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Your cousin was robbed of an Oscar for The Lego Movie. Robbed, robbed, robbed.

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Singularity: Interesting concept. However I believe all of the public anxiety over everything -- immigration, AI, robotics -- has much to do with those who are unable to adapt. They worry about their own future, in that it is coming too fast. Think what computers did to big retail -- Circuit City, JC Penny, Sears, etc -- who couldn’t adapt. We have just encountered a generation who have begun to text and to TikTok. That might be 50% of the US population. Current generative AI looks to be better at writing than, perhaps, 95% of us. I suspect that even more are worried about being “left behind,” thus provoking more anxiety about where he or she belongs. I, for one, feel that the future is less than 100 years away. It is said that the US military has been very aggressive with AI and robotics, largely because young people are reticent in serving in the military. It has been noted that there is a military contractor designing AI processors for the military and that the design is extremely different, more efficient, than the current commercial offerings.

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Good timing IMHO to discuss the costs of service. Very telling graphic, in "ONE IMAGE: How Great Is U.S. Military Dominance?:" With probing question, "Is there any reason to think that any of our non-allies are getting more value..." - not likely over raw spending. However, our non-allies don't have guys like the civilian (in a non-executive branch of gov) from Alabama blocking military command level promotions. Our Military strength is in our service men and women, -period full stop. Plus the support equipment, we give them. Some in Congress appear intent on giving a non-military-equipment edge to our non-allies.

For the first time since CoVID, my lovely and talented assistant and I, went out for lunch. Considering post-emergency-CoVID out and about activities - "Spriderman: Across the Spiderverse" is near the top of my list <;^)

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