Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.
So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.
I also refrain from talking about politics and religion most of the time. I accept and embrace the idea that we all have our own thoughts, beliefs, and opinions, but it seems many others do not accept that, so it's just safer that way!
I don't ask because I assume people will disagree with me. Or maybe, I will disagree with them.I guess it depends on which of us is the more disagreeable.
"The thing about politeness is that it was designed for interaction between humans." This is the crux of it all. Humans.
For what it's worth, AI is horrid.
- it gives wrong answers (so AI users do not care about understanding)
- it is utilising too many of the world's precious and limited resources (so AI users hate the world)
- it has been proven AI is making people stupider (so AI users are not smart)
We have coped for 10,000 years without AI. Newton, Einstein, Shakespeare, Dylan never needed AI to create and discover. Why do we need it now?
I'm typing from my laptop, which is on a lap-board so I can sit in my recliner. I do, however, have a nice desk in my office that I should be utilizing, and will if I ever get around to getting the mess in there cleaned up.
Readers of this blog will have noticed that I don't talk about politics in this document. Actually, I keep my politics to myself in all facets of life unless asked.
It has not always been thus. But I came to realise that, as much as I enjoyed the hurly burly of argument and discussion, it never achieved anything. I resolved to stay out of that particular arena.
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