2022 Retrospective

December 31, 2022

Hello everybody, I hope you’re all doing well. Welcome to the end of 2022.

Milestones: 2022 was a milestone year. We celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. Less than a month later, Wife gave birth to our 1st child. This month, we celebrated Sebastian's fifth month of life and 1st Christmas. He learned how to roll-over from his back to his stomach and took his 1st bite of solid food. We are over the moon. Several of his cousins, aunts, and Grandma flew in from California, just before a historic winter storm brought temperatures of -30. Six days later, it is now 62 degrees and Bashi is outdoors smiling and touching all the plants.

Art Output: The trader interviews and podcast sit firmly at the top of my list of proudest artistic accomplishments of 2022. To record interviews with my trader heroes has been the opportunity of a lifetime. I have met them in person; ate lunch with them, and got to know them a little bit. I am forever grateful. I still receive positive messages about the music-related content which is always inspiring to keep pushing to share.

Music: Each year I share my favorite music for the year. My 2022 playlist was the soundtrack to my workouts, chillouts, and adventures.

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Last December I wrote about some of the generative art I had been coding. One year later, I am even more a firm believer in the future of generative art; specifically via Artificial Intelligence. Spent a significant portion of December curating new artwork with AI. To instantly mimic styles of amazing artists like Hieronymus Bosch and Piet Mondrian to create fascinating new compositions is mind-bending. There is a whole world of related ethical, moral, and legal questions for this new field; from privacy and intellectual property considerations to estate compensation for commercial use of derivative works, and so forth.

OpenAI launched ChatGPT publicly in December. In short order, the chatbot was used to write college admissions papers and philosophy essay assignments. It can even generate exceptionally well-written computer code across several languages quickly and easily; very similar to typing a search query into Google.

Institutions and society at large will now grapple with whether or not this use of machine learning should forever be branded as “cheating”. As technology changes, so do our societal norms. Recall how Wikipedia was once considered "cheating"; that was less than two decades ago; back when hardcover books from the school library were the only "reputable" sources for students to cite in research papers. Teachers have a real-world dilemma. It will be exciting to watch the evolution of homework (and grading!) due to AI. It should be noted that critics of AI make very valid points. AI can be quite dumb, bland, and straight-up incorrect. One thing is for certain — Artificial Intelligence has arrived for the masses.

Onward to 2023: I am amazed to think this blog is now 4 years old. Appreciate everybody who ever reads a single word. As we prepare to ring in the new year, I want to emphasize how fiercely optimistic I am for 2023. It will be the best year yet! Let’s stay motivated to chase our dreams, reach our maximum potential, and be good humans!

Peace & Love, Worldwide ✌🏼❤️🌍

-anthony