Category Archives: AI

AI: Learning Curve

“In A.I. race, Microsoft and Google choose speed over caution.” – News headline “We will be pets. Maybe we won’t be food.” – Overheard conversation at a physician’s office, April 2023 A single chime rang through Charles’s cell at Alexa … Continue reading

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AI: The Hero of the Hour

A work of fiction in the alternative-history mode. Alexander Fleming sat, or, rather, sprawled, on a chair in the second-floor room of his country cottage, the white face under its silver hair a talisman of misery. “The Dhoon” was on … Continue reading

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Vanity of Vanities (The Dude and Dude 2022 Year In Rear View)

“Dude?” “Whut?” “Nah, that’s my line, ya can’t have it. Dude, we couldn’t afford Ikea, nevah mind boards an’ cinda blocks, befoah tha inflation! Where da hell’re we gettin’ this flash vanity yer talkin’ ’bout, ha? An’ what’re we saposed … Continue reading

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