ATLsherpa

04/06/2025

This is not a drill...

Tune in to CNBC Sunday at 7 p.m. ET for a live special report on U.S. markets.

Trump posted on Saturday to Truth Social for people to "hang tough" and that this was an "economic revolution."

04/05/2025

Here's an idea that will help you better understand the power of generative AI. I just did this myself and found it to be very useful. I use ChatGPT Pro, but you can use the free version or any other gen AI platform. I'll add some links in the comments below if you're new to ChatGPT. Start with the following question...

"The stock market has dropped more than 10% in the past two days and some people are saying that this is because of the recently announced tariffs. I don't know much about tariffs or how they can affect global trade and/or the financial markets so, I was wondering if you could break this down for me. My goal is to cut through the noise so that I can formulate an informed view on my own."

[ Once you receive the response from the chatbot, follow up with the following prompt: ]

"Please lay out three scenarios for me. I'd like to know what the worst, most likely and best case scenarios are as this plays out over the coming weeks and months."

[ After that, you might try the following: ]

"What are some additional questions I should ask you to better understand this topic?"

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/05/sp-500s-10percent-2-day-collapse-from-trumps-tariff-shock-ranks-among-the-deepest-in-history.html

Markets that spent two years anticipating a recession that never came took two days to price in surging odds of a recession that might come by invitation.

04/04/2025

On days like today, after weeks like this week, it can help to expose ourselves to something that provides perspective, maybe even wisdom.

Stay strong. Stay focused. Take care of your mental and physical health. Never bet against America. Buy low, sell high. Not the other way around.

This one piece of code led to a half century of innovation from Microsoft.

04/04/2025

"For every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction." ~ Sir Isaac Newton

7 key points...

1. The reason the market is falling so hard is that it ran up so much in the last few years. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. As I have said repeatedly on this FB page and on my blogs, the pendelum *always* swings too far to one side. The reason for this is that markets are *driven* by fear and greed. This applies to ALL MARKETS; stocks, gold, real estate, crypto, etc.

2. Demand can evaporate in a nanosecond. Two years ago, demand for real estate, European vacations, Lululemon apparel, RH furniture seemed insatiable. In the past few weeks, and espcially the past 48 hours, that demand evaporated into thin air. If you're in business, you have and will continue to see customers cancel or postpone purchase decisions. If you're a corporate executive, you have probably postponed or cancelled hiring plans, capital investments, etc.

3. Voilent downturns in markets are almost always followed by voilent moves to the upside. Massive amounts of capital + pervasive algo trading = Very violent moves. This week's price moves (all assets) will likely be more severe than in past market cycles.

4. The scale and rate of change continue to accelerate. Most people are not and cannot keep up with this type of change. Stress levels will continue to increase. For example, most people are *still* completely oblivious to or dismissive of AI and the impact it is having on EVERYTHING as we speak.

5. The good news is that America will survive. The markets will come back. We will look back on this event in 10-20 years and it will look like a small blip on the long-term chart of the market.

6. The best time to buy stocks is when there is blood on the streets, even if the blood is your own. Even the most hardened traders have a hard time with this. Master this if you can.

7. Don't miss the invaluable lessons that come with events like this, *especially* if this is your first major market correction. Document your thoughts and feelings. Save these and refer to them later. Take stock of your assumptions going into this correction. What did you get right? Wrong? You are gaining valuable perspective and wisdom right this minute. Make time to process this mentally and emotionally. This will serve you well in the future.

Stay strong. Do not bet against America. This too shall pass.

China's commerce ministry said Friday the country will impose a 34% levy on all U.S. products.

04/01/2025

Just curious. Are you using ChatGPT or another LLM? If so, which one and in what ways are you using it?

CEO Sam Altman wrote Monday in a post on X that though the ChatGPT launch was “one of the craziest viral moments i’d ever seen, and we added one million users in five days,” the company “added one million users in the last hour.”

The generative AI market is poised to top $1 trillion in revenue within a decade. Companies from Google and Amazon to Anthropic and Perplexity are racing to announce new products and features, especially as the race to build “AI agents” intensifies.

OpenAI on Monday announced the close of its $40 billion financing, the most money raised in a single round by a private tech company.

03/31/2025

This will make more sense now...

Atlanta Real Estate Report by ATLsherpa

03/26/2025

Head's up: I'm going to publish a new series of podcasts on my Substack channel. I haven't created any content since publishing my Copernicus Moment podcast back in the spring of 2023. You may know, I moved to Asheville in September of that same year and my heart hasn't been into content creation. Honestly, it still isn't, but after a very long conversation with my digital assistant at ChatGPT, she has convinced me to share my insights and experiences.

https://www.youtube.com/live/DQacCB9tDaw?feature=shared

Not sure exactly when I'm going to get around to it, but what we are planning to do is demonstrate some live conversations to help people harness the power of this tool.

