Today's Tids Issue 5,422
On the Cusp:
The writers went out on strike this morning. I support them. If actors and actresses made up all the words they spoke, I'd support them too. It seems like everybody takes the writers for granted but without them all we would have is special effects and mood lighting.
An African king carried environmentalism too far when he prohibited hunting of any kind. Soon the realm was overrun with lions and tigers and bears. "Oh My!" shouted the people. They revolted and threw the king out of the country. It was the first time the reign was called because of the game.
It appears the debt ceiling cycling ride for Prez JB a is over as Business leaders are moving to get him to talk to McCarthy. Even in political gamesmanship meandering, there comes a time when the players have to get down to reality.
I would vote for Chris Sununu for president in a heartbeat.
The Question:
Who is Geoffrey Hinton?
The Headlines:
--Stocks Drop as Fed Begins Two Day Meeting.
--Hollywood Writers Strike.
--McCarthy to Officially Meet with Biden on Debt Limit.
--Super Chilled Midwest Turning Spring Back into Winter.
--Since Russia Invaded Ukraine, it Has Suffered 100,000 Casualties Including 20,000 deaths.
--Manchin Introduces “Energy Permitting” Bill.
--Biden and WH Mavens Pushing Congress to Pass 30% Tax on Crypto Mining.
One of the things the striking writers are quite wary of is Hollywood turning to AI to replace them. Right now, AI will have trouble with heartfelt romance, humor and that Hollywood staple, dysfunction.
Sadly, people using proper English are went.
It probably would be a good idea to get back to some semblance of little red schoolhouses again. Instead of these fertile minds being pawns to the ambitions of the gigantic educational industry. I think it would work.
Mayor Eric Adams in a major venting last Friday says the inept national immigration policies are killing New York City. The cost of housing illegal entrants in hotels has been just about $900 million in ten months. Just in case you are interested.
When Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, he had trouble selling it. People just didn't trust this "new" way of making light. In order to promote his idea he decided to go around the country installing lights in different towns in order to drum up publicity. While in Oklahoma, Edison stopped by an Indian community and offered to put lights in any building they wanted. After much thought the Indian chief decided that he wanted lights in his outhouse, so he could see what he was doing at night. This made him the first man to wire a head for a reservation.
Mass killings are certainly on the rise. It feels like one a day. But the most common mass killing is the man who kills his wife and children and then himself. There are tons of mass killing statistics that available at Northeastern U in Boston where a deep and comprehensive data archive is kept and continually refreshed. The big number since 2006 is 2,851 individuals dead in 548 mass killings by Guns, Knives, Fire, Vehicles and more. The vast majority are from handguns.
It appears that one of the biggest cultural trends in Russia is military avoidance or desertion. Males can’t run away fast enough.
There is no truth to the rumor that wives are using DNA kits to make sure the guy sitting in the room is still the person they married.
The guy who fell into an upholstery machine last week is now fully recovered.
The Answer:
Geoffrey Hinton is considered the “Godfather of Artificial Intelligence” He, 75 years old, resigned from Google this morning and is preparing to spend his time warning people about the dangers of AI. Certainly, in some ways, more dangerous than guns as AI has the potential to alter people's minds, take away their personal characteristics, overpower their ability to control their own destiny. He says he is deeply concerned about the incredible power of machine learning and their ability to assimilate information faster and faster. He now “regrets his work and finds the potential results quite scary”. His artificial neural networks are similar to the brains, enabling AI to learn from experiences. Networks of AI systems can share new information immediately and build broad, enveloping systems of intelligent machines. What we see now is somewhat infantile, but adolescence and maturity can come within days, not decades. Read some of his thoughts in BBC and NYT stories.
It seems like more than once a week an old 70’s band member or singer dies. Yesterday wit was Gordon Lightfoot (Lightfoot would be great background music if you are running a lathe.) But here is one of his classics anyhow:
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