Recommended Viewing 0
It’s the third cartoon in season 1, episode 3, of the Looney Tunes series I’m watching on Tubitv.com. The episode ie linked above (note that, when the show leaves Tubi, the link will be broken).
It’s a take-off on Casablanca, which I consider to be the finest American movie ever made, and it’s an absolute hoot.
Devolution 0
At the Hartford Courant, Gary Franks makes a strong case that Donald Trump is driving the United States full banana republic.
The Procedure for Proliferating Perfidy 0
David explores how lies metastasize.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A competent therapist? Pigs, wings.
At Psychology Today Blogs, Dan Mager reports that using AI ChatbotS as counselors “. . . is not just risky, it’s dangerous.”
- Increasingly, people have begun to utilize AI for mental health care.
- Both research and anecdotal evidence find AI can be a risky or dangerous substitute for human therapists.
- AI therapy services adhere to neither mandated reporting laws nor confidentiality/HIPAA requirements.
- Three states now have laws restricting the use of AI-based therapy, and others are exploring this issue.
Follow the link for details.
Facebook Frolics 0
Our society is selling its soul for clicks and likes.
Something Doesn’t Add Up Here 0
If you don’t believe me, you try doing the math.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Overhyped? From El Reg:
Follow the link to hear the hiss of air leaking out of the bubble.
Stray Question 0
Does this article remind you of anyone in the news?
The Bad Bunny Hop 0
Rick Strom discusses how comedian Josh Johnson ridicules the furor over Bad Bunny at the Superbowl while also pointing out the bigotry behind it.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Self-politeness is the politest kind.
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.
Courting Disaster 0
It should come as no surprise that the product of incompetents is incompetence.
“Facts Are What People Think” 0
Veteran newspaper editor Martin Baron is not sanguine at the state of dis coarse discourse. Here’s a tiny bit from his article:
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A helpmeet of hackers? Security maven Bruce Schneier reports that
Much more at the link.