AI: Here be dragons

Great literature allows the reader to vicariously live and learn about other times and places. It challenges us to think critically and engage with new ideas. The genre of science fiction, specifically, can ask us to think about technology and its uses (and abuses). Often, a science fiction story is a cautionary tale about a … Read more

AI is the serpent in our garden

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods…. –Genesis 3:4-5 In the familiar story known as “The Fall of Man” the serpent enticed Eve to partake of the fruit … Read more

Corrupt

The Qatari royal family has given the Republican President a $400 million luxury Boeing 747-8 plane. His acceptance of the gift is a direct violation of the “Emoluments Clause” of the Constitution which states: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust … Read more