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