Category Archives: AI

How the Internet Died in 2016

I personally feel that this happens to coincide with the failing of most game development studios… A good AAA game is virtually impossible to find now… Combine this with the Pander-Verse and you get a complete loss of good / original content. Rather that be a movie, game, art, etc…

Remember, a LLM uses the averages of the responses it finds to create its responses. So, this will be generally(at current) a lack luster performance with fast moving fields.

ChatGPT and DevOps

Integrating ChatGPT within DevOps automation can streamline and enhance various aspects of your development and operations processes. Here are some ideas for utilizing ChatGPT in your DevOps workflows:

  1. Automated Troubleshooting and Diagnostics:
  • Create a chatbot interface that developers and operations teams can use to diagnose and troubleshoot issues in real-time. ChatGPT can provide suggestions and solutions based on the symptoms and error messages provided.
  1. Incident Management and Response:
  • Integrate ChatGPT into your incident management system to help with initial incident triage and resolution. It can provide relevant documentation, runbooks, and even suggest actions to take based on historical incident data.
  1. Release Notes Generation:
  • Automatically generate release notes by summarizing the changes made in code commits and providing a human-readable format for communication between development and operations teams.
  1. Infrastructure Provisioning and Scaling:
  • Use ChatGPT to create a conversational interface for provisioning and scaling infrastructure. Developers and operations teams can describe their requirements, and ChatGPT can generate the necessary infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scripts.
  1. ChatOps for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):
  • Enable ChatGPT to interact with your CI/CD pipeline. Developers can trigger builds and deployments, monitor progress, and receive notifications through a chat interface.
  1. Code Review Assistance:
  • Improve the code review process by having ChatGPT provide automated code analysis and suggestions for improvements. It can assist in identifying potential issues, coding standards violations, and security vulnerabilities.
  1. Documentation Generation:
  • Automatically generate documentation for new features, APIs, or infrastructure changes based on code comments, commit messages, and chat interactions with developers.
  1. ChatOps for ChatOps:
  • Use ChatGPT to enhance your existing ChatOps workflows. It can help automate tasks within your ChatOps platform, making it easier to manage other aspects of your DevOps automation.
  1. Security and Compliance Checks:
  • Integrate ChatGPT into your security and compliance automation processes. It can assist in scanning code for vulnerabilities, checking configurations for compliance, and recommending fixes.
  1. Natural Language Alerts and Notifications:
    • Enable ChatGPT to provide natural language alerts and notifications for system events and monitoring data. This can make it easier for team members to understand and respond to critical incidents.
  2. Capacity Planning and Forecasting:
    • Utilize ChatGPT to analyze historical data and make predictions for capacity planning, resource allocation, and scaling decisions.
  3. Onboarding and Training:
    • Develop a chatbot-driven onboarding process for new team members, helping them get up to speed with your DevOps practices and tools.
  4. Chat-Based Reporting and Analytics:
    • Allow team members to request reports and analytics on various aspects of your DevOps processes through a chat interface, making data-driven decisions more accessible.

Remember to carefully plan and secure the integration of ChatGPT into your DevOps automation, considering access controls, data privacy, and the potential impact of automation on your workflows. Additionally, continuously monitor and update the system to ensure it remains effective and aligned with your evolving DevOps needs.

Jasper Image Updates[Update]

I have been quietly working on the installer and image.  However, there have been 2 OS updates since I started.  So I am refreshing all of my images with Raspbian Stretch.  I will be making it available soon.  Also, if anyone has a class 10, 4GB MicroSD they want to donate. I am trying to make the image as small as possible.  Please contact me directly for details.

The new Image will be based on Raspbian Lite as mentioned above, and will have the basic dependencies met.  It will also have newer versions of all the software pre-compiled to save you the hours of time it can take.

I am working on software to auto-configure most audio devices.  This is something I hope to include soon.  Please keep an eye out for the new links.

Thanks,

Matthew Curry

[UPDATE]

Thank you to TJUMP7 for the 4gb Card!  Small Image coming soon!  Keep an eye out for that and the installer….

 

[UPDATE] 01/24/2018 – After being out for a while for personal reasons, I am glad to say I am back. I will be working on the updates/releases soon.

Got an Idea? Need Help? Raspberry PI prototyping!

Just another thing that I helping with lately.  If anyone need help with a new idea for a Raspberry PI, or IoT device message me.  I have been  through several POC’s (proof of concepts).

Keep in mind, if you are working on a new product; or sensitive information I keep all client info secret, and have no issues with an NDA.

  • Home Automation
  • Voice Recognition
  • Several TTS/STT Options
  • Custom Hardware
    • Integration with existing hardware
  • Custom Software
    • Custom Plugins/Adjustments
    • Coding
  • R&D on Subject Matter
    • Build
    • Test
    • Design
  • … and whatever else is needed …

Happy to just answer questions; or see what I can do to help.  Just contact me.

