Artificial emotions.

 

Today's Tids Issue 5,398 

Where have you gone, Grantland Rice: 

 

The anticipated market for the Artificial Intelligence biz is today about $90,000,000,000. So, you can expect a lot of stupidity along the way as relatively brilliant people stumble over each other to grab a slice of the illusionary pie. And we will probably see many a heart-breaking loss as others jump in to chase the digitally created rainbow.  Caution will be the word of saner adventurers. Artificial Intelligence will surely produce Dysfunctional Intelligence, as well. 

 

It doesn’t seem that long ago when a kitchen sprayer faucet was considered a cool technological achievement. 

 

My three favorite things are eating my family and not using commas. 

 

How much will be lost if humans let computers write their songs. 

 

The Question: 

What are considered the top TV dramas of all time? 

 

The Headlines: 

--Markets Rally as Bank Crisis Seems to be Less of a Crisis. 

--Judge Rules that Pence Must Testify to Jan 6 Jury. 

--FDA Approves Over the Counter Narcan. 

--Russia Wagner Chief Says Bakhmut Battle Is Weakening His Forces. 

 

Yesterday I went over and talked to the guy running my local Golf course and he was literally giddy about opening up on Saturday April 1. And that is no joke.  

 

Insanity, Department: 

Cal, Mass and NY, the usual liberal suspects are pushing to move the minimum wage up to $20/hr because of inflation. Don’t they know what is causing inflation – the rising cost of goods and services. Idiots. 

 

A month or so or go the observers were praising Microsoft for grabbing the AI lead with their investments in OpenAI et.al. Now it is not considered the only game in town, and tech leaders are calling for a national pause to reevaluate the consequences of its development. How fast the AI world changes. We will be fed the whiz bang qualities of AI, but we should be more aware about what we could lose in its emergence. 

 

Sadness, department: 

Yesterday I wrote a letter to my big state newspaper, The Providence Journal, Projo, as we affectionately call it. It is one of the oldest if not the oldest continuous newspaper in the USA. Now they are owned by the USA Today people. It is deteriorating rapidly. I simply asked if they would give us a little Red Sox blood flowing in the veins of a writer to guide us on what is a confusing lineup for opening day. Now we are only getting the views of detached USA Today writers in their general league roundups. The Sports Editor wrote me a very nice, lengthy reply saying basically, my marching orders are not to write about the Red Sox any more because we can't afford a Baseball specific reporter. And he rued the situation as he is a Red Sox fan too. They will rely on USAToday generalists who will offer nothing, nada, zippo to diehard Red Sox fans. Of course, you can find all the disjointed news about the Sox all over the place, but where is the passion. Baseball is about the passion.  

 

Oh. that reminds me. I have to sign up right now for the Digital Boston Globe. 

 

Will Putin’s losing forces be farces. See, there is always a potential for a little humor in a good typo. 

 

The world tongue twister champion just got arrested and was given a tough sentence. 

 

Is the weather really worse or do we have too many weather forecasters. 

 

The mood of the new tourism commercials for Massachusetts clearly speak to the heart of the New Liberal Mass Governor. 

 

With digital news all over the place, local TV news has to go local, and there is no more obvious continuing local story than the weather. Weather is always one of the two leading nightly stories even if absolutely nothing is happening. 

 

Workers at Starbucks don't understand how their low margin business works. They are really pushing to unionize and now it seems they have the US Senate backing that pure inflationary act. If you are looking for income, a barista is not a lifetime job. Non-meritorious raises just keep pushing the cost basis higher. It is a nobody can win situation. 

 

Pampered cows produce spoiled milk. 

 

I have no problem supporting parents' rights governing their kids education over a nameless bureaucrat in DC. Actually I would abolish the Department of Education in a heartbeat.  

 

Some people who appear to be against climate change and global warming and other overdone hysterical movements, are just only against thoughtless, reactionary calls for overnight change. The changing climate evolves, and the solutions will work more efficiently if they evolve too.  

 

With great power comes great electricity bills. 

 

The Answer: 

Tis probably another of those answers that will have lots of controversy. mainly because many of these “all time” lists only reflect a few decades. Number one is Breaking Bad followed by the Soprano's, Better Call Saul, The Wire, Band of Brothers, Game of Thrones, Peaky Blinders, Fargo, Mindhunter and at #10, Ozark. Going to #25 we have Succession, Chernobyl, Mad Men, The Americans, The Twilight Zone, Boardwalk Empire, Stranger Things, Ture Detective, M*A*S*H, Deadwood, Justified, The West Wing, Star Trek: The Original Series, Sons of Anarchy and at #25 Mare of Eastown. The great Homeland is only at 32. Some others are Law and Order (28), House (32), Downton Abbey (34), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (37), Columbo (38), The Blacklist (51), House of Cards (56), Murder she Wrote (59) and Little House on the Prairie (62). Down the list we had classics like Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue, Rockford Files, Perry Mason, The Good Wife, NCIS, Greys Anatomy, Dallas, Bones. Billions, which I thought was popular is only 138 on this list. 

 

It seems like there are many popular illusions out there that promise a lot about a grandiose future, and I personally don’t think we need that much of it. But then, I'm a Tidsasaurous.