I’ve been reading Ta-Nehisi Coates book, Between the World and Me. It relates a father’s wisdom about the world to his son, as a black man growing up in America. In the book, he relates his experience with Howard University, “The Mecca”; which, for multiple generations of his family, represented…

The risks associated with the development of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) have been extensively discussed. However, recent events in Israel and Gaza underscore the perils that humans can pose to each other. Drawing an analogy between the “alignment” in training AI and the “socialization” of humans, we observe how unsocialized…

I asked GPT-4 to give me a flavor for the kind of stuff it knows about. Here is my prompt, and the GPT-4 response. I want to write an article about the diversity of knowledge that can be achieved by using Chat GPT as an educational tutor. To illustrate this…

In a recent story, I explored what the MidJourney Artificial Intelligence image generator thought about male beauty. Several readers have commented to me that MidJourney seems to favor “Caucasian” faces as well as those most people would consider “very attractive” or “male models”. In order to counter that, you can…

In my last story, I examined the biases of the MidJourney artificial intelligence image generator when it comes to Female Beauty. I’ve been asked by a reader to perform the same experiment for men. So, using the same type of experiment, I present what an AI thinks are “beautiful” vs…

I’ve been playing quite a bit with MidJourney’s AI-based image generator. With it you can generate many astounding and creative (perhaps even artistic) images, from just a textual description of what you desire to see. While there are many issues (legal, ethical, etc.) with AI generated art, it is an…

Here’s a retelling of the story of Narcissus, recast as a social media influencer in the modern age (by Chat-GPT): Narcissus was a famous social media influencer who had amassed a large following on various platforms. He was known for his good looks, luxurious lifestyle, and daily updates on his…

Trump has embarked on a long term campaign of coordinated misinformation designed to detach his followers from reality in order to exercise control over them, with the ultimate goal of usurping the power and authority of the federal government. He has also corruptly used his position of authority to benefit…

Isn’t the whole point of culture to spread it? — I have to admit to quite a bit of personal conflict when I hear cries of cultural appropriation as hurtful. But I also have to recognize that I come from a position of privilege in society. …