- Perhaps our contemporary attention age with its two-edged 'sword' of AI is yet another 'messy middle' that poses a riddle: What is AI, compared to the hand that wields it? — jph (10-19-2024) The question of which is better: wielding […]
- In his latest newsletter, the venerable Steven Levy unpacked the background for the kerfuffle surrounding Sarah Wynn-Williams' book. While there is some nuance to the legal arguments, it's the optics, the asymmetry – a bullying billionaire & "over-the-top zeal" – […]
- • The Caltech Weekly, May 21, 2026 > Wired > Caltech Professor Answers Robotics Questions (4-28-2026) – What’s the chance we’ll end up like Terminator in the future? "In my opinion, you can never trust AI, but you can use […]
- POPE LEO REJECTED ATTEMPTS TO CO-OPT GOD AS JUSTIFICATION FOR WAR, COMMENTS THAT WILL LIKELY BE SEEN AS AIMED AT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION – CNN news crawler, Sunday, March 29, 2026 There's a long history of claiming earthly supremacy based […]
- Caption: Let's workshop this handoff … The new arms race. What happens when full agency is granted to AI so that decision-making is autonomous? Whatever the "unknown unknowns." It's already happening – scenarios in which AI, in a sense, is […]
- Dr. Seuss' holiday parable remains popular and profitable. Oddly, the Grinch is "Christmas' most sought-after sourpuss." In sour times, perhaps he's more relatable than a godly figure like Santa; so, does this hint at hope of finding a feel-good through […]
- When mister grinchy comes this way … donations dwindle … chaos competes with caring … • LA Times > "Most Americans turning away from year-end giving" by James Pollard and Linley Sanders (12-25-2025) – The survey … was conducted in […]
- After finishing my Christmas card, I noticed this article – what's happening with spending this holiday season. • LA Times > "Americans are feeling Grinchy …" by Matt K. Lewis (12-19-2025) The holidays have arrived once again. You know, that […]
- So, like Oxford University Press, Merriam-Webster also announced a word of the year: 'slop'. Other contenders were: gerrymander, touch grass, performative, tariff, six-seven, conclave, and Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg. • Merriam Webster > 2025 Word of the Year: Slop (Dec 14, 2025) […]
- Amid all the chatter about AI movers & shakers and whether AI's a flywheel for prosperity or primrose path, it's good to remember this article's advice: "Anthropomorphizing AI gives people the wrong idea about what these systems actually are. And […]