From J2ME, over Bluetooth and Speech Recognition to AI

An airhacks.fm conversation with Bruce Hopkins about: transition from Basic to Java , work on Bluetooth technology and writing a book on Bluetooth for Java, involvement with Sun Microsystems and Java ME , becoming a Java Champion, shift to AI and natural language processing research, development of speech recognition and hands-free web navigation systems using pure Java, use of Hugging Face libraries for NLP in 2016, writing for Linux Magazine about mesh VPNs, discovery and exploration of ChatGPT , writing a book on integrating ChatGPT with Java, shared experiences and parallel paths in Java development, discussion about Sun Microsystems vs Oracle's approach to Java, mention of various Java-related technologies like JXTA , Sphinx , FreeTTS , and Dalvik , brief explanation of mesh VPNs and Tailscale , plans for a future podcast episode focused on Bruce's JavaChatGPT book