Much as I hate to admit it, punditry (dread word) is on a par with variations of the old adage that today’s newspaper is tomorrow’s birdcage liner. Barely ten months ago, I posted an offering entitled “When Absurdity Passes for Wisdom”.… Read the rest
This week’s post is being written in trepidation of déjà vu. Last week’s effort didn’t make it online until Sunday, because a glitch in the website drove me, against my will, to enter a version of Hell — the mind-masticating maw of AI.… Read the rest
It’s comforting to think that the ranks of those who worry that the idiom “The world is going to Hell in a handbasket” is true, are swelling by the day. The discomforting, and perforce ignored fact, is that an equally growing number are untroubled by the idiom “Do not accept fools gladly.”… Read the rest
That few New Year’s resolutions are kept in full matters less than the recognition of defects that need to be addressed. Imagine how much of an improvement 2026 could be over last year if those who wield power made a few.… Read the rest
Industrial and petro giants ignoring global warming in the name of profit, AI developers rating speed over consequences and more than a few billionaires, have one thing in common: none of them seem acquainted with the Scriptures, or The Who and think we aren’t either.… Read the rest
On levels ranging from the potentially existential to laughable, the state of the world can be summed up this week in one word:
ABSURD (noun)…”the state or condition in which human beings exist in an irrational and meaningless universe.”… Read the rest
After months of paying undue attention to political pomposity calculated to intimidate the indecisive, flatter the fools and fool the feckless, a break is in order. Ergo, I resolved to record one thing that made me smile each day between my last perch post and this one.… Read the rest
The evidence of growing inadequacy and an ongoing slippage of human intelligence, on both macro and micro levels, is enough to make even a sceptic like me re-consider the risk-versus-rewards of AI.… Read the rest
Humans top a list of 30 creatures that possess what has been called the “God-given gift” of intelligence, of which there are more than 70 accepted definitions. However, thanks to a combination of skewed values, lack of empathy and just plain ignorance, we’re in danger of slipping down in the ratings.… Read the rest
Clichés are widely denigrated in writing guides as indicative of laziness and a lack of original thinking. An ironic exception is applying the Russian proverb “Doveryai, no proveryai”….“Trust, but verify” when considering the merits or otherwise of AI chatbots.… Read the rest