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Program Head: AI Evolutionist
" And when he is out of sight, quickly also he is out of mind ." Thomas à Kempis c. early 15th century The “holiday season” closes, as bell ringing, horn blowing, and champagne spouting prompts us toward New Year reflections. This is a gratified sigh in the moment, at the end of the year, with major holidays and the once-traditional "Boxing Day" also behind us. Speaking of Boxing Day… it’s almost like the day’s history is taken, by discount stores and on-line shopping:
Dec 317 min read
Nexus of Familiar to Unfamiliar
"If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path." Joseph Campbell* Our life journeys are not linear. They wend along the road responding to personal, professional, and environmental dynamics. Our singular stories, epic to only ourselves, weren’t documented in ancient tablets or Gutenberg’s press. Yet, we created and lived tales of adaptation an
Dec 21, 20256 min read
Miracle Workers
Craigger Brown's statue "Warmth of Enlightenment," courtesy of Lions Club Alabama. “Language grows out of life, out of its needs and experiences, its joys and sorrows, its dreams and realities... thus the learning of language was coincident with the acquisition of knowledge.” Anne Sullivan Macy attrib. preserved in the Disability History Museum Artificial Intelligence has neither biological eyes nor ears. Not even touch for that matter. But there is grea
Dec 12, 20257 min read
