Welcome to my Blog!

My goal for this blog is to share my thoughts on Artificial Intelligence. I started a Ph.D. program in AI at Oregon State University last fall and have been thinking about starting a new blog ever since. There's just too much on my mind and I need to get it out and organized!

My first blog post was almost 19 years ago was about my martial arts training. I may have to sneak some martial arts training posts into this one, becuase the subject is never far from my mind but that won't be the main focus. The title of this blog, Actual Intelligence, and the URL, actualintel.blogspot.com, are a double entendre of a sort since I work at Intel Corporation. I *may* share some thoughts about Intel here, but probably not many. I don't follow the tech news very closely and therefore don't want to risk publishing anything that's not already public.

I expect that most of my posts will be about what I'm doing at OSU. I may recycle some old writing and/or blog posts that I think are relevant (and will indicate as such when I do), but my plan is to post something new every week. I've always like writing and since I'm not always writing something for class, this will give me a outlet for it. If you have any questions or comments, or want to read my thoughts on something specific, please feel free to reach out. Thanks!

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