September, 2024 archive
And Now for a Musical Interlude 0
Often played on Dwight Davis’s Sunday show, From the Parlor. I really enjoy the show, and Susan tolerates it because I enjoy it.
The Land Grabber and the Whistleblower 0
And both of them are Florida Men.
Facebook Frolics 0
Farron dissects the doubletalk.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Yet another child plays with politeness.
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.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Ian MacRae suggests that observing how AI Chatbots and LLM’s deal with humor can tell us a lot about just how “intelligent” they are. He notes that “(a)Apparently, large language models have a Rickrolling problem,” and goes on to make four main points (emphasis added):
- LLMs struggle to fully grasp the deeply embedded trends and language patterns of internet culture.
- Rickrolling, a classic internet prank, reveals the limitations of machine intelligence in understanding.
- Machine intelligence mimics human communication but lacks true understanding, especially in humor.
- We don’t yet fully understand the impact of training machine intelligence on vast datasets of online language.
Follow the link for his exploration of these issues.
Tip for Tat 0
Methinks my old Philly DL friend Noz may have sniffed out the subterfuge.
A Tune for the Times 0
Rita Brent comments at the Youtube page:
Levity is my specialty, but know that I find it sad and disgusting how particularly Black people’s identity, heritage, and actual existence are always questioned because some don’t think we’re worthy of sharing space with them. Well— we are worthy, and the world does not belong to YOU. We won’t be silenced or sit by idly allowing blatant lies, disrespect, or birtherism claims! Vote decency, competence, and humanity— Kamala Harris for President!
An Infestation of Moles 0
From my old NPR station in Philly:
More at the link.
Aside:
As I mentioned over there ——-> on the sidebar, one must needs vote in the real world for one’s vote to matter.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
As I have mentioned before in these electrons, Dr. William Shade, one of my history professors back in the olden days when I was a young ‘un, was found of saying, “History is irony.”
In the midst of a larger column focusing on a notion of immigrants, AL.com’s John Archibald notes such an irony (emphasis added):
Alabama is so afraid of “divisive concepts” that it won’t let students study the sins associated with that flag. But counties can run ‘em up the flagpole and call that history.
Follow the link for context.
Foxy Shady 0
Emma and the crew take another look at Fox News’s attempt toe make birtherism great again.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Grung_e_Gene notes that coarse discoursers dislike it when others remind them of the coarseness of their discourse.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “responsible gun owner” exposes a child to politeness.
Yet another child is sacrificed to the NRA’s leaden idol.
(snip)
Officials say the father got out of his truck to adjust a trailer and that’s when the child got into the glove box, where Brusly PD says the gun was secured and holstered.
“Secured.”
Yeah. Right.
We are a broken society.
The Climates They Are a-Changing 0
It appears that climate change may be going viral.
The Crypto Con 0
Emma talks with Andrew Chow, technology correspondent at Time Magazine, about the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX and crypto in general.
This is well-worth a listen, as it busts a lot of crypto myths.