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AI solace
Borrowed from "AI conversations" at
May 17
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Doug Lasken
Some views on the AI debate
“Ok, Doomer,” by Andrew Marantz (New Yorker Magazine, 3/18/26) reports on a “subculture” of AI researchers, mostly congregated in Berkeley, California…
May 11
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Doug Lasken
Sam Altman will determine if you are human
Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT (currently involved in a money dispute with early investor Elon Musk), is a booster for AI, as detailed in a piece in the…
May 1
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Doug Lasken
April 2026
Harry the Human goes duanju!
For years I worked on a fictional series titled Harry the Human (see the blog at…
Apr 26
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Doug Lasken
AI managing AI
In the following discussion with Google’s AI, Gemini, I refer to myself as “Me,” to Gemini as “G.”
Apr 18
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Doug Lasken
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March 2026
Constitutional AI
A conversation with Google's AI, Gemini
Mar 29
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Doug Lasken
The math of death
A conversation with Google’s AI, Gemini (referred to below as G)
Mar 11
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Doug Lasken
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February 2026
Can AI determine right and wrong?
A somewhat disturbing conversation with Google’s AI, Gemini
Feb 28
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Doug Lasken
Why he still smirks and sneers
Given President Trump’s strikingly low current approval rating - 38% - people may wonder why in his recent State of the Union address he continued his…
Feb 26
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Doug Lasken
To be or not to be, that is the predicate
Me: Gemini, a recent New Yorker article (I, Claudius, by Gideon Lewis-Kraus, 2/16) recounts the current debate about whether AI is or can be conscious…
Feb 12
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Doug Lasken
Only in the New Yorker
I’m going to write a book of quotes called, “Only in the New Yorker.” Here’s the first entry:
Feb 9
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Doug Lasken
Trump's point of no return re AI
In recent weeks, Google’s AI, Gemini, has given me critical assistance in repairing my dishwasher, the charge level on my EV, the TV remote control and…
Feb 8
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Doug Lasken
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