The New Yorker article Biden’s Dilemma at the Border (June 19, 2023), by Dexter Filkins, describes the havoc and suffering caused by the large number of migrants fleeing South America towards the United States. The article says “Some of the biggest groups [of immigrants] were coming from four countries—Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Haiti—with which the…
In the video RFK, Jr. Interviews Jeffrey Sachs on Ukraine and China, Jeffrey Sachs recalls his fruitless efforts to publish an opinion piece about Ukraine in the New York Times. He says that he had spoken with the editors and they had finalized a version of his piece that incorporated some edits that he was…
I asked OpenAI’s Chat GPT-3.5: “Write me a poem about the fact that both blessings from God and curses from the devil seem to come uninvited. I seem to have little control over my life.” (I don’t really believe in the God or the devil, but the metaphors are apt.) Here’s what Chat GPT-3.5 wrote:…
My prompt to Chat GPT: Write me alternative lyrics to The Battle Hymn of the Republic critical of U.S. militarism, endless wars, NATO expansion, overseas bases, and government overthrows. Version #1: Mine eyes have seen the ravages of wars so cruel and vast, Where power and greed collide, and innocence is surpassed, With each new…
Many people fear that AI will replace workers and will be used to surveil, control, or even kill people. As Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of AI” and the inventor of many of the techniques used in generative AI says, fears that AI will be used to spread disinformation and to make the rich even richer….
Write me a 12 line poem about the hypocrisy of the U.S. concerning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, given the U.S. invasion of Iraq and other countries, the U.S. occupation of one third of Syria, the presence of about 800 U.S. military bases overseas, and the history of provocative NATO expansion. In webs of power…
In this youtube video U.S. Building ANOTHER Illegal Military Base in Syria, Jimmy Dore ridicules U.S. hypocritical criticism of Russia’s invasion and occupation of parts of Ukraine, when the U.S. continues to occupy a third of the sovereign nation of Syria. Jimmy Dore is sortof like a left-wing Rush Limbaugh or Tucker Carlson. But many…
I signed up for OpenAI’s Chat-GPT4 and asked it, “Please formulate a workable peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.” Here’s how it responded: “As an AI language model, I can provide a general framework for a potential peace deal between Ukraine and Russia. However, it’s important to note that crafting a comprehensive and workable peace…
In light of the recent conviction of Donald Trump for sexual abuse, I asked Midourney‘s AI image generation tool to create an image for “donald trump grabbing a scared kitten.” Midjourney refused to create the image and the following message appeared: Banned prompt detected Sorry! Our AI moderator thinks this prompt is probably against our…
The New York Times daily email “The Morning” for May 8, 2023 — authored by journalist David Leonhardt — includes the following: When Democrats and progressive activists talk about undocumented immigration, they tend to emphasize forces in other countries — like wars and political oppression — that are beyond the control of the U.S. government….