Tag: AI
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Why Be Kind to Robots?
Rich is dancing on air this week, and it’s easy to understand why. After months of frustrating delays, countless hours online, endless more hours on the phone, and a mind-numbing five-hour paperwork marathon, he has completed a series of welcome purchases. In the words immortalized by the poet Byron, “On with the dance! let joy…
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Now That’s Something to Celebrate!
Congratulations! Simply by reading this, you are already pre-celebrating tomorrow’s often-overlooked but super-significant national holiday. Yes, August 5 is Blogger Day in America, and I, for one, am proud to be part of it. August 5 is also national Underwear Day. Coincidence? Or deliberate timing? Many bloggers brag about enjoying a profession (one of all…
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“Rich, bring me the baseball bat.”
Of all the headlines that nearly made me spit out my morning coffee — and I think you’ll agree there have been plenty lately — the biggest jolt this week was learning that pigeons are being used to help train artificial intelligence. No, the birds are not helping us create homing robots (which would be…