Is it wrong to wish on space hardware?

'Bout time I updated, eh? I spent most of the week preparing for the AI lesson, and had planned to update Friday, but time has a way of disappearing.

I had a lot of fun preparing for and teaching about AI. I guess that's why I'm in grad school: research -- in my or other areas -- is so amazing. These great projects that people (and sometimes people I know!) are working on are years aware from hitting the market, but there's so much promise. Even if they're not perfect yet, we can see all sorts of things humans are capable of. How could that not excite you?

And this brings us to the title of this post. It's from a Billy Bragg song about lost love where he wishes on a star but then realizes it's a satellite and asks . The line made me think of HAL from 2001, who can certainly be considered "space hardware."

Sunday, if we can work out some timing issues, I'll be teaching a painting class. I'll admit that I'm a little nervous. I've only ever taught math and science topics before. I'm sure it'll be fun for everyone at very least, since painting is a blast, it's just in my nature to worry.

I couldn't come up with a relevant picture, so here's one of my kitty, Tristan.