Need DevOps Help?

  • Had issues with your DevOps pipeline?
  • Need help streamlining automation or configuration management?
  • Need to green field or “lift and shift” applications into the cloud?

If you are trying to do any of these, and running into issues please contact me.  I am now open to consulting directly.  Fixing even a few small inefficiencies can have a huge impact on the bottom line.  Not only that, if the DevOps philosophies are really taken up, its likely that the employee base will also be happier, and proud of their accomplishments as a team.

As far as technologies I support, please take a look at my Technologies page.  (Updated often)  I am also happy to take on new ones for a project if needed.

Creating an efficient pipeline is what I do; and a fully functional system that is working well can be an amazing thing.

 

Matthew Curry
MattCurry.Com

 

The Eagle Has landed….

All,

I have made it…. the move is complete!   I just wanted to say thank you for everyone that has been waiting on me.  I know I have taken a while on a few things, and I am finally in a position to run with everything again.  I finally have a decent internet connection [330mbps/330mbps]; so I will also be able to host things at high speed for us now as well.

As far as the installer goes, I hope to be done very soon with it ;  I am putting my final touches on it for the Pixel desktop.  If I get time I might be able to get Bluetooth working!  However, I have to get caught up first.

For those waiting on hardware, most has been shipped with a few exceptions.  I have notified those people.  I have a true ‘shop’ area again, and this will allow me to be much more efficient.  Meaning shorter wait times/etc…

 

Sincerely,

-M

Thank you to all… Jasper v1.6 Image News!

First, I would like to say thank you to the community members for helping out. I have gotten a lot of input on the new image.  This has also given me better feel for what the community wanted in an image. Which leads me to the next bit of news.

Some of you are undoubtedly wondering why I have not released my Jasper v1.6 image as of yet.  Well, I can assure you there are very good reasons.

Firstly,  I have had some severe family/health issues come up as of late which take priority.  I am also in the middle of moving a family of 5.  Combine that with the other reasons below, and I feel that most will feel the wait to be worth it.

This leads me to the next bit of news, however shocking it may be.

  1.  There will be no version 1.6 image.
    1. There will be no image at all…
  2.  Instead, there will be a full installer.
    1. This is one of the reasons for the delay.
  3.   The installer will work with a full GUI, and on the desktop.
    1. Examples:
      1. Full ubuntu Install.
      2. Fresh RPI install with GUI.
  4. The installer will be iterated on by feature going forward.
    1. We can add community approved features one at a time.
      1. Example:
        1. Change Jaspers Name
        2. Change STT after setup
        3. Etc.

FAQ (COMING SOON)

  • So whats that mean for me?
  • What do I do if I am running Jasper v.15?
  • Where do I get the installer?
  • Do I need to upgrade?

 

Jasper Kits on hold…

These were for the community, and I have enjoyed designing and building these kits.  However, I am at a point now, where I do not have the time to properly maintain and build and ship them.  This is not necessarily a permanent decision, I may bring them back in the future given I have the time.

That being said, I do have a few left.  If you are interested please let me know now.  I will get an exact count soon, and update it here.  Once they are gone, I will not be building more.

With all that being said, I am still here to help with questions.  I am also still developing what I hope is a better user experience with my images.  (Version 1.6 out soon!)

If you have any questions; or would like one of the last kits, I would suggest speaking up now.  Not that I will disappear, but I will be unable to spend the time on them for a while starting soon.

I also wanted to say thank you again to the community members that are helping each other, and the new guys.  I do notice, and it is appreciated.

-M

Jasper Image v1.6 – Coming Soon!

There are already several improvements to the image, and I have put out feelers for any fixes/updates/etc that I can do to make the user experience better.  I already have a few of the obvious ones, however please feel free to report them in the new slack room “image-v1-6”, or in the Forums at the following LINK.

I am already working on it being pre-installed in the future with a REST api on it.  Making it easy to integrate with anything!

I will be posting the release notes with the new updates with the new image, and here as a post.  So please keep an eye out.

 

Thanks,
Matt

How AI listens in Jasper (and others)!

 There are two basic kinds of listeners, an active and a passive.  You will not get good offline (passive listener) results for a wide variety of speech currently.  Most offline listeners are used as ‘passive’ listeners. They usually just listen for the wake word or just a few small commands.  They are very accurate but can’t sustain a large vocabulary without CPU issues.  Some are also closed source such as Kitt.ai (snowboy), and require that you train each word on their site.

The other kind, aka the “Active listener”; or the one always listening.  Would be used to listen once activated by the passive listener, and has a much more broad vocabulary.  However, these are online only. Due to the way they work (gathering metadata to increase accuracy), its just not possible currently on a small device. Examples would be standard APIs such as Google, Wit.ai, Ivona/Polly, etc.

There are projects to fix these offline issues, but they are all in the works. See my site for info on some of them. mattcurry.com