The AI revolution is here and spearheaded by a smart paperclip — Zero hype, zero bullshit: A thousand years from now today’s Microsoft “Copilot” announcement will be rememembered as a tech tipping point on par with the Gutenberg Press, TV, Internet, or iPhone. Check it out! Seamless integration between GPT-4+ and apps, services, and search will transform our lives in ways we’re…

Here we go again… — Trump is baaaaaaack. You know why? Because he never left. He’s like a shark who swam out a few miles, always close to the shipwreck, and now smells fresh blood. Liberals STILL don’t undestand his visceral appeal to millions of Americans, who simply and completely HATE THE GOVERNMENT. Sure, there’s…

The origin of “Mookie” and how it has influenced my sense of self — People often ask me the origin of “Mookie,” a nickname with cross-cultural echoes from baseball players Mookie Blaylock and Mookie Wilson, to Mookie from Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, to the scene in Scorsese’s Mean Streets where young Al Pacino’s character goes apeshit in a pool hall after somebody…

Don’t believe the anti-hype or get distracted by fear mongers and clickbait luddites, the revolution is changing everything — For every action, expect an equal and opposite reaction. Newton’s third law analogously applies to the recent frenzy around all things ChatGPT and AI, as a tsuanami of news stories now swirl about its failings. …

Let’s not get distracted by race, and embrace the obvious — The most recent video of police brutality from the Memphis police department again vividly reveals the cause: Insufficient and incompetent training, full stop. The five cops now charged with second-degree murder acted like freaked out, jacked teenagers. They literally couldn’t subdue an ostensibly compliant skinny guy. Instead they began with…

How the next generation processes the meaning of today — Holocaust Remembrance Day feels part sentimental overkill, part Hallmark greeting card for the children of Holocaust survivors, who thanks to intergenerational trauma have been reminded of and personalized the cataclysmic historical tragedy every damn day of their lives. My mother, a Hungarian Jew born in Transylvania, survived by hiding in…

Why everything I thought about the band Phish was wrong — Thanks to Bobby for inviting me to see Phish at MSG in NYC on the night of December 29th this week! Here’s what I thought… Known for being an unabashed, shameless Critical Asshole, I tend to trash more movies, theatre, and concerts than rave about them. Hating art is as…

Spice things up in the sack with a Failing NYT threeway — The appetizing appeal of the latest craze Wordle is the game’s shareability. At the stroke of midnight I eagerly do the day’s puzzle, then share my result right away with half a dozen friends on my Wordle thread. …

Did an AI write this blog? The TV show you just watched? The news story you just read? Thanks to ChatGPT you won’t know, or eventually care… ChatGPT launched on November 30, 2022, a day that will be remembered as the dawn of a new era for humanity. That sounds…