Today is my last day at Cardiff Met. I won't be idle; "Introduction to AI" is due out in June and other books in the way, but it is a change of pace and focus. To mark my retirement and turning 65 I am running 65 miles in a week in July in aid of Cancer Research UK.| Alan Dix
Can chance childhood thoughts shape the whole life? Maybe a lifetime studying the nuanced complexity of humanity alongside the elusive simplicity of mathematics comes down to The Woodentops.| Alan Dix
Query-by-Browsing now has 'user explanations', so that users can say what is important in examples. This version is released to coincide with our paper on user explanations to AI at AXAI 2025. Continue reading →| Alan Dix
The AI glossary is complete -1229 entries in all, ready for the publication of the AI book in June. This a resource in its own right and interlinks with the book as hybrid digital/physical media. Find more about the glossary and how it was made.| Alan Dix
Query-by-Browsing now includes local explanations so that you can explore in detail how the AI generated query relates to dataset items. Continue reading →| Alan Dix
Fresh version of calQ available, an experimental calculator that gradually blurs the boundary between calculator, spreadsheet and coding. At first use it as a simple online 4-function calculator, but with a 'till roll' showing you your calculation history – yes just like the old mechanical deskto| Alan Dix
How a chiilds puzzle game gives insight into more human-like explanations of AI decisions Many of you will have played Mastermind, the simple board game with coloured pegs where you have to guess a hidden pattern. At each turn the person with the hidden pattern scores the challenge until t| Alan Dix
Helpful suggestions aren't helpful if they block what you are doing. You would think Microsoft would have learned that lesson with Clippy.| Alan Dix
Rainbows and pre-dawn skies capture light that would otherwise be lost to the heavens, instead gifting it to us. We live in borrowed light. Continue reading →| Alan Dix
Water has been at the heart of Welsh politics for many years as highlighted by an article in the BBC News today1. However, the impacts of climate change means this is a growing issue across the world. I recall hearing … Continue reading →| Alan Dix
