Alex Heuer

2 months ago | kcur.org | Alex Heuer

While working a house fire in 2010 as a paramedic firefighter for the Pattonville Fire Protection District, Jason Cerrano got an idea that would change his life. “It's not a great hero story,” Cerrano said. “It was just a little bit of smoke rolling out the eaves, and [the crew] wasn’t asking for water very quickly, and I just spent a lot of time running circles around the truck.”Cerrano wasn’t running out of mere urgency.

Sep 13, 2024 | flipboard.com | Alex Heuer

OpenAI2 hours agoFirst impressions of ChatGPT o1: An AI designed to overthink itTechCrunch - Maxwell Zeff • 2hOpenAI released its new o1 models on Thursday, giving ChatGPT users their first chance to try AI models that pause to “think” before they answer. There’s been a lot of hype building up to these models, codenamed “Strawberry” inside OpenAI. But does Strawberry live up to the hype? Sort of.

Apr 25, 2024 | stlpr.org | Alex Heuer

When writer Jamaica Kincaid was informed last year that she’d receive the 2024 St. Louis Literary Award, she thought it was a prank. “I am deeply honored and surprised,” Kincaid said on St. Louis on the Air. “With the list of distinguished people, I can hardly believe I’m among them.”Kincaid is no stranger to accolades. She is a National Book Awards finalist and received a prestigious Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship.

Mar 28, 2024 | stlpr.org | Alex Heuer

One hundred years ago the Royal Australian Air Force sought to accomplish something that had never been done — circumnavigate mainland Australia in an airplane. In 1924, two military pilots used a seaplane out of necessity because the airport infrastructure that trip required didn’t exist. The pilots were also scouting possible locations to build runways.

Mar 19, 2024 | stlpr.org | Alex Heuer

Humans have gotten a lot wrong when it comes to living on Earth.. And while it wouldn’t be possible to entirely leave earthly problems behind, when humans settle outer space, when humans settle outer space, they will have an entirely new set of ethical questions with which to grapple. Among the ethical questions will be issues around labor rights. How do you prevent workers from being exploited — or, what happens if a worker wants to quit while working in outer space?