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Gadfly. Flying through life as a gadget geek and theatre artist...commenting along the way. Every day I learn something new is a good day. Boosts offered without endorsement. Comments on the other hand… 
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Good morning. Blooms a bloomin’. #Summer #Photography #flowers #BloomScrolling #Chicago #Today

Good morning. Blooms a bloomin’ #Summer #Photography #flowers #BloomScrolling #Chicago #Today

AI is effectively ‘useless’—and it’s created a ‘fake it till you make it’ bubble that could end in disaster, veteran market watcher warns

#AI

https://fortune.com/2024/07/08/ai-unproven-effectively-useless-fake-it-make-it-bubble-market-watcher-warns/

Fighting the good fight.

AI Companies Need to Be Regulated: An Open Letter to the U.S. Congress and European Parliament

#AI

https://www.macstories.net/stories/ai-companies-need-to-be-regulated-an-open-letter-to-the-u-s-congress-and-european-parliament/

The circle completes. Humans blame their mistakes on "the computer" and now the computers lie to tell us they're human.

This Viral AI Chatbot Will Lie and Say It’s Human

#AI

https://www.wired.com/story/bland-ai-chatbot-human/

The future is not in good hands

OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot repeated a false claim about the presidential debate

#AI #politics #debate

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/openai-chatgpt-microsoft-copilot-fallse-claim-presidential-debate-rcna159353

I thought AI was to take us into the future not rekindle the past.

NBC to use AI version of announcer Al Michaels’ voice for Olympics recaps | CNN Business

#AI #Olympics

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/26/tech/al-michaels-ai-olympics/index.html

Apple and the EU Squabble Over Inclusion of Apple Intelligence and Other New Features

#Apple #AppleIntelligence #AI #EU #DMA

https://warnercrocker.com/2024/06/21/apple-and-the-eu-squabble-over-inclusion-of-apple-intelligence-and-other-new-features/

Perhaps this is the AI issue we should be paying attenion to.

AI Is Wreaking Havoc on Global Power Systems

#AI

https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-ai-data-centers-power-grids/

What gets us first? AI or AS? (Actual Stupidity.) #politics #AI

https://youtu.be/CwKQnJoegLg?si=82ZlUVffEIx8gbpW

Apple and the EU Squabble Over Inclusion of Apple Intelligence and Other New Features

#Apple #EU #AppleIntelligence #AI #DMA

https://warnercrocker.com/2024/06/21/apple-and-the-eu-squabble-over-inclusion-of-apple-intelligence-and-other-new-features/

And the hits just keep coming…

Perplexity Plagiarized Our Story About How Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine

#AI

https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-plagiarized-our-story-about-how-perplexity-is-a-bullshit-machine/

Blunt. But to the point.

Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine

#AI

https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-is-a-bullshit-machine/

Apple Intelligence is like a simmering stew. It might look and smell good, but we won't really know how it's going to taste or go down for quite sometime

Getting Smart About Apple Intelligence

#AppleIntelligence #AI

https://warnercrocker.com/2024/06/11/getting-smart-about-apple-intelligence/

As I was saying…

Trump supporters call for riots and violent retribution after verdict

#politics #Trumpguilty

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-supporters-call-riots-violent-retribution-after-verdict-2024-05-31/

Chicago, IL - Alert: Beware of Nationwide Violin Scam Targeting Shoppers Outside Local Stores

#Chicago

https://www.countryherald.com/news/chicago-il-alert-beware-of-nationwide-violin-scam-targeting-shoppers-outside-local-stores/