Slough

Published by John Betjeman in 1937 in his collected works Continual Dew. Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn’t fit for humans now, There isn’t grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death! Come, bombs and blow to smithereens Those air -conditioned, bright canteens, Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans, Tinned … Continue reading Slough

ChatGPT Fails at Basic American Slavery History

Two quick examples. First example, I feed ChatGPT a prompt from some very well known articles in 2015. Here I put a literal headline into the prompt. No historical evidence? That’s a strong statement, given that I just gave it an exact 2015 headline from historians providing historical evidence. Smithsonian: George Washington Used Legal Loopholes … Continue reading ChatGPT Fails at Basic American Slavery History

Any AI System NOT Provably Anti-Racist, is Provably Racist

Software that is not provably anti-vulnerability, is vulnerable. This should not be a controversial statement. In other words, a breach of confidentiality is a discrete, known event related to lack of anti-vulnerability measures. Likewise AI that is not provably anti-racist, is racist. This also should not be a controversial statement. In other words, a breach … Continue reading Any AI System NOT Provably Anti-Racist, is Provably Racist

Special Forces Everywhere Rejoice at Detailed Building Maps Going Online

For decades there has been a dilemma of privacy versus safety nagging commercial malls, as compared with public spaces. More specifically, law enforcement trying to provide safety faced a serious data ownership boundary issue when many large open spaces for assembly were privatized and controlled for profit by very small groups (e.g. corporations). Enter detailed … Continue reading Special Forces Everywhere Rejoice at Detailed Building Maps Going Online