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Hacker finds he can control 7000 vacuum cleaners..
Incredible! What did he do with such power? As I said, he took his findings to the Verge. One of its reporters gave Azdoufal the serial number of a DJI Romo vacuum he’d just been testing for review; within minutes Azdoufal could see it cleaning the reporter’s living room, that it had 80% battery life remaining, and […]
Who is this “WE” and what do “WE” want AI to do?
“WE will decide the fate of our Country – NOT some out-of-control, Radical Left AI company run by people who have no idea what the real World is all about,” Trump wrote. Hmm. OK, what did this “Radical Left AI company” want? US defense officials have pushed for unfettered access to Claude’s capabilities that they […]
And today’s writing prompt is… ✍️
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence? It’s only every so often that you die. (Inspired by a legendary quote by former not-so-great Cubs catcher Rick Wrona about his first MLB hit.)
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The Tanakas, “tenkin,” and “o-mutsu-koukan”
A few weeks ago (before all the hospital melodrama), I took my daughter to a nearby supermarket…which had a “baby care room” on the second floor, next to the roof parking lot. We had been invited by a Japanese couple … Continue reading
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