B-Man Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 A few weeks ago, I had dinner with some friends. One of them pulled out his phone and asked me if I thought I had written more than 200 pieces or so at this stage of my career. “Probably,” I said. “Why?” Sign up for a weekly roundup of thought-provoking ideas and debates “You know, the way things are going, artificial intelligence is going to be able to write articles and books just by analyzing your writing style.” I was initially incredulous, maybe a bit dismissive. Then my friend went to a program on his phone and put in a query, asking it to write a 1,000-word Christmas story in the style of Charles Dickens. To my amazement, the program started churning out paragraphs within seconds — and not just a jumble of random words. The grafs had sentence variation, color, plot development. He did another query: Think of a title for a children’s holiday book aimed at a Black audience. Within seconds, a list populated — and the winner was something to the effect of “Zahra’s Big Holiday Surprise.” I was stunned. I thought of that convo as the news came down this week that the popular electronics site CNET has been using AI to write full articles. Frank Landymore at the Byte documents how eagle-eyed marketer Gael Breton figured out that CNET had quietly published more than 70 articles using AI since November, under the author name “CNET Money Staff.” Clicking on the author’s note reveals the truth: “This article was assisted by an AI engine and reviewed, fact-checked and edited by our editorial staff.” On top of that, it appears these AI-generated articles have benefited from Google traffic, despite the fact that Google has said it will prioritize human-generated content. Landymore wrote that a Google spokesman had clarified, “Our ranking team focuses on the usefulness of content, rather than how the content is produced.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/13/ai-writers-performance-enhancing-steroid/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 This is an interesting thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3812263-kellyanne-conway-in-nyt-op-ed-a-fools-errand-to-write-off-trump-in-2024/. Kelly Anne , reconcile with your husband and kid, it will get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 7 hours ago, Tiberius said: This is an interesting thought. More than interesting Tibs. Even without Market Garden we had the upper hand. Many soldiers of that time had the same opinion. My father included. Roosevelt sold out to the Russians when he could have crushed them. Always said they could have marched right thru them. I hope there was some good reasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) On 1/12/2023 at 10:19 AM, Doc said: No, you just have no answer for it. Not allowing certain books in school libraries is very different from banning books everywhere. But if it plays into the left's hands, that's all you care about, isn't it? Never mind that this was a terrible example. Again the kid and probably the Admin weren't Republicans. Keep em stupid and insulated: https://pen.org/banned-books-florida/ Edited January 14, 2023 by redtail hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 5 hours ago, redtail hawk said: Keep em stupid and insulated: https://pen.org/banned-books-florida/ They've been removed for review. Hopefully they return most of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. with a hilariously/tragically bad monumental sculpture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doc Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 Eh, if MLK's family is happy with it, who cares if it looks ridiculous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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reddogblitz Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 11 hours ago, Doc said: Eh, if MLK's family is happy with it, who cares if it looks ridiculous? It's modern art. Deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 8 hours ago, reddogblitz said: It's modern art. Deal with it. But is it art? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 Why are Biden’s own personal attorneys going after him, after protecting him for so long? Just in time for the next presidential run? Something isn’t adding up… Originally Biden had said he wanted to run for re-election, even though polls showed that Democrat voters wanted something different… Then, potential presidential hopeful Gavin Newsom said he would withdraw his bid for president in 2024, and throw his support to Biden… Then, about a month ago Biden was caught on a hot mic suggesting he wasn’t sure about a run for re-election… And now, his personal attorneys find classified documents being illegally held by Biden in various places… Have the Dems made a “U-turn” on who they want to lead the Party in ‘24? Have they decided to use this controversy to hurt Biden’s chances? Is this a distraction for bigger things going on behind the scenes? If you are familiar with how the government works, this definitely has the smell of something fishy…stay tuned…😉 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 15, 2023 Share Posted January 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, JaCrispy said: Why are Biden’s own personal attorneys going after him, after protecting him for so long? Just in time for the next presidential run? Something isn’t adding up… Originally Biden had said he wanted to run for re-election, even though polls showed that Democrat voters wanted something different… Then, potential presidential hopeful Gavin Newsom said he would withdraw his bid for president in 2024, and throw his support to Biden… Then, about a month ago Biden was caught on a hot mic suggesting he wasn’t sure about a run for re-election… And now, his personal attorneys find classified documents being illegally held by Biden in various places… Have the Dems made a “U-turn” on who they want to lead the Party in ‘24? Have they decided to use this controversy to hurt Biden’s chances? Is this a distraction for bigger things going on behind the scenes? If you are familiar with how the government works, this definitely has the smell of something fishy…stay tuned…😉 Yeah they sent his personal attorneys to move his stuff. Because $1000/hour attorneys are the best movers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, JaCrispy said: Why are Biden’s own personal attorneys going after him, after protecting him for so long? Just in time for the next presidential run? Something isn’t adding up… Originally Biden had said he wanted to run for re-election, even though polls showed that Democrat voters wanted something different… Then, potential presidential hopeful Gavin Newsom said he would withdraw his bid for president in 2024, and throw his support to Biden… Then, about a month ago Biden was caught on a hot mic suggesting he wasn’t sure about a run for re-election… And now, his personal attorneys find classified documents being illegally held by Biden in various places… Have the Dems made a “U-turn” on who they want to lead the Party in ‘24? Have they decided to use this controversy to hurt Biden’s chances? Is this a distraction for bigger things going on behind the scenes? If you are familiar with how the government works, this definitely has the smell of something fishy…stay tuned…😉 They want Hakeem Jeffries. 14 hours ago, Doc said: But is it art? I think so. Do you? Edited January 16, 2023 by reddogblitz Correct stupid auto correct error. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 7 hours ago, reddogblitz said: They want Hakeem Jeffries. The election denier? Good luck. 7 hours ago, reddogblitz said: I think so. Do you? Not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundybout Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 More fine GOP policies at work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ferguson forever Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Roundybout said: More fine GOP policies at work. I'll take a stab: poverty, drug abuse, poor education systems, corruption, less and worse health care (especially rural), vaccine hesitancy, obesity (poor food choices), smoking, rejection or misunderstanding of science, lax or nonexistent environmental laws, desperation. btw, most of western NC and western Va are red and pink except progressive (and more affluent) areas like Asheville. Edited January 16, 2023 by redtail hawk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roundybout Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 (edited) 20 minutes ago, redtail hawk said: I'll take a stab: poverty, drug abuse, poor education systems, corruption, less and worse health care (especially rural), vaccine hesitancy, obesity (poor food choices), smoking, rejection or misunderstanding of science, lax or nonexistent environmental laws, desperation. btw, most of western NC and western Va are red and pink except progressive (and more affluent) areas like Asheville. Rural poverty is extraordinarily difficult to solve. There's an excellent book I read on this called "Hollowing Out the Middle" by Patrick Carr that tries to address certain issues. A key problem is that rural schools are stratified; the smartest kids are given special benefits to go off to college and jobs in other towns, leaving those towns with low-skill people that can only succeed in increasingly sparce industrial jobs. Edited January 16, 2023 by Roundybout 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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