open.spotify.com/track/3Gk6bI1kJDkEftel3suQSa?si=Bb8LGnTvTn-WVXSGYuUzYg

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 16, 2026

Replying to @electron_greg@oldbytes.space

@electron_greg The Commodore 128 barely beating the ZX80 is not something I could have predicted!

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @electron_greg@oldbytes.space

@electron_greg That's what I am thinking too!

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @electron_greg@oldbytes.space

@electron_greg Cool! I'm not familiar with the Atom, I've never used one. But the Acorn Archimedes is one of my favourites of all time!

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @electron_greg@oldbytes.space

@electron_greg Very cool! This is the sort of nerdy stuff I love to see! Do you have a ZX81 or Amstrad CPC?

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Apr 02, 2026

Jesus Christ! #Expedition33 is emotionally draining! #gaming

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Dr. G. Power @gpowerf@mastodon.social · Mar 09, 2026

China's Most Powerful Gaming GPU Yet, the Lisuan G100, Is Set to Launch This Week and Gamers Should Watch Closely #gaming

https://wccftech.com/chinas-most-powerful-gaming-gpu-yet-the-lisuan-g100-is-set-to-launch-this-week/

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