Replacement

There are a few jobs just begging for robot replacement. Most of them are jobs too dangerous for humans, but some are because the humans who currently occupy the positions are unfit for duty. Bomb squad, for instance, already has robots on the job. It’s an extremely hazardous line of work, so the robot bomb …

A.I. and the Law

We tend to think of Artificial Intelligences as if they were corporations. We think of corporations as if the whole unit can be separated from the people who run it. Probably this idea comes from the legal arena, where the corporation can afford protection in the form of lawyers and law firms and those law …

Epidemiology

There’s a skill I think everyone should have, and this skill is tied inseparably to epidemiology. One way to illustrate the skill, is through alcoholism. If people who drink alcohol are healthy, does that fact mean drinking alcohol is healthy, or does it mean people who are healthy will take risks, such as imbibing something …

Obsession

Count how many times a person mentions a particular topic. Find the topic with the highest count and you’ve found their obsession. For some, an obsession will be a sport. They might be a bit zealous over hockey or hang gliding, baseball or bocce ball. For others, they might obsess over politics or public figures, …

Recently Viewed: Solo

You can NOT listen to the critics. I watched Solo: A Star Wars Story and it was actually far better than most of the critics claimed. The sci-fi action is fun to watch. The characters are well played. Do we owe the entertainment factor to Alden Ehrenreich who fits the part of Han Solo so …