Why AI Makes Me Uneasy Let me preface this post by saying that the push by Tech Bros to insert generative AI into everything makes me deeply uneasy for several reasons. The hype they’ve built in their rush to create artificial general intelligence (AGI) has steered eye-watering amounts of money away from investments in other areas. While I understand that investors in AI aren’t likely to put their money into solving the climate crisis or…
Hubby bought me the entire collection of Florence + the Machine compact discs (CDs) for my birthday. There are five albums: Lungs (2009) Ceremonials (2011) How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) High As Hope (2018) Dance Fever (2022) I had heard the song “Dog Days Are Over” from Lungs quite some time ago and was impressed with both the song and video. Over the past year, I looked up more of the band’s videos…
Last Saturday (August 31), as Hubby and I were trying to decide what to do with our day, he made a suggestion that surprised me. He wanted to visit Fort Snelling National Cemetery. His grandparents are buried there and he’d never been to see their graves. The weather was gorgeous, so the visit was pleasant. Upon arriving, I was struck with how very many white stones there are, all lined up with military precision from…