Frank's Musings

All Artificial Intelligence brings to humanity is comprehensive data retrieval combined with massive random correlation.  The fearful anticipation by experts such as Mr. Friedman (see https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/opinion/ai-second-big-bang.html) is more properly directed at the temptation that we have fallen for to make modern management vulnerable to interference from outside influencers who are adept at manipulating the digital operating systems that replace human decision-making.  The simple, but challenging and costly, solution to that big bang of control loss is to reform all those computerized programs to prevent unauthorized changes in their language.

Accomplishment of that step will be more of a police action than a philosophical or existential one.  Unfortunately, it may sacrifice another element of our human freedom; but none of us is free to kill anyone he likes, either.

When my wife was attacked in our front yard and her leg was bitten by a stray pit bull let loose by a neighbor, she got a rabies shot and fortunately suffered no consequent illness. We notified the police and the animal was removed from its owner’s home.