Beside myself: The Quantum Slalom

First things first: read the headline out loud. In doing so, you’ll likely have no choice but to become self-aware for a brief moment as you ponder how you sound saying those words. They don’t exactly roll right off the tongue. The point of this article is to teach you something you’ve already been taught: …

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Analysis paralysis, information overload, and you

What do you want to eat? Which song would you like to hear next? Who’s your favorite actor? Would you like sugar and cream? How many rolls of wrapping paper do we need? Which way should I turn? Please hurry, people are waiting on you.  Choose. Now. Decide. Hurry. Is this what it feels like …

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5 reasons why you should start a mini water propagation garden today

Here are five reasons why you should start a mini propagation garden today! How do you feel about water propagation? Personally, I appreciate it because there is zero cost or real effort involved and it’s a delightful payoff when you see those little roots growing. 1. It’s good for you Water propagation is an excellent …

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More than meets the AI: Quantum intelligence

The universe never gives up. Once something, anything, is set into motion, the universe will see it through one way or another. Everything that has ever happened has an effect on everything that will ever happen. And all of those things are a reaction to whatever happened at the genesis of this particular iteration.  Whatever …

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More than meets the AI: The ultimate trust fall

Your AI chatbot name is your middle name, plus the name of the first car you owned, and your credit card number. Paypal me $25 and I’ll tell you my secret for getting total strangers to give you money. The check is in the mail.  Trust me. In this issue: The ultimate trust fall (754 …

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More Than Meets the AI: How alive is alive enough?

I’m alive, I’m alive, I’m not alive, I’m Maroon 5. Whoops, sorry for that gibberish. We’re not sure how that got in here. Other than, you know, the fact that a human pretty much had to type it. Ahem. Cough. Cough.  In this issue:  -Moving goalposts (504 words) -How alive is alive enough? (463 words) …

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How to ‘save’ journalism

Throw a rock in a crowd and there’s a significant chance it’ll hit somebody who thinks journalism needs to be saved. I believe, today, there are more people in the world who believe journalists are generally untrustworthy and bad at their jobs than those who feel otherwise. I also believe that those people are wrong. …

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More than meets the AI: Move over chatbots, here comes the band

You can imitate a bee all you want, but that ain’t gonna get nobody any honey.  In this edition: Hi AI (176 words) High AI (296 words) Move over chatbots, here comes the band (523 words) Hi AI I try to imagine what meeting sentient AI will be like. I don’t mean the breakthrough moment …

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More than meets the AI: The chatbots are here. Now what?

Bing plus ChatGPT! Google and Bard! Baidu and … uhh.. Ernie bot? Okay. Sure. Baidu and Ernie bot! 2023 is the year of the chatbot, for sure.  In this issue: Alan Turing’s spirituality (649 words) Isaac Newton’s bullies (312 words) Bill Gates’ boundaries (178 words) Alan Turing’s spirituality With all the hubbub, hullabaloo, and fluff …

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More than meets the AI: Past is prescient

Today’s issue is brought to you by: it’s Monday and I made it out of bed, isn’t that good enough? In this issue: STEMPH (252 words) Pro bono publico (288) I need money (179 words)  STEMPH Here’s an argument someone should have made a few centuries ago: history and philosophy should be included in the …

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