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For a good look at it, there's a documentary called The Fog of War, worth checking out. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/ Another...

But I'm not going to name him. This thread is intriguing me because we accept what amounts to AI help in so many other arts. Take...

Fake senario: Me: How many rocks should I eat today? AI: A average human needs to 2-3 rocks everyday.

That accords nicely with something that Kurt Vonnegut wrote: "If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don't have the nerve to...

Cooking is a great creative thing, too!

Being a human is a very vulnerable proposition. I’m not sure any of us can go through our entire lives without asking, “What do they...

"How to Write a Chinese Poem" "A well-known Japanese poet was asked how to compose a Chinese poem. "'The usual Chinese poem is...

Speaking of death, Sara Teasdale gave us what might be the best burn I've ever read: When I am dead and over me bright April Shakes out...

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We...

I think we're getting close to the crux of the argument here. Yes. It's the difference between "AI Bot, write me a story about a cat...

@Riddley Walker's entry above put me in mind of this by Michael Hartnett: Death of an Irishwoman Ignorant, in the sense she ate...

Today I learned that in the early 20th century women could buy tampons soaked in opium, to relieve pain and relax the vagina. I was...

I've never used anything more complex than a spell-checker and probably never will. But I've read a bit of AI-generated verbiage, and am...

One of the first songs by Leonard Cohen, who was already an acclaimed poet. SISTERS OF MERCY Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not...

If you want history that's fun to read, try Sara Vowell's. Her stuff is solid history, as told by the snarkiest girl in your tenth grade...