Tag Archives: responsibility

ChatGPT and the End of Civilization as We Know It

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Brian H. Gill

I’ll be talking about ChatGPT, artificial intelligence, and why I don’t think we’re doomed. Search Engines, Iron Gall Ink and Me I’ll start by admitting that I’m a human. Furthermore, I like technology. I’ve been using software and search engines … Continue reading →

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Climate, Neighbors, Bogeymen and Responsibility

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Brian H. Gill

Last weekend I started re-reading “Laudato si’, on care for our common home,” AKA the “environmental encyclical” and the “Green Encyclical,” by Pope Francis. Calling the 2015 encyclical “green” and “environmental” isn’t mere marketing. But there’s more to “Laudato si’” … Continue reading →

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Killing Prisoners, Valuing Human Life

Posted on August 27, 2022 by Brian H. Gill

(From Coconut Creek Police Department(?), via Wikipedia, used w/o permission.)(Suspect arrested, after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. (2018)) A fervent defense of capital punishment popped up in my social media feeds recently. By the time I went back, looking … Continue reading →

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Taking People, Pride and Dignity Seriously: June 2022

Posted on June 11, 2022 by Brian H. Gill

My news feed tells me it’s Pride Month. Or LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Wikipedia’s page implies that the correct term is LGBT pride. Decades of experience, spanning McCarthyism’s dying gasps and the efflorescence of political correctness, suggest that I’ll offend someone: … Continue reading →

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Ritalin, the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Me

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

I haven’t been following the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but could hardly help noticing major stories in my news feeds. Some of them weren’t what I’d call news. Not “news” in the sense of being unexpected. China won the table tennis … Continue reading →

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