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.
"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.
We have an office with a desk, file cabinet and bar. We use the bar far more than either of us ever sit down to use the desk top computer. (we both prefer our laptops)
I wrote a poem today. Unprompted, unbidden, just because I felt like it. Although it was Colin Hay’s song, I Just Don’t Think I’ll Ever Get Over You, that put me in the right mood.
Not that the poem’s about the song - it isn’t. But the mood is probably the same.
Anyway, I read it to my wife and she says I should put it on the Newsfeed. Which seems a bit forward to me but I figured I could put it in the blog and then announce the new blog post. That should be self effacing enough, surely.
So here it is:
STATIC
Falling Out of Love (ASR) A poem to sum up. 1st Place in Shadows & Light Poetry Contest, April 2022. #2247689 by Beholden
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