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by Dr. David Fialkoff, Editor / Publisher |
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AI, "artificial intelligence" might also stand for "alien intelligence." Like a creature from outer space, AI's intelligence is also radically different from our human variety. |
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All along, great scientists, including Newton, the greatest of them all, have clearly understood that science is a limited tool, not the master key. |
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by Tony Cohan |
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The wall is like clothing - a layer or barrier demarcating public and private space. Combining three formal cultures, it guards the interior, the Mexican “labyrinth of solitude,” in Octavio Paz’s famed phrase. The urge to see behind, over or through it creates mystery and interest. |
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Moving through time and space, we invent fictions to propel ourselves into fact. The reasons for things often turn out to be other than they first appeared. A journey - and what isn’t a journey? - picks up a narrative of its own. The map we set out with turns out to have been a figment, a fraud, a useless scrap of paper. |
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by Donald Patterson |
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"Shake the cobwebs outta your head, boy," my father would say each time he caught me day-dreaming. He must have done some dreaming of his own because he left my mother when I was fifteen. A few months later, so did I. |
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He placed a string of beads and a pendant-sized ceramic snakehead in my hand. As I examined the string of beads, I saw they were hand-drilled pieces of shells, bones and small stones. The string was new but the beads were old. The ceramic head of the reptile bore long, narrow scales... I lifted my eyes, smiled and focused my attention on the man. |
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Icon Painting Workshop, Jan 20-24 by Mary Jane Miller |
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Tiled, painted and sculpted, Mary, the Virgin of Guadalupe is standing guard on houses everywhere, often without our even noticing. Mexican culture reveres her as the guardian. |
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How many times this year have I turned away from lending a helping hand, turning my orientation towards what I want rather than the other's need? |
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by Jerome Phillips |
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How Bobby ever made it was a miracle. Made it to age fifty. Made it out of the penitentiary. Made it through rehabilitation. His first ten years were spent unconsciously; a Rube Goldberg maze of dead ends. |
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The premise was that discarded people could change. They could serve a higher cause. The key was to completely separate the inmate from their original environment and the people they had known. |
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The Computer Corner by Charles Miller |
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"Eureka, I have found one of the only people left on earth who has not heard of ChatGPT!" |
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por Dr. David Fialkoff, Editor |
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IA, «inteligencia artificial», también podría significar «inteligencia alienígena». Como una criatura del espacio exterior, la inteligencia de la IA también es radicalmente diferente de nuestra variedad humana. |
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esde siempre, los grandes científicos, incluido Newton, el más grande de todos ellos, han comprendido claramente que la ciencia es una herramienta limitada, no la llave maestra. |
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por Donald Patterson |
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«Sacúdete las telarañas de la cabeza, chico», mi padre me decía cada vez que me pillaba soñando despierto. Él también debió de soñar, porque dejó a mi madre cuando yo tenía quince años. Unos meses después, yo también. |
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Puso en mi mano un collar de cuentas y una cabeza de serpiente de cerámica del tamaño de un colgante. Al examinar la sarta de cuentas, vi que eran trozos de conchas, huesos y piedrecitas tallados a mano. El cordón era nuevo, pero las cuentas eran viejas. La cabeza de cerámica del reptil tenía escamas largas y estrechas... Levanté los ojos, sonreí y centré mi atención en el hombre. |
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Taller de pintura de iconos, 20-24 enero por Mary Jane Miller |
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Con azulejos, pintada y esculpida, María, la Virgen de Guadalupe, monta guardia en las casas de todas partes, a menudo sin que nos demos cuenta. La cultura mexicana la venera como guardiana. |
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¿Cuántas veces este año me he apartado de echar una mano, orientándome hacia lo que yo quiero en lugar de hacia la necesidad del otro? |
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por Jerome Phillips |
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Era un milagro que Bobby hubiera sobrevivido. Llegó a los cincuenta. Salió de la penitenciaría. Consiguió rehabilitarse. Lo logró. Sus primeros diez años los pasó inconscientemente; un laberinto Rube Goldberg de callejones sin salida. |
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La premisa era que la gente descartada podía cambiar. Podían servir a una causa superior. La clave era separar por completo al recluso de su entorno original y de la gente que había conocido. |
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La esquina de la computadora por Charles Miller |
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«¡Eureka, he encontrado a una de las únicas personas que quedan en la tierra que no ha oído hablar de ChatGPT!». |
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