With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin
Saturday, July 27, 2024
From Jenna Orkin
Do you say "please" and "thank you" to Alexa, Siri or ChatGPT? Politeness may improve the quality of information we get from AI, according to a new study (plus, maybe the robots will be less likely to kill us when they take over the world. Just kidding.)
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