Is AI the End of the World? Or the Dawn of a New One?

Freddie DeBoer believes this “either/or” question, posed by Bari Weiss in The Free Press, is hype, meant to sell you on the idea that AI is something to wholeheartedly embrace:

“The very notion that the world is going to mostly go on the way that it has, always the best bet you can make, has been written out of the conversation,” he wrote in his blog. “It’s unthinkable that we might all be forced to continue to stumble along in the same mundane world, caught up in the same hazy fog we’ve all been caught in for so long.”

I get what he’s saying, but I think he’s wrong. I’m sticking with my lord and savior Elon on this: We shouldn’t take AI lightly.

Freddie’s remarks were made in response to an interview with Sam Altman, the man behind ChatGPT. Click here to read the interview.

And speaking of ChatGPT… here’s a good tutorial on how to use it.

A Skirt, a Wig, and a Glock-19 

Jewish American families have the lowest rate of gun ownership of any religious group. But that’s starting to change. And it’s not just the dads that are strapping on the weapons. Click here.

Yes, Orthodox Jewish women are packing heat… and Black women are doing it, too. Click here.

Are Harvard Students Smarter Than 5th Graders? 

This bit is fun to watch – a takeoff on a gimmick invented by one of the late-night hosts many years ago. In this case, it is especially interesting because (1) the people attempting to answer the questions are Harvard students, (2) the prize is a thousand in cash, and (3) all but one of the winners was a person of color.

Note: It was pitched as questions that a 5th grader could answer. I thought the questions were harder than that. But they weren’t all that hard. (I was able to answer all but one: “Who was the first US president to reside in the White House?”)

Click here.