CNN, 9 January 2024, has Trump saying "I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover." CNN adds: "The US
stock market crashed during former President Herbert Hoover’s first year in office in 1929, which
signaled the beginning of the Great Depression." See my work on the Trump Depression
Showing posts with label Google's AI Overview and UNITS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google's AI Overview and UNITS. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Saturday, February 15, 2025
TV News often reports worrisome things about artificial intelligence
This is the aspect of AI that I find troublesome -- the part that is highlighted:
Troublesome, but funny: $8.47 an hour -- in 1947 ???
I checked the links the AI Overview provided, and found this:
Ballpark nominal average hourly earnings in 1947 = $1.00:
Well, that's four hours of my life I'll never get back.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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