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Don't be duped by deepfakes

DON’T BE DUPED BY DEEPFAKES

This is a good place to start.  Watch this one minute video. Imagine if instead of a Morgan Freeman character, it was a famous politician. What if it was someone pretending to be Donald Trump talking about draconian measures in society during a second term as President. Or, suppose it was an image if Dr. Fauci admitting that he was secretly rtesponsible for COVID, or a President Biden ringer “confessing” he was involved in some world wide conspiracy. Would you believe...

Can we trust the robots?

CAN WE TRUST ROBOTS?

The notion of robots has captured the imaginations of our grandparents since the end of World War I when European researchers first applied the use of electricity to try to mechanize machines.  Soon, a menacing looking robot called Tobor appeared on television and in the movies (Tobor is the word “robot” spelled backwards.)  Before long, there was the clumsy machine that was introduced in the sixties in Lost in Space.  This robot was not capable of very much except to flail its arms around...

Artificial Intelligence (SWOT)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (SWOT)

Vladimir Putin on artificial intelligence: “The one who becomes the leader in this sphere will be the ruler of the world.” Artificial intelligence (AI) is something that (to me) has floated around for quite a few years, when all of a sudden, in the last twelve months or so it has crashed in the midst of us with a heavy thud.  Now, it is everywhere.  I think the proverbial cup started overflowing with ChatGPT and the use of AI in computer graphics,...

ALIEN DNA

How I arrived here (wherever “here” is) The first time I heard the term “alien DNA” was while I was watching a news conference on CNN early into the pandemic. There were four or five or so men and women in a group called “America’s Frontline Doctors.” They were in Washington outside the U.S. Supreme Court building, or perhaps on the steps of the Capitol. They took turns speaking, and one particular doctor started referring to the COVID virus, possibly...