ECHOES OF THE ROAD

In my early twenties I made three decisions that for the most part guided my life. These came about when I enjoyed unfettered freedom to think but also a rejection of what I now know as romantic thinking. Create opportunities. Despite attempts and disappointment, standing out from the crowd had never been in my nature and this was a moment of acceptance. If there were things I wanted to achieve, I would need to create opportunities and lean into them my way. This made me open minded but a bit of dreamer. Go with the flow. My first room mate was a positive influence, I copied some of his ways, stopped being so rigid and learnt to not be so hung up. This enabled me to me navigate an easy course but one that periodically with have me crashing, thrashing and clashing all at the same time. Particularly in situations if I felt I was being pushed around.  Keep people at arms length.  Although I am an uninteresting introvert by nature, I have always pushed myself to make personal co...

I was recently prompted by SoulCruzer’s  blog about The Dark Knight to take a discussion with Chat GTP . In fact his blog left a string dangling where I wanted to explore more of good vs bad and the grey line that is the under or otherworld. When the webmaster himself (remember the days of the webmaster?) suggested to prompt Chat GTP to take on a character, I was blown away with the discussion when I asked it to take on the persona of Charles Dickens. I took the time to converse in a manner that would be appreciated by Mr Dickens so the conversation was very immersive. I am in awe of a tool that can be used to help the thought process, to explore, rationalise and understand things that can be deeply personal. How ChatGTP was able to converse in the manner of a Victorian gent but pose such though provoking questions is beyond my comprehension. By the end of the chat, it became obvious, because of the points raised by Mr Dickens, taking the discussion further really needs to be with ...

 Artificial Intelligence is permeating every nook and cranny across the internet, applications and product launch. It’s being pushed upon us with the zeal of a preacher promising a better tomorrow. With this AI is taking on some sort of god like quality. Like religion AI can be a force for good but, like religion, it can and it will be turned against people. For those who can remember, the hippy dreamy days (‘I’d like to teach the world to sing’ comes to mind) when the internet came to the world, followed by early social media with its ideals, indie blogging and podcasts. All have these have been turned against us. Independent thought, communication and expression has been steam rollered into the ground by mega companies and the egos that run them. AI is currently in that idealistic phase. But sitting behind AI are the same egos of these mega companies. These companies are the new religion and the egos that run them are the high priests. It won’t be long before the neutral tones th...