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The Gun Compromise
“I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize” – Stephen Wright I spend a great deal of time napping, which gives me the refreshed mental bandwidth to solve world problems. Today I am going to solve the gun problem in the US. Everyone seems to agree that mass shootings are tragic, gun violence is terrible, murder…
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Irritating Einstein
I’ve been doing some contract work for a company trying to improve Artificial Intelligence. Sometimes the projects involve reviewing chats that have occurred and rating them for different aspects, such as conversational flow, accuracy, and safety – meaning: the AI shouldn’t tell you how to score some coke or molest a monkey or rig the…
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Unsung Heroes – Volume 1
We are familiar with the names of inventors who gave us our modern conveniences. Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb (not exactly) and Henry Ford invented the automobile (not really). Al Gore created the internet (that’s kinda true). But many great inventions don’t get the acknowledgment they deserve – both for the inventor and the item…
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AI: No Worries
The Artificial Intelligence fad has been picking up steam this year and may last longer than other fads like the Rubik’s Cube, Ross Perot, or personal fitness. This summer I was intrigued by a job listing for a part-time Natural Response Editor for a company that is trying to clean up AI. I applied right…
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Health Stuff
After my recent checkup, my doctor had me do some routine blood work to make sure I still have a healthy anxiety about needles. The blood draw went fine and I impressed the phlebotomist with how fast I can fill blood vials with my superior high blood pressure. My results were posted on the portal.…