Digital Sycophancy…

Illustration: David Parkins Related to the article link below: “Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?” Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Civilization, Computer Science, Existentialism Note: I have to admit that I liked the cartoon by David Parkins! Artificial Intelligence (AI)Continue reading “Digital Sycophancy…”

Equally Terrifying…

Topics: Civilization, Existentialism, Nanoengineering, Philosophy, Quantum Mechanics, Star Trek As an undergraduate Engineering Physics major, science classes disabuse you of notions that science fiction might leave you with. “2001” was released in 1968, the year Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy Sr. were assassinated, the second year of the Star Trek franchise, oneContinue reading “Equally Terrifying…”