Steve Jobs Goodness

Steve Jobs Goodness

This came by way of James Clear author of Atomic Habits.

An email from Steve Jobs, sent to himself, remarking on how much we all need each other:

“I grow little of the food I eat, and of the little I do grow I did not breed or perfect the seeds.

I do not make any of my own clothing.

I speak a language I did not invent or refine.

I did not discover the mathematics I use.

I am protected by freedoms and laws I did not conceive of or legislate, and do not enforce or adjudicate.

I am moved by music I did not create myself.

When I needed medical attention, I was helpless to help myself survive.

I did not invent the transistor, the microprocessor, object oriented programming, or most of the technology I work with.

I love and admire my species, living and dead, and am totally dependent on them for my life and well being.”

Source: Email sent on September 2, 2010. Featured in Make Something Wonderful​

May 18, 2023 by Apple

Pausing Work on Artificial Intelligence

Great article over at DEV.TO about taking a step back from A.I. research to give the process a chance to establish safety guidelines around its development.

So many movies have been made on this subject.

Terminator
2001: A Space Odyssey
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Westworld
The Matrix
I, Robot
Transformers
Wall-E
Ex Machina
Avengers: Age of Ultron

Just to name a few.

Link to the article is here.

The frightening part of artificial intelligence hasn’t happened yet. Sentience. Once the machines achieve that, many believe it would be all over for the human race. There would be no chance to put that genie back in the box.

I think the end would come quickly. Who knows, they might decide to keep a few of us around for museum pieces for their robot friends.

It could all be mitigated if they never have access to the very things that could destroy us like guns, missiles, etc. However, there are many ways to end human existence. Since they can live in a vacuum, why not just go up to space and hurl a few asteroids down at us? The possibilities are endless.

So yes, I’ve signed the document asking the community to pump the brakes on A.I. development. Will they stop? Nope. We have no idea who is working on what. We have only our faith in humanity and well…humans suck.

April 2, 2023 by Artificial Intelligence

Beaver fossil named after Buc-ee’s

One of my favorites, to be sure.

A new species of ancient beaver that was rediscovered by researchers in The University of Texas at Austin’s fossil collections has been named after Buc-ee’s, a Texas-based chain of popular travel centers known for its cartoon beaver mascot.

Full story at Phys.org is here.

March 28, 2023 by Blah Blah Blah

Where in the World is Mike?

I am traveling this week. No where exotic.

Just back to PA for a few days for work. It is nice to be back for a little while but I do miss home.

I’m going to a place I’ve never been to before this evening. I may be able to grab some photos and if so, I’ll post them here.

Todaloo.

Update: As promised, a couple of photos. I should have taken more pictures but I didn’t.

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March 22, 2023 by Sh*t Mike Says

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