[NYTimes]: OpenAI Insiders Warn of a ‘Reckless’ Race for Dominance
A group of current and former employees is calling for sweeping changes to the artificial intelligence industry, including greater transparency and protections for whistle-blowers. By Kevin Roose
Reminds me of driving my parent 1972 Delta 88 across the border from Illinois to Wisconsin—18 to drink in Wisconsin vs 19 & 21 in Illinois. So fun. No seat belts — why would you…:)
“From my childhood I have been,’ said I, ‘the object of the untiring goodness of the best of human beings; to whom I am so bound by every tie of attachment, gratitude, and love, that nothing I could do in the compass of a life could express the feelings of a single day.”
"About his large bright eyes that used to be so merry, there was a wanness and a restlessness that changed them altogether. I cannot use the expression that he looked old. There is a ruin of youth which is not like age; and into such a ruin, Richard’s youth and youthful beauty had all fallen away.”
“I passed on to the gate, and stooped down. I lifted the heavy head, put the long dank hair aside, and turned the face. And it was my mother, cold and dead.”
Excerpt From
Bleak House
Charles Dickens
The Morning Phiz (Hablot K. Browne) August 1853 Dark Plate Etching (ch. 59, "Esther's Narrative") of Dickens's Bleak House, Part 18. Scanned image by George P. Landow;
“Der Tod und das Mädchen” (“Death and the Maiden”), etching 1510 by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) Collection the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ quartet dated 1826, was inspired by the Dürer etching and Matthias Claudius's poem "Der Tod und das Madchen"
THE MAIDEN
Pass by, ah, pass by!
Away, cruel Death!
I am still young; leave me, dear one
and do not touch me.
DEATH
Give me your hand, you lovely, tender creature.
I am your friend, and come not to chastise.
Be of good courage. I am not cruel;
you shall sleep softly in my arms.
Dicken refers to 'Death and the Maiden in chapter 56: “Impassive, as behoves its high breeding, the Dedlock town-house stares at the other houses in the street of dismal grandeur, and gives no outward sign of anything going wrong within. …
[We're nearing the end of Bleak House and Dickens killing off main characters--a real soap opera.. ]
[The New Republic]: Trump’s Bizarre Moments With Dr. Phil and Hannity Should Alarm Us All
Earth to media: The criminal prosecutions of Trump are legitimate. The “revenge” he’s promising would be wholly illegitimate. Time to make that a whole lot clearer. By Greg Sargent
Why is nothing ever done with this eyesore— right in North Beach, a highly visible tourist destination- this old Tower records annex, sports basement bike rental place has looked this way for five years now . Bay , Jones & Columbus @sf311@AaronPeskin@LondonBreed@SpeakerPelosi
‘Hallowed be – thy –’
The light is come upon the dark benighted way. Dead!
Dead, your Majesty. Dead, my lords and gentlemen. Dead, Right Reverends and Wrong Reverends of every order. Dead, men and women, born with Heavenly compassion in your hearts. And dying thus around us, every day.”
@KatyTurNBC Hunter Biden was never president.
False equivalence.
Hunter Biden is not elected to any office. He had a gun for 11 days. He did not over throw an election. He did not commit election fraud.
Hunter Biden did not steal nuclear military secrets.
Move on.
How trust worthy are those Trump fund raising numbers post conviction? How are those numbers vetted? Are they reported by the campaign? Who vette those numbers? Where is that money coming from?
“And in his last look as we drove away, I saw that he was very sorry for me. I was glad to see it. I felt for my old self as the dead may feel if they ever revisit these scenes. I was glad to be tenderly remembered, to be gently pitied, not to be quite forgotten.”
[The New Republic]: How Claudia Sheinbaum Could Change Mexico
A climate scientist is heavily favored to win Sunday’s presidential election. By Kate Aronoff
[The Washington Post]: News site editor’s ties to Iran, Russia show misinformation’s complexity
Misinformation experts say an overlap in funding underscores concern that the spread of falsehoods and propaganda online is entering a more complicated stage as the November election draws closer. By Joseph Menn
