There is this interesting paper on the subject of how AI can make people lazy:

https://doi.org/10.1111/bjet.13544

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
Of course, Einstein would have used AI. Using it does not mean outsourcing critical thought.

I think there is no way Einstein could have come up with his theories if he used AI to do his thinking.  AI summarises things well; but that means it only comes up with clichés.  It doesn’t do any original thinking, beyond su…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg 🙂

Have a great week everyone!

A somewhat curtailed post today.

Says Enco:

“And people resisting Islam in the Islamic world have yet another work to add to their arsenal.”

Ponder how improbable the outcome in which the most “liberal”, the ones who are most emphatic about anti-racism, anti-discrimination against LGBT and marginilized groups and oppressed groups are the most aligned with Islam. Islam, if there…[Read more]

Fellow Unbelievers:

Well, here’s the source of the cyclosporiasis:

Perhaps automated harvesting robots that don’t produce and spread feces and it’s pathogens, along with sterile sources of water, would be a big help here. Give AI something really useful to do, combined with sensors and robotics.

Meanwhile hold the…[Read more]

Jake:

Well, at least now you know you read a book that’s even better than you thought.

And people resisting Islam in the Islamic world have yet another work to add to their arsenal.

Good stuff Enco. But i rarely read stuff 2x.

Lets see. Why i aint a Christ lover by Russell. A few Washington Irvings. Bout it. Too much new stuff to read to waste it on rerun.

Jake:

Oh, Jake! You have yet another great reason to read the work again!

One Thousand and One Nights is an originally Eighth to Fourteenth Century work of resistance to tyranny and misogyny that hailed from the Islamic world and prevailed despite Islam!

This work combines and compiles many types of literature (even Science-Fiction and, as…[Read more]