Tag Archives: artificial intelligence

AI Art and Me

Oddly enough, that picture was not made with or by AI. I didn’t do all the work that went into “Hangar 7”. Nikola Tesla, Michael Faraday, and a whole mess of other folks developed the alternating current1 that ran my … Continue reading

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Noted: “Magnifica Humanitas”, Pope Leo XIV on AI

I haven’t read the encyclical letter yet. It’s divided into five chapters plus a conclusion, so I don’t expect it’ll be a fast read. Vatican News posted an article about it today: “Pope Leo’s ‘Magnifica humanitas’: AI must serve humanity … Continue reading

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Respect, Relationship, Responsibility, and Stuffed Animals

Our second-oldest daughter and her husband live and run their businesses on the homestead where my mother grew up. Our oldest daughter moved there, some years back. That’s another story for another time. The oldest daughter and I enjoy a … Continue reading

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BART Drivers and the Importance of Being Human

San Francisco’s BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) system wasn’t the world’s first automated transit system, or even the first in this country. But it was among the first all-new American rapid transit systems designed in the 20th century. BART was … Continue reading

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Truth, Beauty, and the Evening News

“It’s fair to say that if news sites were people, most would be diagnosed as clinically depressed right now.”(“I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or the product?”, Amanda Ripley, Washington Post (July 8, 2022) via Wikiquote) … Continue reading

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