Hobnobbing with the Philosophers: The Machines Are Taking Over

Detail from “The School of Athens”
a fresco by Raphael (1483 – 1520)
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By Maik Strosahl

A poet friend of mine posted an amazing picture, then announced it was generated by artificial intelligence.

“Jungle Angel,”
free from Pixabay,
purported to have
been AI-generated

Goines On: What does Goines want for Christmas?

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Goines almost always asked his wife what she wanted for Christmas. He wasn’t good at thinking up what she might want. Besides, in theory, they didn’t get each other Christmas gifts anyway. They just went on being one another’s gift to the other. Goines liked that. And it simplified things.
    But what about asking himself what he wanted for Christmas? The idea was prompted by a questionnaire he had been sent that included the question, “If you could have anything you wanted, regardless of cost, what would it be?”

Boldt Words & Images: The Frankenstein Monster’s Artificial Intelligence Lecture

The Oxford Union at night

Delivered at the Oxford Union, after Greg Santos’ “Hulk Smash!” poem (Hey, we could start a genre)

By Bob Boldt

Fresh from his eviction from the Arctic melting ice flow, the Frankenstein monster stops by the Oxford Union in Great Britain to express a few opinions on the artificial intelligence controversy….