Bob Shafer

Bob Shafer

@refahs.bsky.social

Noted introvert.

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Just feel like saying this out loud: Creativity is builtin to the very fabric of the universe, and AI is literally proving that to the many (most?) who think it creativity is human-only. We are just animals, albeit the wizards of the animal kingdom, able to create fire and then, eventually, AI.

Sci-fi concept: corrupt president with entrained government duplicates self as an AI with the same name as the original, and the original goes away, and the AI version takes over. At first, it is presented to staff as a mere convenience for the old guy. Like a standin. But the standin has power.

2/2 He goes in the bunker he had built special and never comes out and who can tell whether it is AI or not? That’s the premise of the short story.

Ultimately, the ballroom is clearly the facade of a super-villain’s evil lair, under construction, under false auspices, right under our noses. Classic super-villain behavior, am I right?

Via @atrupar.com: Rep. Keith Self: "You do not defeat a nation with air power only ... we may need special forces to go in to do some of the operations on the ground" I guess that’s the actual goal, then: defeat Iran. I wrote a song about the abhorrent attitude behind this - about 45 years ago!

Sure seems like their ‘reasoning’ about this war has led them into ‘Team America: World Police’ as the only actual answer. Complete with puppets!

If USA is detaining foreigners in big camps, isn’t that sort of like holding hostages now? Being held hostage to the system is still being held hostage, but I mean that there might be more to it? Does Putin care that his people, children, are being held, getting sick?

Just noticed that there’s nothing here that would say what I have been working on! It is called the Principle of Continuation, and it is a new paradigm of science. If anyone asks, I will happily explain further.

Having spent the last year using AI very heavily and very successfully to figure out things I’ve wanted to figure out my whole life, I’m about done with it for now. Any further advances will only confirm. Other people are waking up too, eg ‘quantum evolution’. It’s the same basic thought.

Did I mention yet how ‘All You Need Is Love’ is, in fact, the way? To put a finer point on it: “Love is the answer, and you know that, for sure.” (“Mind Games” - John Lennon).

Officer Bill Gannon represented an ideal of law enforcement that was firm but fair, procedural, and fundamentally connected to the community served; it depended on legitimacy and trust. ICE is a show of force, not the methodical, dignity-preserving approach of the Dragnet model of LEO.

Just deleted all the Meta apps on my phone. That means I’m down to texting, email (sic), and this. And WhatsApp… doh!! Almost all apps deleted.

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