I didn't leave my political party; my party left me. Both of them. I've been a Democrat, and I've been a Republican. What I am now doesn't matter. The point is that a lot of American voters feel perpetually frustrated by the choices they find on the November ballot. The Democratic or ...
Remember the 2000 movie “Pay it Forward?” For those of you who have never seen it, the base storyline is about a kid wanting to change the way people treat each other. He decided to do acts of service and kindness for others to see if others would “pay it forward” with no strings ...
Since we last visited the artificial intelligence industry in this column, a lot has happened, much of it seeming to confirm my worst fears. Seven weeks ago, I wrote about the "Hugging Face" breach, so called for the company that got hacked with no human intervention by "rogue" AI agents ...
This is not another opinion article about Lindsay Clancy. Well, not really. I'm not qualified to discuss the woman's actions or the validity of her insanity defense in a murder trial for several million reasons at least. I've learned over the last few weeks that I'm one of the 10 people ...
On the Sunday evening of Labor Day weekend, after a delightful dinner with close friends, I tripped over one of those ubiquitous electric rent-a-scooters. I went down hard, landing on my knee and arm, though luckily not hitting my head. At home that night, I couldn't even bend my left elbow ...
The midterm elections are right around the corner, and both parties are about as popular as a Monday-morning visit to the DMV. The time-tested solution? Find a scapegoat, go negative, and blame the other side. This year the weaponized bogeyman is artificial intelligence. Many Americans are falling for the anti-AI information operation. They shouldn't. A new poll from Politico has the grisly details: 63% of Americans think AI has the potential to "destroy humanity." A majority of both Democrats and Republicans now think AI could herald the apocalypse. That's quite a sea change ...
