May, 2024 archive
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a family value.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Watching and recording your every move? Let’s see.
Bruce Schneier takes a look at Microsoft’s new effort to create an “AI” digital assistant. He–how shall I put this?–has some qualms. Here’s a tiny bit from his post:
It will act trustworthy, but it will not be trustworthy. We won’t know how they are trained. We won’t know their secret instructions. We won’t know their biases, either accidental or deliberate.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child . . . .
And yet another news report demonstrating ignorance of the difference between “accidental” and “negligent.”
Learning from Experience 0
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
This time, it’s The Virginian-Pilot’s Larry Rubama who hears a rhyme.
_____________________
*Mark Twain
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another “responsible gun owner” gets a leg up on cleanliness.
Guns and stupid, guns and stupid.
They go together like love and Cupid.
Let me tell you brother,
You can’t have one without the other.
Aside:
You may be tired of my harping on this.
Me, I’m tired of the stupid, the bloodshed, and especially the stupid bloodshed.