28 March 2024

The Pentagon has a Silicon Valley problem. Several, actually. For one thing, many in the Valley don't want to work on anything that might help the war machine. The second is that they're depending on A.I. which isn't quite smart enough to rely upon for military purposes, and it showed. Plus, our enemies know how to defeat it.

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Amazon One is gearing up to use palm recognition technology to authenticate you. Those who give up security for convenience deserve neither security nor convenience. -- Ben Franklin, probably.

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More than half of chickenpox cases are misdiagnosed. More than half? Really?

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Emergency rooms are hell now. In some areas, they've turned into a jungle. Like an urban MASH unit. What happened? And why can't things get back to the way they were?

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It's been a little over a year since we've been introduced to ChatGPT. How are things now? Not so good as we thought. There have been some dazzling things, for sure, but a lot of overblown hype. And already, performers are being replaced by A.I.

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