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Shouting from the Soapbox: AI – Promise or Peril?

Promise

 “AI will be the most transformative technology of the 21st century. It will affect every industry and aspect of our lives.” —Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia

Peril

“The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race…. It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate. Humans, who are limited by slow biological evolution, couldn’t compete, and would be superseded.” —Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and cosmologist

This is the third installment of the Shouting from the Soapbox series from my blog, Mixed Metaphors, Oh My!

“Pick a subject you care so deeply about that you’d speak on a soapbox about it.” — Kurt Vonnegut Continue reading

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Shouting from the Soapbox: Russian Roulette

“Is it just me, or is it getting crazier out there?” — Arthur Fleck, Joker

“Putin will be a Trump campaign surrogate while he quarantines.” Senator Chris Murphy, (D) Foreign Relations Committee

Early Friday morning, around 12:30 a.m. I woke up to use the bathroom. Since the start of the pandemic, I sometimes have difficulty returning to sleep. My new habit and antidote to intermittent insomnia is to watch television news until the talking heads put me back to sleep. I turned on MSNBC, announcing late-breaking news, first, that Trump adviser, Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID-19 and shortly afterwards, it was confirmed that Trump and the First Lady, Melania, also contracted COVID-19. Oh, My! Continue reading

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