- My homage to two famous cartoons: As I’ve noted elsewhere, verbal (or literary) agility need not be a sign of intelligence. And such fluency can be glib, even annoying. Especially when, as with some people, responses are repetitive, follow predictable […]
- Taking time out from scrolling … touch the grass … the gods need not take our sight … we scale ourselves … in moving from low to high,we see our pathway as true,and that we are in the right.yet forever […]
- My holiday card this year in the cosmic greetings, Santa-in-Space series. when something grinchy comes this way lean banking balances go to naughtwhere e’re his pitchcraft slop is taught,and roiling boasts do sour in taste,when mister shady tweets in haste […]
- Two years after Time’s “TIME 100 AI” cover for 2023 – the most influential people in AI … movers & shakers, shaping the good, bad, & ugly, we have a shorter list for the 2025 cover. I’ve read & written […]
- It’s been a year of “deliberate agitation.” Witness Oxford University Press’ announcement that rage bait was Word of the Year. Compare with last year’s word brain rot: “outrage sparks engagement, algorithms amplify it, and constant exposure leaves us mentally exhausted.” […]
- Food for thought … (click on image to see more)
- Billy, Sally, “What do you want to be when you get older?” We live in a hyper-connected world, a social media landscape of scaleable, accessible influence. Monetizing yourself – you are the product – is no longer just for traditional […]
- Tools .. totems … T-factor (thalamocortical network) … consciousness in the circle of life, eh. [1] As mentioned elsewhere, remember that “there’s nobody home” when interacting with gen AI models and chatbots. Despite occasional chatbot psychosis where a user attributes […]
- A better technology, a better humanity. A personal coach (and emotional pal) in everyone’s pocket. That’s the drift. Bet on it. Business is business, eh. If we don’t do it, then someone else will. If we can’t survive as a […]
- Does trust require truth? Facts? With explanations of the speaker’s reasoning & sources? Or just because “(A)I said it’s so” – authoritatively. So, what could go [1] … hardly anyone understands how their smartphone works … (as well as most electronics, […]