As computers came on the market they were capable number-crunchers, and nowhere near something you might identify as Artificial Intelligence. Today we call even the tiniest interface providing limited services “Artificial Intelligence,” including systems that kill by destroying themselves, as part o…
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Discussing matters with Grok 5
Note to regular readers
The article as first posted was mine. After I asked Grok to look at it, I accepted a line-edit: grammar, a few English idioms, possessives, and one factual slip (Covid is a coronavirus, not an influenza virus). The argument was not rewritten. Grok’s first comment is still be…
Discussing matters with Grok 4
To save the 'Collective West', we need an entirely new narrative. And we need it *yesterday*. Because we are setting the stage for a dramatic outcome, and large-scale destruction of both wealth and reason, associated with intelligent life. Yet, as I've stated many times on this blog, I'm not *compla…
Discussing matters with Grok 3
Hotly debated on 'X' and elsewhere is this matter of NATO's intentions, and whether or not it was actively *seeking* war with Russia. In fact, there are still people with a close relationship to NATO who will vehemently deny that NATO is at war with Russia today, even as they call for striking Russi…
Discussing matters with Grok 2
Yesterday I posted an article 'Discussing matters with Grok', and below it you will find Grok's assessment of what I brought to bear. This is clearly a different approach of what 'AI' has to offer from how people tend to use it. At least, from what I see around me, and on the internet. They tend to …
Discussing matters with Grok
The moment a war breaks out, your options are limited. Returning to polite conversation will be almost impossible. Escalation is in the cards. And the side which has escalatory dominance will dictate the conditions for a settlement. As described in my previous article, war doesn't necessarily includ…
The Coalition of the Unwilling
With Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner back in the saddle, talking to Putin and Zelensky in turn, various pundits, commentators and more serious professional analysts are speculating about the chances of a settlement this time around. And what it might look like. Clearly, to stop an ongoing war is mor…
Finding your bearings in a lawless environment
Rules for thy, but not for me. The so-called 'Realists', myself included, look at conflicts in this world through the lens of 'lawlessness', assuming that given the opportunity, powerful people, and powerful countries or alliances, *will* behave like animals. Unless we stop them. Which requires a fr…
This is a test
After the Second World War, the Germans were asked to explain themselves. Why on earth did they allow this insane, uneducated, vegetarian former corporal from Vienna with one testicle, and a love for dogs, take them on a path to self-destruction, and industrial genocide? The vast majority responded …
Upending the Chessboard
The other day I was debating what happened to flight MH-17, which was brought down over Ukraine during the war Porochenko and NATO started in order to take the East of the country by force, where Ukrainians were holding out against the Mob-imposed regime in Kiev at the time. I've written about it ex…