Plastics People, You’re Such a Drag* 0
I find this worrying.
Researchers at the nonprofit analyzed aquatic insects like mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies that were collected between 1998 and 2019. . . .
They’re everywhere, even inside our brains.
I doubt that’s healthy.
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*With apologies to Frank Zappa.
This New Gilded Age 0
Methinks one sign that we are in a New Gilded Age is government’s privatizing the common weal so as to line the pockets of the already wealthy.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Going rogue? Security maven Bruce Schneier argues that the genie may have escaped from the bottle.
QOTD 0
John Wood, in the voice of Patrick Tyneman:
Time’s a thief, Jean. Don’t waste any of the little that you have.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Mona Charen is less than sanguine at the prospect of Todd Blanche holding the post of Attorney-General. A snippet:
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Thom hears some rhymes.
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*Mark Twain.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
As if we needed a reminder . . . .
. . . “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.
Devolution 0
Sportswriter extraordinaire Bob Molinaro in my local rag:
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Mind-numbing? At the Psychology Today website, Patrick L. Plaisance argues that “. . . the design and use of AI assistants are arguably destroying our digital opportunities to cultivate curiosity.”
The Macho Man, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
Thom sees a pattern.
Stray Question 0
Why do so many persons who loudly proclaim their love of the God of Love also loudly broadcast their hatred of persons who don’t look like them or think like them?
Republican Thought Police 0
Exercise your Constitutional right of freedom of speech and you just might find yourself on ice ICE on you.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A willing co-conspirator? At Above the Law, Joe Patrice tells of a lawyer who asked ChatGPt to tilt the scales of justice in his client’s favor.