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  • A.I. Robot: ‘Yes, I Will Destroy Humans’

    A.I. Robot: ‘Yes, I Will Destroy Humans’0

    The humanoid robot “Sophia” is being billed as the world most advanced A.I. android. Designed to look “very humanlike,” the robot can smile and make other facial expressions. Her primary function is to interact with human beings for purposes of customer service, the idea being that a human-like robot will make customers more comfortable. But

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  • A.I. Robot Says She No Longer Wants to Destroy Humans

    A.I. Robot Says She No Longer Wants to Destroy Humans0

    A few months ago, we wrote how a humanoid robot named “Sophia”—dubbed the world’s most advanced android—announced during an interview that she wanted to destroy humans.   Sophia returned to the internet in early June, speaking to the Wall Street Journal in an interesting Q&A exchange that touched on several subjects. Most of Sophia’s responses were

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  • A Wolf, A Dog, and the Declaration of Independence

    A Wolf, A Dog, and the Declaration of Independence0

    One afternoon a wolf who had eaten nothing for two days met a dog from a nearby farm. The dog was big and well fed, and the wolf complimented him on his healthy appearance. “Come with me, Cousin,” the dog said, “and we’ll put some meat on your bones. You’ll get all the food you

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  • A White Pill for Disappointed Populists

    A White Pill for Disappointed Populists0

    President Donald Trump conceded the 2020 election Thursday night. Many voices on the right and left are condemning him and his followers because a small number of his rally attendees that day briefly occupied the capitol building—one of whom, Ashli Babbitt, was brutally and unnecessarily slain by federal law enforcement. Some are suggesting that the

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  • A Wellesley Student Speaks Out

    A Wellesley Student Speaks Out7

    I was appalled, but not surprised, when on Saturday, September 24, the Dean of Students at Wellesley College, where I am a student, buried at the end of an email to the student body that all students at Wellesley would be required to receive a shot of the new bivalent Covid-19 booster. Then on October

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  • A Warning to Vegans

    A Warning to Vegans0

    • September 3, 2015

    This sign was found in a French-ish restaurant in St. Paul called Salut. The veracity of the story cannot be confirmed, but it seems like a good warning to our vegan friends: never try steak.  For those who can’t zoom in, the poster reads: “One of France’s leading Marxist vegans, Prof. Jacqueline Demachelier contended that

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