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Pam Flanders's avatar

Even the favored middle space! Congratulations Joe! Can't wait to read the issue.

Pam Flanders's avatar

Just watched the video. Excellent! Anxious to share it with my husband. Are you coming to southern VA or Tennessee any time soon?

Joe Allen's avatar

Tennessee bound! But TBD.

Please, come out!!

Darci A Braz's avatar

Congrats!! Cleaned up and serious!

Genie Smith's avatar

I so hate I couldn't make it to Atlanta. It's only about 70 miles from me.

I know you'll be great.

BTW, it's great to see you writing here again. ♡

aprayerformonkey's avatar

Waiting for Trump tp defend the economic interests of the people. In some cases prices have risen 300% and all the really powerful positions in this country have been filled with Big Ag, aka Big pharma. See Trump's 1st press release with Larry Ellison hyperventilating about AI with Sam Altman. Just for context - I voted for Trump 3 times. I hoped until there was no evidence left that he was for any of us. Oh! How much Round-up do you take in your tea?

Mary, Maria Pavic's avatar

I notice that the powers that be, are so desperate to hold onto power, especially after the covid scenario where they forced over half of every population in the western world to get jabbed, most people unwilling, but threatened with no work to support their family, when they had locked down everyone and most people were not even working to begin with, which doesn't make it easy to pay for grocery, rent, bills, etc. They seemed to just looooove forcing people to stay at home!

So, what I have noticed in the present scenario is that everything is being over priced; grocery, rent, mortgage, insurance, taxes on properties, fuel, spirits/cig/weed-all recreational things, etc. And in the meantime, they're forcing people to eat GMO fruits/veg, injected with poisons animals, fluoridated water, poisonous gases filled sky by their mind-controlled pilots or not, just willing idiots to pollute their own homeland.

What that does is, it keeps most people at home, just like in the covid lockdowns. Most people do not go out to restaurants anymore, or other places of entertainment. It seems to me to be much less crowded these days. And I don't think it's because all those people have died off, either. It's like the powers that be are trying to get us to stay indoors and do everything from a computer, or of course, most people have thrown out their computers and are only attached to a little black monolith in which they are kept as mind controlled slaves. It's not easy being Human in this world, because all that the devil ever wanted was viley stupid, so it goes after your soul to steal it, while the angels have always been working to help you get your memory back so that you could know what to do on your own, since you're a very powerful being to begin with, but, since the damned devil keeps on doing their mind-wipes on your memory, this long war has been so protracted, but still, there's hope. People like you can open your memory and keep it open and help others around you, through resonance, to open theirs too, and we can free ourselves finally, from all their stupid agendas.

It's about power and control, so that your power never gets noticed. That's why they want your soul.

Linda Curran's avatar

I believe the benefits of a parochial school education in the '50s and '60s have stood the test of time. I learned how to use the library's research section to write my essays. The thoughts and words were my own based on my research, I find that I don't need the assistance of AI to make my case. I have disabled whatever I could on my phone and laptop. Not being at all proficient in today's technology, I am sure I missed something but I get along quite well, I think, without it but I feel like we are headed for a cliff by a driver that has no soul. Beware the tech gods.

Ben Slivka's avatar

I love the idea of protecting Americans from AI, but what about the rest of the world?

Every technology advance has been pursued aggressively for the perceived economic or military advantage of its developer. Just a few examples: steam engine, machine gun, dynamite, telephone, airplane, Haber-Bosch process, atomic bomb, computer, the Internet, and GPS.

The possibility of undesirable consequences did little to deter the individuals, organizations and governments that pursued these technologies. Not that consequences were ignored: Edward Teller theorized in 1942 that an atomic bomb might ignite the entire atmosphere. But politicians judged that Hitler getting the bomb was a bigger risk, so the Manhattan Project continued.

While “artificial intelligence” has many uncertainties, it will be pursued aggressively by countries around the world. Science fiction authors have explored the possibilities in "Colossus: The Forbin Project" (bad), "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" (good), and many other stories.