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    A Really Good Paper

    I paid a brief visit to my old friend Gary McGraw, who used to work in computer security with me, but has switched to focusing on AI applications in that field. He’s my “go to guy” when I have questions about AI, and I was surprised that his view of ChatGPT3, etc., is that they are toys.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • February 22, 2023
    • AI, Reviews of Things, Science, Things That Delight Me
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    John Ringo In The Crosshairs

    This is an entire posting elaborating on a comment I made over at pharyngula, regarding whether AI “creativity” poses a problem for great artists.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • February 15, 2023
    • AI, Art, Things That Delight Me
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    Right Wing M&Ms, From Midjourney

    Over at Pharyngula, special jackbooted operative raven floated a dangerous idea: [pha]

    I suppose Tucker Carlson wants one of the M&Ms to wave a Swastika flag around or carry an AR 15 rifle or something. The right wingnut patriot M&M.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • February 1, 2023
    • AI, Art, Things That Delight Me
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    Warhammering

    I haven’t gotten bored of the AI generated art, yet. There will almost certainly be more.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 24, 2023
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
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    Goat Rodeo

    Someone over at dkos described the republican controlled house as a “goat rodeo” and I immediately decided to steal the term. It has way better visuals than that old stand-by “clusterfuck” and I don’t want to think about what that would even look like.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 21, 2023
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
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    Dungeons and Dragons

    One of the kids in the wargaming group went off on vacation in the midwest and came back with a new game: Dungeons and Dragons.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 20, 2023
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    So Much for “Superiority”

    This is going to be interesting. No, I lied, it’s going to be entirely predictable and fairly ho-hum. But I’ll be interested.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 11, 2023
    • Science, Things That Delight Me
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    A Question about Space Telescopes

    I have no idea if this is a stupid question. And that’s OK. There are such things as stupid questions, and pointing that out is not inappropriate.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • December 28, 2022
    • Things That Delight Me
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    The Ministry of Funny Walks is Real!

    Did you know “pace sticking” is a real thing?

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 28, 2022
    • Things That Delight Me
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    Dylan Being Dylan

    I’m a huge fan of Bob Dylan. He’s such a fascinating character – literally a self-made man, an assemblage of americana and brilliance that provided the background music for my life.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • November 16, 2022
    • Art, Things That Delight Me
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