tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.comments2024-03-18T13:39:29.741-04:00NEW SAVANNABill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3518125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-24866363727843708252024-03-18T13:39:29.741-04:002024-03-18T13:39:29.741-04:00Identity built on one's job is a very American...Identity built on one's job is a very American notion. Not all peoples do. For example, identifying according to one's birthplace.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039309796236419512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-7718916298599802672024-03-17T15:23:56.075-04:002024-03-17T15:23:56.075-04:00Yes.Yes.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-16052660437911416512024-03-17T09:58:58.753-04:002024-03-17T09:58:58.753-04:00Looks tasty. A reuben?Looks tasty. A reuben?Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039309796236419512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-13666365957893006132024-03-14T19:26:36.036-04:002024-03-14T19:26:36.036-04:00Just as magical every year!Just as magical every year!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039309796236419512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-42500994724169810772024-03-12T10:02:23.051-04:002024-03-12T10:02:23.051-04:00Holy crap! Holy crap! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-84725645428216106852024-03-10T00:04:04.760-05:002024-03-10T00:04:04.760-05:00On these issues you want a representative capable ...On these issues you want a representative capable of weighing the political reality and fully aware of the obvious political issue staring them in the face. Do I understand and back local voters or do I take the party line in spite of local opposition? Jebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-50213737495106292902024-03-09T22:28:51.690-05:002024-03-09T22:28:51.690-05:00As its election year we had the local Labour candi...As its election year we had the local Labour candidate on the doorstep, finding out what concerns people on the doorstep and apparently then determining the best method of patronising them.<br /><br />Gazza and ceasefire was the issue. Although master political brain responded that ' their was no point in "jumping up and down asking for a ceasefire" <br /><br />He then attempted to Jebnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-36533725187777906562024-02-29T09:26:39.883-05:002024-02-29T09:26:39.883-05:00Yes! And I love when they are wilting, turning in...Yes! And I love when they are wilting, turning into waxy transparent forms that look like watercolors.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039309796236419512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-68500405652805496022024-02-25T16:36:58.055-05:002024-02-25T16:36:58.055-05:00No flowers. Just paint on the surface of a stanchi...No flowers. Just paint on the surface of a stanchion.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-26706574037461149562024-02-25T09:06:42.757-05:002024-02-25T09:06:42.757-05:00I can't find the flowers???I can't find the <a href="https://flowersnames.org/rose-flowers-information/" rel="nofollow">flowers</a>???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-11606606847542077492024-02-21T16:27:15.734-05:002024-02-21T16:27:15.734-05:00Molten salts reactor.. thorium?? Nice video on you...Molten salts reactor.. thorium?? Nice video on you tube.what r ur thoughts? Might make a nice episode. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-42865091973580000962024-02-18T12:30:31.880-05:002024-02-18T12:30:31.880-05:00I heard: Every country need to commission an nvidi...I heard: Every country need to commission an nvidia AI supercomputer and keep it up to date all the time..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-80502247657333594522024-02-14T17:07:23.665-05:002024-02-14T17:07:23.665-05:0020 years ago or so.20 years ago or so.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-40761061025808900652024-02-14T12:19:47.538-05:002024-02-14T12:19:47.538-05:00Oh, wow! When was that?Oh, wow! When was that?Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039309796236419512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-59150251352891066012024-02-14T10:36:20.554-05:002024-02-14T10:36:20.554-05:00I once attended a lunch she hosted at the UN for t...I once attended a lunch she hosted at the UN for the Institute for Music and Neurologic Disorder at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-59219567962783710402024-02-14T10:02:16.362-05:002024-02-14T10:02:16.362-05:00Although Kitty Carlisle wasn't one of The Swan...Although Kitty Carlisle wasn't one of The Swans, I mention her because her contributions to the arts -- separate from her own career as an opera singer -- were notable, all of which she carried out with grace, sophistication, and humility. A far cry from Lauren Sanchez who looks like a cheap hooker and . . . well, the duck quacks here. Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039309796236419512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-87283217869933963422024-02-10T22:01:52.002-05:002024-02-10T22:01:52.002-05:00Yep!Yep!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039309796236419512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-65621363065042612332024-02-10T12:55:07.025-05:002024-02-10T12:55:07.025-05:00But it does suggest that when AI researchers talk ...But it does suggest that when AI researchers talk about what humans can and can't do, they may not know what they're talking about and when the talk about AI overtaking and surpassing humans they're just 'hallucinating' in the same way that LLMs do. What they say is consistent with their beliefs, but it may not reflect reality.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-56955484474492283462024-02-10T12:07:09.027-05:002024-02-10T12:07:09.027-05:00This might be like saying ... the literature on ai...This might be like saying ... the literature on airplanes made much less reference to ornithology after the Wright Brothers.<br /><br />Airplanes fly, but are not much like birds.<br /><br />Quite possibly, what we are calling AI is sufficiently different from humans that referencing psychology papers is beside the point,SusanCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-89643355779339490402024-02-09T12:10:43.175-05:002024-02-09T12:10:43.175-05:00I assume you're referring to the powerboat.I assume you're referring to the powerboat.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-59595386880524384182024-02-09T12:09:05.474-05:002024-02-09T12:09:05.474-05:00I don't follow Hanania, but every once in awhi...I don't follow Hanania, but every once in awhile he does show up on my radar screen. Back in October he showed up making the breath-taking claim that, with a year of work, he could produce writing that's indistinguishable from Shakespeare. I tack that tweet <a href="https://new-savanna.blogspot.com/2023/10/in-partial-defense-of-sam-bankman-fried.html#more" rel="nofollow">to the end of Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-1524637291309331282024-02-09T11:32:02.394-05:002024-02-09T11:32:02.394-05:00The sailors of Cape Ann called them "stinkpot...The sailors of Cape Ann called them "stinkpots"!Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01039309796236419512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-54039091560306116112024-02-09T01:41:57.515-05:002024-02-09T01:41:57.515-05:00Maybe Ilya is a fan of John Wheeler;
Ilya: "L...Maybe Ilya is a fan of John Wheeler;<br />Ilya: "Like such a person doesn’t exist but because you’re so good at predicting the next token, you should still be able to guess what that person who would do."<br /><br />Wheeler:<br />"In developing the Participatory Anthropic Principle, an interpretation of quantum mechanics, Wheeler used a variant on Twenty Questions, called Negative Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-77323531130458105792024-02-09T01:30:25.367-05:002024-02-09T01:30:25.367-05:00Irony and absolution referencing Hanania.
Well so...Irony and absolution referencing Hanania.<br /><br />Well soon be trying https://credaible.substack.com/p/weekly-roundup-2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-32231706934983297872024-02-05T20:46:42.477-05:002024-02-05T20:46:42.477-05:00I didn't mean to reply anonymously the above w...I didn't mean to reply anonymously the above was my comment.Jim Parkerhttp://ethosevolved.comnoreply@blogger.com