Piotr Nowak
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Pole in Italy ✈️ | AI | Crypto | Online Earning | Book writer | Every read supports my work on Vocal
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Silicon Rhetoric: When Algorithms Stop Just Knowing and Start Persuading 🤖🗣️
Man vs. machine duels are truly fascinating, at least to me. 🧐 In one of my previous articles, I described the famous victory of the Watson system by IBM on the game show Jeopardy!. That 2011 event was a milestone—a display of raw computing power and the speed of searching through gargantuan databases. ⚡ Today, while the technological successor to those solutions is the watsonx platform, IBM is back at the table with something far more sophisticated: Project Debater. Let me tell you how the impossible becomes possible. ✨
By Piotr Nowak15 days ago in Futurism
📖 "Publish a Book, and the Scammers Will Find You." Anatomy of a $37 Extortion Attempt
Publishing a book is an emotional rollercoaster 🎢. After months (or years) of writing, editing, and wrestling with formatting, you finally hit "publish." You’re proud, excited, and—most importantly—hungry for validation that your work matters. It’s at this exact moment, when your guard is down and your hunger for success is at its peak, that they appear: The "Author Hunters" 🕵️♂️.
By Piotr Nowak16 days ago in Writers
The Digital Labeler – How I Organize Chaos in the World of AI 🏷️💻
As a freelancer, I take on various income-generating tasks across many categories. Most often, I find myself working on projects related to AI and machine learning. In today’s article, I wanted to explain one of the tasks I perform very frequently and show you why this work is so vital in today’s world. 🌍 Once, in one of my previous posts, I said that I "stick labels in the digital world." The comparison came from the fact that I used to physically label products in a factory. This article will show you the similarities between physical and digital labeling. Take a look! 🎧
By Piotr Nowak16 days ago in Futurism
My Best Life Investment Cost Only €200. Meet "Grandma" 👵💻
We live in a world where €200 (around £170) vanishes from your wallet almost unnoticed. All it takes is a bigger grocery run for the family 🛒, a pair of branded sneakers 👟, or one intense night out on the town, and that amount becomes just a memory on your bank statement. However, for me, that same money became the foundation of a new life in Italy 🇮🇹. It might be shocking, but my best life investment cost less than a decent mid-range smartphone. How is that possible? 🤔
By Piotr Nowak19 days ago in Lifehack
Polish Hell in the Shadow of Apulian Suns: The Anatomy of National Shame 🇮🇹🇵🇱
There are stories that keep you awake at night. There are facts that burn more intensely than the Italian sun in the middle of July. As a Pole living abroad, building my life far from home, I came across a story that made my face burn with shame. 🔥 I write this with difficulty, because the worst harm didn't come from the outside. It was orchestrated by my own countrymen. It wasn’t a foreign enemy—it was "one of our own" who inflicted this fate upon another. To say that "a Pole is a wolf to a Pole" is, in this case, a massive understatement. A Pole became a master, an executioner, and a ruthless oppressor to his own brother. 🐺💔
By Piotr Nowak19 days ago in Confessions
Between the Algorithm and Inspiration: Can a Writer Be a Good AI Trainer? 🤖✍️
Working in AI training while being a writer is a combination that, at first glance, sounds like being a part-time clown and a part-time gravedigger. 🤡⚰️ Absurd, seemingly contradictory, and yet, in my life, inseparable. Choosing AI was a conscious move, driven by a curiosity about tomorrow, but writing... that came a moment earlier, almost as an act of survival.
By Piotr Nowak19 days ago in Futurism
The Fear of Success is a Myth. We’re Simply Afraid of Becoming Someone New. 🇮🇹💻
We often hear the thesis that people are afraid of success. While it sounds intriguing, I believe this terminology doesn’t fully capture what’s happening in our heads. In reality, we aren't afraid of the moment we collect the trophy 🏆. We are afraid of what happens "in between." We fear that we won’t measure up to the bar we’ve set for ourselves, that our incompetence will be exposed, and that we will ultimately fail in front of everyone. This paralysis has a name—it is the fear of losing our safe, familiar "self" in favor of someone we have yet to become. 👤
By Piotr Nowak19 days ago in Futurism
Digital Carrion: How AI Gave Scammers a Second Life and Why Stolen Money Stinks 🤮💸
The world has gone crazier than ever before, but this madness isn’t happening on the streets—it’s happening in our pockets, on the smartphone screens we feed on from dawn till labels. 📱 As someone for whom the internet is a workplace, a testing ground, and a place of rest, I spend my entire day online. I sit there, I observe, and more and more often, I am beyond stunned. How is it possible that in an age of almost limitless opportunities for honest earnings, so many people choose to be digital hyenas? 🐺💻
By Piotr Nowak20 days ago in Futurism
Data – the most valuable asset of the 21st century 📊💡
Have you ever wondered what the greatest wealth in the world is? Silver 🪙, gold 🏆, diamonds 💎, expensive jewels? Probably at some point. While these treasures still hold value, today there is something that surpasses them all – data, or information 📈.
By Piotr Nowak20 days ago in Futurism
Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies in 2026: More than Just Investments – New Business Applications 🚀
When we hear “blockchain” or “cryptocurrencies,” most of us immediately think of Bitcoin, speculation, and volatile investments. 💰 However, focusing solely on price charts means missing the bigger picture. Blockchain is much more than digital coins; it is a fundamental shift in infrastructure. It is a technology that is radically changing how global companies operate, store sensitive data, and verify complex transactions without traditional intermediaries. 🏢
By Piotr Nowak20 days ago in Futurism
From Tons of Iron to a Gram of DNA – The Fascinating Evolution of Data Storage
Did you know that the first hard drive in 1956 weighed over a ton, was the size of two refrigerators, and could hold just 5 MB of data? Today, the same amount of information fits on an area smaller than a fingernail, and technology keeps moving forward.
By Piotr Nowak20 days ago in Futurism
AI as a Confidant: Between Salvation and the Abyss 🤖💔
More and more often, we encounter situations where people treat a chatbot as a confidant, a confessor, a friend, or their only companion. It is in human nature to need to "vent" and release difficult emotions 🗣️. Sometimes a lack of family, a lack of trust in one's surroundings, or most often, paralyzing shame, makes us write to a chat window instead of a fellow human being.
By Piotr Nowak20 days ago in Futurism
