by david allan van nostrand | Mar 23, 2026 | AISA, Artificial Intelligence, Marketing, The Wayback Machine, The world around us
Marshes are zones of transition between the land on one side and the water on the other, be it ocean, lake, pond, river, or creek. Marshes are flat, low-lying, treeless* land covered mostly by fresh or salt water or a mix of the two. Whatever land is there is always...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 22, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Human Behavior, Items in the News, The world around us
These days, dozens of articles and opinions about fake news and accusations of fake news (two different things) are warning people to not accept things at face value because of this artificial intelligence thing. Marvin Gaye used to tell us to believe half of what we...
by david allan van nostrand | Jul 28, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Behind the curtain, The Wayback Machine, The world around us
Films, radio, and tv use SFX as an initialism for sound effects, artificially created imitative sounds that are neither speech nor music. They’re background sounds that are added to make the movies we watch seem more real. Sort of the audio version of verisimilitude,...
by david allan van nostrand | May 19, 2025 | Artificial Intelligence, Assumptions, Human Behavior
The names of the three males used as models for depictions of Jesus back in the days of Greek Gods sound like a perfume, a handbag, and a Harlem theater. Orpheus had superhuman skills and hung out with Jason and the Argonauts, a Toronto band. Hermes was the god of a...
by david allan van nostrand | Oct 14, 2024 | Artificial Intelligence, Items in the News, Technology
There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonely for him alone all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some excitement. He rushed down towards the village...
by david allan van nostrand | Mar 22, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Unintended Consequences
Robots are machines that respond automatically and unthinkingly to the commands of others. They perform routine mechanical tasks that have been pre-programmed by humans. They are not sentient beings and are not capable of conscious thought. Robots are best at...
