Monthly Archives: July 2020

People in a Room

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This scene, from THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, is one of the most famous speeches in recent movies: What if — and I know it’s absolutely insane to even suggest such a thing, but bear with me — but … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics | Tagged conspiracy theories | Leave a comment

A Tale of Two Facebook Groups

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Fenster

Fenster writes: My newfound interest in nature has been spurred by retirement, with a side interest in foraging spurred by my concern over the coming End Times. I am consequently a member of a number of Facebook groups devoted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Double Feature: Modus and The Wailing

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Fenster

Fenster writes: It’s double feature time again. Some double features here are naturals: two films written by Hanif Kureishi separated by decades that reveal how authorial obsessions change as the author ages. Others are linked by chance: I happened to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Racist Computer Passes Turing Test

Posted on July 23, 2020 by Fenster

What to make of these efforts that edge up to passing the Turing Test? Here’s GPT-3 from Open AI. GPT-3: OpenAI’s New Text Generating Neural Network is Here | Digital Trends That got this Facebook AI guy all a-twitter over … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers | Tagged turing test | Leave a comment

Notes on “Band of Outsiders”

Posted on July 21, 2020 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Three Parisian kids with vaguely American aspirations plan a vaguely American crime. That crime, a robbery, is mixed up with the seduction of Odile, the trio’s female constituent, who isn’t sure she wants either. You can’t … Continue reading →