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Musings
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Art and Artificial Intelligence — A Statement of Position
John Bruce Leonard
September 5, 2023
I recently read a blog post concerning the plight of human art in the coming age of “artificial intelligence”…
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On Bear Attacks, Submarine Explosions & the Like
John Bruce Leonard
August 28, 2023
Human beings have always had a soft spot for distant, unexpected disasters…
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Current Events, Eternal Events
John Bruce Leonard
August 14, 2023
As of late, I have felt a considerable wane in my interest in current events…
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A Question at the Commencement
John Bruce Leonard
July 25, 2023
We of the “digital age” have a knack for inventing especially inelegant words to describe the novel circumstances of our lives.