“Cody Morelock was accused of damaging the camera on Mount Carmel-Tobasco Road near Glenrose Lane on June 13, according to Union Township police.
“Investigators alleged Morelock removed bolts securing the camera system, bringing down the camera, solar panel and support pole before destroying the equipment.”
Oh, and one more thing. The camera was a Flock Safety camera.
Morelock was identified by other cameras, and his case was brought before a grand jury. (I don’t know why it went to a grand jury rather than having a district attorney file charges directly. Someone enlighten me.)
The grand jury took a surprising action.
“A Clermont County grand jury declined to indict Morelock on felony charges.”
Huh? There was evidence that suggested Morelock did the deed, and the grand jury said, “So what?” Which is rare; grand juries usually indict.
Now theoretically the prosecutor can bring the case before another grand jury, or could directly file charges and bypass the grand jury altogether. But the actions of THIS grand jury suggest that the DA might not get a conviction. And DAs hate to lose.
And Flock Safety probably wouldn’t file a civil case against Morelock. The damage was around $1,000, and it would cost much more than that to file.
So we’re going to see trending stories about destroying Flock Safety cameras—if not total destruction, then less lethal actions such as bagging the cameras.
I talked about this song before, and discussed what’s behind it on my personal LinkedIn account. But if you’re interested in the audio track, here it is.
Can you let generative AI edit your Word document? Sure, if Track Changes is on. But there’s a cost.
An analysis need
I had a multi page Microsoft Word document, originally written by a client and subsequently edited by me in two separate sessions. This version, 1.2, desperately needed a sanity check—analysis, if you will.
First, to see if it made sense.
Second, to see if it properly addressed two distinct sets of hungry people (target audiences): the business audience interested in the brief introduction, and the technical audience interested in the main body of the document.
I wanted to use a tool to perform the work, but I didn’t want the tool to just make the changes on its own. All I need is one buried hallucination and my client’s credibility would be ruined.
Google Gemini.
Suggesting the changes
So I told the tool that I wanted to create a version 1.3, and to compile a list of suggested changes for my review, describing the two sets of hungry people for portions of the document, and capping the list of suggested changes at 40.
It created a list of 38 suggested changes, within my self imposed limit.
Google Gemini.
But before I could review the list, the tool asked me a question (paraphrased):
“Do you want me to apply the changes and create a marked up version 1.3?”
Making the changes
Those words “marked up” gave me joy. If you haven’t worked with Microsoft Word, it has a “Track Changes” feature to let you know every change someone (or something) made to a document. You can either accept them or reject them.
Google Gemini.
For me it was the best of both worlds. The tool could automatically make the changes without forcing me to make them manually. And I could review its work.
So I let the tool make the 38 changes, and I waited. And waited. (And spent an inordinate amount of tokens.)
But the tool delivered my 1.3 document, all marked up.
Google Gemini.
Reviewing the changes
I accepted most of the changes, with one major exception.
You see, in my first round of manual edits I had changed most of the section numbers, failing to realize that the text included hard-coded references to the old section numbers.
The tool fixed these so that the hard coded references were now directed to the new section numbers. That was fine.
But then the tool inserted hard coded references to the page numbers. That was NOT fine, since this is a living document that may expand or contract, changing the pagination.
It cost you
But all in all the markup looked good, was accurate, and saved me and my client time. But it did have a cost.
Google Gemini.
Now I just have to decide when to spend tokens and let the tool create a marked up version.
By the way, here’s a video summary.
Let Me Do It. Google Lyria. Public Domain.
So what?
Of course, my view of generative AI use falls within these two extremes.
If you even think of using generative AI in any way, you will never consult for us again.
Your performance is measured by the number of tokens you consume.
Yet in reality, my use or non-use of generative AI is extremely inconsequential. The much more important factor is my expertise in identity, biometrics, and technology.
If you want to harness that expertise for your firm, talk to me.
“Black Flag® Fly Paper traps houseflies, mosquitoes and other flying insects in the home, porch, patio and garden. This product provides long-lasting protection after opening.
“Catches all flying insects
“Once they land, they never leave”
Kind of has that “Hotel California” feel to it, don’t you think?
But there is virtual flypaper also, where certain websites do everything they can to keep you stuck within their ecosystem.
Or just post to groups rather than pages, then repost the group post to the page.
Or quit posting to Facebook altogether.
Which Bredemarket can’t do, because outbound links from Facebook are one of the Bredemarket website’s main sources of traffic to…the Bredemarket ecosystem.
And my own virtual flypaper.
Google Gemini.
Although mine isn’t as onerous as Marky Mark’s. But it still has the goal of keeping you within the Bredemarket ecosystem.
You see, this post, like all the other Bredemarket posts and pages, includes hyperlinks. Some of which go to other websites, while others go to other posts and pages on the Bredemarket website. These other posts and pages have their own hyperlinks. Some posts have a half dozen hyperlinks, while some pages (such as the Biometric Product Marketing Expert page) have over a hundred hyperlinks.
Now most people ignore the hyperlinks because it takes effort to click on one, and no effort to just read on and ignore it. But the curious people will click, which is good for me.
Nothing would delight me more than to view my daily analytics and see 300 visitors and 600 views.
Because that means that some of those visitors saw the hyperlinks and kept on clicking, and clicking, and clicking, perhaps eventually landing here or here or here or here.
I tried to address some of the enumerated deficiencies in the prompt for my previous song.
Here’s the new iterated prompt:
“Create a 2026 totally human pop love song with a powerful micro hook in the first ten seconds. It should appeal to U.S. teenagers. Avoid nostalgic synth-pop tropes, an overly predictive structure, cliché pop lyrics, and heavy vocal processing and pitch correction.”
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