17May 2026 by David Kravetz
Learning Curves Ahead: Driving AI 67 on a Mountain Road

Learning Curves Ahead: Driving AI 67 on a Mountain Road

Adventure, AI Backroads, AI Generated Signs, Alternate Intelligence, Back Roads, Backroads Discoveries, Books, Less Beaten Paths Books, Random Thoughts, Selfies
Every road trip has those first few miles where you’re just getting a feel for the road. With Trailbyte, those miles didn’t always lead where I expected. I first began using ChatGPT a little over a year ago, in mid-April 2025, and what a ride it has been. The backroads of Alternate Intelligence have come with their own learning curves, detours, and occasional loopbacks. In thinking about those twists, I found myself recalling the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage — a movie I hadn’t thought about in decades. Strange how old ideas surface when new ones bend the road. [caption id="attachment_41614" align="alignnone" width="360"] A Journey into AI feels like Fantastic Voyage[/caption] The metaphor struck me immediately: exploring AI has often felt less like peering under the hood of a machine and…
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25Mar 2026 by David Kravetz
Travailing the Oft Beaten Paths of AI (Alternate Intelligence)

Travailing the Oft Beaten Paths of AI (Alternate Intelligence)

Adventure, AI Backroads, AI Generated Signs, Alternate Intelligence, Back Roads, Backroads Discoveries, Books, Kentucky, Less Beaten Paths Books, Maryland, Offbeat Places, Place Names, Quirky Things, Restrooms, Roadside Attractions, Roadsigns, Sasquatch Art, Selfies, States and Provinces, Town Names, Unexpected Discoveries, Unique Places, Wanderlust
In the past few months, I haven’t been able to travel as much as I would like, so I’ve spent a great deal of time “travailing” along the paths of Artificial Intelligence. In a sense, this is a bit of a detour from real-life back roads, but I can assure my readers that getting engaged with AI can be an adventure in its own right. [caption id="attachment_41296" align="alignnone" width="640"] Somewhere along the road… things start to look familiar… until they don’t.[/caption] Back in the mid-2000s, I oversaw a team of software system testers while at Lexmark. It was a great learning experience, and software testing was always an adventure. Our job was to find ways to break the software so developers could go in and fix the code. You see,…
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