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Open Thread - 02-17-23 - AI and GIGO

The term artificial intelligence (AI) is being bandied about with regularity nowadays, especially in regards to chatbots, with ChatGPT being the most prolific. Hopefully this piece will help explain the concept of AI in context of its current applications and what that may portend for the future. Included, at the end, I'll let my mind run wild in a thought experiment regarding AI's potential abuse.

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This video is so good that it deserves its own essay!

Scott Ritter tells it in his usual manner but this time he takes no prisoners calling quite a few well known leaders "War Criminals"

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-z8PFXV2v8]

If you are pressed for time start at about the 15 minute mark but it is worth watching the whole video.

Open Thread - Thurs 16 Feb 2023: Who Did This When We Were Young?

Who Did This When We Were Young?

Another young business founder, Charlie Javice, is in the news as she's being sued for JP Morgan for essentially lying about her business, Frank. This comes right after the Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, crap. Which was just a bit after the Elizabeth Holmes and her failed Theranos business, scandal. These three entrepreneurs seem to have several things in common, and I'm wondering if other business founding scammers, especially from our younger years, had the same things in common too. What do you think?

No longer is the CIA the only agency shipping cocaine into the U.S.

It's likely that you were already familiar with the fact that the CIA worked directly with drug traffickers in the Contras in the 80's and 90's. It's possible that you were aware that the CIA has not stopped smuggling cocaine into America.

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