“Replacing workers with ChatGPT or other generative AI, is the equivalent of hiring a Magic 8 ball and wondering why your company died.” — “Chatbots cannot think like humans: They do not actually understand what they say. They can mimic human speech because the artificial intelligence that powers them has ingested a gargantuan amount of text, mostly scraped from the internet.” — Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-chatbot-learning/

Like “thoughts and prayers” rating the quality of the conversation instead of the need for action fails in every meaningful way. — “Prayer is an excuse to do nothing. Prayer is a symptom of mental illness and that’s all it will ever be.” — Random Post Circulating the Internet With all things, context matters — this post was likely made in response to the recent killing of six people, Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie…

The Algorithm restricts my rights to free speech whenever I mention the Republican Party. — This particular quote is attributed to Candace Owens, presumably at PragerU. I refuse to go there and give them the clicks to make them think I care about how well they disguise their racism as modern talking points. This Evening I was restricted AGAIN on Facebook. My response to the above post, which resulted in sixty days of…

“Bring Out Our Dead” — I stare daily into the Abyss. Usually over a cup of coffee. I don’t want to. I wake every morning at 3:00 AM. I have been working as an assistant editor at Scifi.radio, while the real editor has been spending time with his family out of state. I discovered working…

Just before all hell breaks loose. — Before I begin my work day and pretend nothing outside my door matters to my psychological well-being, I am reminded of the current bizarre behavior across my planet, which I would not be aware of except for the use of the internet: South American nations have thrown up their hands…

The White House’s First and Second Dog (Champ), weigh in on the “aggressive incident” earlier today. — I know what you heard. I know it sounds bad, especially if it’s made the news cycle. I am sure I will hear my name more in a day than I’ve had in my whole life. …

Happy Holidays. But what should that really mean? — Happy holidays. Given the sledgehammer to the nether region the year 2020 has been, I understand the cynicism. No, this won’t take long. I just had a strange and wonderful thought. Yes, I have lots of those but this one was special. I don’t internally celebrate Christmas. This was not…

What Are We Doing About It? — Congress is letting people die. Tell a friend. Okay, so I’m the bad guy for telling the truth. SO BE IT. People are losing their homes, hundreds of people are in virtual Zoom sessions as they’re evicted by judges into the streets, without money, without resources, without alternatives. during a…

Those sea walls won’t build themselves without slave labor — Introducing the “Judicial Gambit” A thought-experiment seeing where the conversation on the repeal of the 13th Amendment leads us… It won’t be the first amendment they topple on their road to Nazi America, but it will certainly be the last. With the turning of the screws in the Supreme Court and the shoehorning of…