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John Oliver beat us to it! Just joking. Others have been hinting at the same. I made similar observations in a recent post about LaMDA and in one of my first posts back in 2015, Continue reading Souped-up Chatbots: Humanity has a Mirror
After I shared my post “The Slow Boil Cooks the Frog” (June 17, 2022), I received a comment on Facebook that I might have missed something. In my post, I’d talked about quantum computers and Continue reading Why I was Unconvinced LaMDA was Sentient
When I ran across this article in Scientific American about how quantum computers actually work, I knew I had to read it. Zaira Nazario, author of “How to Fix Quantum Computing Bugs”, is a quantum Continue reading The Slow Boil Cooks the Frog: A convergence of man and machine right under our noses
The Matrix: Resurrections was my Happy New Year treat. [Spoilers alert!] The irony is not lost on me, and I don’t really care. No, I do care, but my husband was pretty lukewarm about watching Continue reading Happy New Year! I’m going to talk about Resurrections (The Matrix)
Across western society, we have sensed for a long time that the emotional centers of ourselves are lacking an outlet and as a result are under-developing, and it is a shame. So often, when we Continue reading This Way Lies Quicksand
I recently read a book recommended to me by one of my beta readers, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by historian Yuval Noah Harari. The topic is quite large, and to be honest, I Continue reading Personal Narratives, Tribalism, and Robots
I may be biting off more than I can chew here, but hopefully, you’ll be entertained as I choke… Just kidding. Last night we watched Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Season 3, Episode 9, on Hulu, hosted Continue reading When Mind and Matter Collide: What’s our role in a deterministic universe?
Yesterday, Day One of NaNoWriMo ended for me. I was fried. I’m doing what some of you out there are doing. I’m finishing a novel I started last year. Don’t laugh, but when I emerged Continue reading NaNoWriMo… Round TWO
For fun, I thought I’d share my half of an email discussion with a friend (also an author). We were talking about publication. As you may have guessed, we talk about that sort of thing, Continue reading What’s a Creative to do with all this Delayed Gratification?
“It’s time we got back to mother,” said the mave, his low voice an added heaviness to the rough-hewn hall. Like a frayed silk cocoon, his hoary beard caught against the coarse texture of his Continue reading Back to Mother