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AI Discussion with ChatGPT – Part 3

THE CURRENT AI MARKET SERIES INTRODUCTION  ARTICLE INTRODUCTION As highlighted in prior articles within this AI series, one of the important limitations of ChatGPT Version 4.0 is time specific. ChatGPT’s most recent general update (as of December 2023) occurred in April 2023. To supplement and update the following dialogue with ChatGPT, this writer recommends applicable...

AI Discussion with ChatGPT – Part 2

HISTORY OF AI SERIES INTRODUCTION ARTICLE INTRODUCTION One of the most important limitations of ChatGPT Version 4.0 is time specific. As highlighted in the Introductory article to this AI series, ChatGPT’s most recent general update (as of December 2023) occurred in April 2023. Much of “Modern AI’s” most important “history”, however, has occurred more recently...

AI Discussion with ChatGPT – Part 1

AI Vocabulary and Definition INTRODUCTION  THIS ARTICLE ADDRESSES Basic AI vocabulary plus definitions for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Generative AI Neural Networks Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) Generative-AI chatbots Prompt Engineering Effective Altruism Identify basic vocabulary for understanding Artificial Intelligence (AI). Understanding Artificial Intelligence (AI) requires familiarity with a basic set of terms...

AI Discussion with ChatGPT – Introduction

A forthcoming 7-part series of articles about Artificial Intelligence (AI) began as a personal educational exercise with three primary objectives. First, to expand this writer’s general knowledge of AI beyond: 1) AI-related articles in news publications like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal: 2) more in-depth AI coverage and analysis in newsletters such...

Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments – Release 74

First published in 1986, Release 74 for “Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments”  will be made available to subscribers this month by publisher Law Journal Press. Online subscribers will receive their update simultaneously with no additional subscription charge. “Structured Settlements and Periodic Payment Judgments” (herein sometimes referred to as “the book”) consists of 16 chapters...

White and Nadeau v. Symetra – Part 2

Introduction This past week, a three-judge panel of U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in a lawsuit seeking class action certification brought by Plaintiff-Appellees Renaldo White and Randolf Nadeau against Defendant-Appellants Symetra Assigned Benefits Service Company (SABSCO) and Symetra Life Insurance Company (Symetra Life) – herein sometimes referred to jointly as “Symetra.”...

White and Nadeau v. Symetra – Part 1

Several class action lawsuits, almost always settled without admission of liability, have nonetheless helped shape, and arguably have helped to improve, structured settlement business practices in the United States. Examples include: the Weil lawsuit ; Macomber v. Travelers; Spencer v. Hartford; and Griffiths v. Aviva. On Tuesday October 17, 2023, in Phoenix, a three-judge panel...