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I’ve been reading Ray Kurzweil’s book The Singularity is Nearer: When We Merge with AI (singularity is the term for when AI becomes conscious) and already I find he’s a little alarmingly gung-ho about it. As Continue reading This is a test! Quantum Computers and Weird Aspects of the Sentient AI Problem (Part 2)
As I was jotting down some of my thoughts today, as they drift, I noticed there’s one that keeps circling back around, and I must say, it has bothered me. People have been expressing a Continue reading Embrace the Mess
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
With all that’s been happening lately, I figure I could either talk about this multilevel and likely catastrophic “borrow from Peter to pay to Paul” mindset the world has fallen into, or I could talk Continue reading UFOs: Why so sloppy? Plus, the rejuvenation of mice…
It’s that time of year again, and happily, my silly little Christmas poem “Wonder, the Christmas Cat” is still making the rounds. We could use a little levity, don’t you think? Speaking of animals, I’ve Continue reading An Entire Planet Grows… Smarter?
Did you know that I have a Halloween-themed short story that’s free to read? The process of submission takes so long – and this was in 2020 during the worst of the pandemic – that Continue reading The Ordered Chaos of “Odd Wheels” — and Novels!
There’s been so much going on. I’ve been finding it hard to stop my brain from switching back and forth between images from the stories I’m trying to write and stories of real people, if Continue reading Distraction in a Time of War: Vikings and Raised by Wolves
I received an email today from Luna Station Quarterly announcing its newest issue. It says, “There is always hope… even in this troublesome batch of stories… where grief, loneliness and other prickly emotions take center Continue reading Forgotten Civilizations: A Sympathetic Look at Symbols, Reflective of our Times
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)
It’s all about when we notice the glass, isn’t it? I’d written two new pieces this November for today’s post, one that was long and one that was short. The long one turned out to Continue reading Glass Half Full