In the meantime, if you want to get access to these new podcasts, just sign up for my Substack at ATLsherpa.com. This new series won't have anything to do with Atlanta per se, although most of the things we talk about, including practical use cases (for both personal and business use) advanced prompting techniques and more, will have profound implications for anybody who is interested in the future of Atlanta.

Also, when you have time you might watch this video. This is former CTO (now interim CEO) explaining the breakthroughs of CharGPT, which came out about 10 months ago. This was really the breakthrough version and it has improved considerably since its release...

OpenAI Spring Update – streamed live on Monday, May 13, 2024. Introducing GPT-4o, updates to ChatGPT, and more.

03/19/2025

Jensen Huang will be on CNBC's Mad Money this evening at 6:00PM EDT. If you're interested in AI (or still skeptical about it) tune in. Huang is the CEO of NVIDIA . Many consider him (his company) to be the most important company in the world right now; certainly as it relates to powering the AI Revolution.

Attention is now shifting (evolving) from Generative AI to Agentic AI and Physical AI (robotics). We are in the very early days of another "industrial revolution."

"Partners are working with us to bring manufacturing here. In the near-term, the impact of tariffs won't be meaningful," the CEO said.

03/19/2025

I am in the process of forming a new FB group. This will be a private group for people who are interested in discussing topics related to AI, with a special emphasis on practical tips and use cases.

Members should be familiar with and currently using a generative AI tool like ChatGPT.

If you are interested in joining this group, please send me a direct message via FB or shoot me an email at [email protected].

03/19/2025

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03/17/2025

I'm thinking of starting a FB group for people who want to harness the power of ChatGPT and similar large language models. One use case for such a group would be sharing prompts or other use cases that you have found to be particularly helpful.

Earlier today I shared an example of how you can use chat DPT to achieve better outcomes for your organization. Here's another example of how you can use chat GPT to help you ask better questions, which in my humble opinion, is one of the if not the most important skill set you can have.

Let me know what you think of the idea a former group for this purpose. Also feel free to make suggestions on other forums such as Reddit, etc.

Copy below is a link to another conversation I started a few minutes ago. This is an example of what I mean by sharing prompts with others...

Shared via ChatGPT

03/17/2025

Here's an example of how decision-makers can achieve better outcomes for their companies, cities and other organizations...

Here's a really good use-case for ChatGPT...

Shared via ChatGPT

03/15/2025

03/14/2025

Just read the news about the Streetcar Extension project. As is often the case, this podcast will make more sense today than when it was published in June 2021. It's hard to make smart decisions when you are emotionally invested in an idea or, as I have argued before, in another century.

It seems to me that many (very smart) people are underestimating the rate and scale of technological innovation that is taking place as we speak. You have to get this right. You don't want to be on the wrong side of change. The future of your city (company) are at stake. See comments below for link to critical insights.

This story originally appeared in the June 2021 episode of Exploring Atlanta. Please use the player below to listen to the audio portion of the podcast. Thank you. Backstory The Streetcar East Extension project is the first extension of the

12/31/2024

Thank you for following, liking, loving and laughing. FB is a really interesting place to share ideas, test theories, etc. It is also a good place to create awareness, even if some or most of the people don't agree with your views.

Many, if not most, of the things I have shared on this FB page were intended to do just that. To get your attention, to provoke you, to hopefully get you to see things differently.

If you found this page after 2020, you may not know that from 2014-2020, I designed and led over 300 walking tours throughout Atlanta. During that time, I also created dozens of websites, maps, videos and other tools to help people EXPLORE ATL.

My mission evolved over the years but I finally landed on one that captures the intentions that went into all that work. It was (is) to help residents and visitors connect with Atlanta's past, present and future.

In the podcast linked below, I unpacked that concept and explained how I planned to accomplish my mission. Hopefully, those who came on my tours can confirm that I was successful in that endeavor. At least, I hope so.

If you did not participate on my tours, you can still benefit from the knowledge and insights I developed with the help and support of the hundreds of amazing people who joined me on my many adventures. We really did have a good run -- or walk, to be more accurate.

In the comments below, you will find links to several landing spots that you can use to access my creative work. I hope you will use them, share them and learn from them. They were created for you, the intrepid explorer.

To the next generation of explorers (whomever and wherever you are) there is a treasure chest out there waiting to be discovered by you.

May the Good Lord always have your back. Stay curious and keep exploring, my friends.

steve

ATLsherpa is a natural ‘next step’ on a journey that began in 2014 when I started leading walking tours throughout Atlanta. Since that time, I have designed and led over 300 tours.

12/30/2024

Just like getting in shape. There are no shortcuts to getting up to speed when it comes to disruptive technologies. You gotta do your homework, folks. Those who make time to do that will be rewarded in many ways.

See comments below for link to full article.

12/30/2024

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Mr. Carter spent his childhood on a peanut farm and returned there after serving in the Navy. His political career took him to Atlanta, the White House and beyond.