Autumn Rising

 there is artificial (machine) intelligence 

that has been useful in many and varied 

projects, that has been used and improved 

over many years

but this is not the stupid LLM being over 

hyped these days, which has nothing to do 

with intelligence but is more a kind of parlor trick

I guess I often don't do as people expect.

I don't get what they expect.

So just sort of wing it (mostly quietly)

When I was young they told me

I had emotional problems.

Apparentely I was supposed to control

my emotions?  But they wouldn't 

tell me how.

I figured out to be quiet, and keep

my own counsel.

Policies for the improvement of people's

lives sometimes are countered by

concerns that bad actors may use

these to make bad outcomes.

Doesn't it then make better sense

to counter the bad actors, prevent

or punish their harm, rather than

forego the possible positive outcomes

from such policies?

Their tactics are clearly not about

facts, but manipulating emotions.

How dare they

corrupt good words

with their nasty connotations

Why would we give people with

the abilities to amass money

the credibility to decide where

we focus our concerns and how?

psychosis = not able to cope with

consensual reality.

distract from discomfort and chase

serendipity

How is it that the ever greater impact

of severe weather on national

economies does not compel us to

understand the greater cost of not

doing all we can to mitigate the

effects of climate change?

We have the ideas, the plans to

solve our problems, and enough

computer power to number crunch

for accuracy.  What we need is

not AI, but appropriate discussion

and implementation, and means of

funding -- which the hype over AI

has been hindering, not helping.

Apparently the GOP's base philosophy

is an outgrowth of their narcissistic

fantasy that the US is meant to be a

nation for the benefit of White Christian

Businessmen, able to do as they will

without restraint or taxation.