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KNOCK KNOCK AI4/8/2024 AI who? Artificial Intelligence? No, its Anti-Intellectual. There is a hype on AI and anything AI. Those people that are not into AI or tech by profession are suddenly AI experts. Most of the conference themes are focus on AI and Machine Learning in various trades. Almost all of the industries or sectors are bracing the impacts of AI and what changes it might force them to make and what would be the risks/benefits for early adoption. I consider myself an AI novice but I pay attention to what is not being said about AI. A year ago, some of my students cheated on their essays using some ideas from ChatGPT and passed them as their own. It wasn't a pleasant experience but it's all lessons learned. Using ChatGPT for academic purposes should be girded with guidelines or rules or else there's no distinction between real scholarly work and getting Google to do all the job for you. We live in precarious times where ethics and integrity take a second fiddle over growth, success, and worldwide domination. I fear that this AI hype will only fuel ignorant adherence that will create more mistakes and misapplications in many sectors. We all need to study more and ask better questions. There is no shortcut with an emerging technology such as this.
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DELIGHT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY3/25/2024 I just moved to a new celfone provider from one that I had for more than 3 years now.
The agent presented a better price, better service, better features, and overall ease with the move. I was convinced easily. Plus I didn't get charged for a connection fee. The best is that he knows who is he talking to: small business owners who are always on the lookout for better communications to power their businesses. The admirable part of it is that he got my data from the thousands of subscribers and zeroed in on what the segment I represented really needs. Their competitor had no clue as to what happened just that one subscriber out. We could be in thousands until it's too late for them to figure out what was going on. It's not rocket side to please a customer. You have these things and the switch will happen. Don't let your valuable partner, donor, or customer switch and disappear out of the blue. Mere satisfaction is a given. But surpassing expectations and finding out what would delight them at every stage of their relationship with you is the challenge.
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FABRICATED FEAR3/18/2024 Do you experience distress, fear, anxiety, guilt or shame over the future of the planet? While the feeling is legitimate for some people, debunking the doom and bust future scenario should delegitimize the concept behind this paranoia. Marketers and governments and cause-oriented groups milked the concept of a dystopian future where a zero-sum game of extinction or paradise is logically untenable. In reality, we will continue to face not just climatic changes but overall fundamental devastation of the environment due to wanton abuse and degradation. Lower-level island nations will experience more extreme weather hazards. Unless things change. Global governance systems have been stuck for many years. The political will to protect the oceans, forests, land, and the systems of commons is too weak and volatile, hostage to narrow interests. Capitalist growth-oriented economics do not respect nature and its regenerative requirements. There are people that are suspected to commit arson in the forests and blame it on climate change. There are marketers and propaganda agents seriously laughing their way to the bank because they help overexaggerate the zero-sum claims of climate doom. If you're really afraid and anxious about this, go get yourself checked. It may not be the climate fuelling this mental health issue but could be part of larger symptom of a societal neuroses being played out on ordinary people like you and me. |