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Birrell Walsh

Birrell Walsh

Talking with an AI about Politics and Buddhism

I (BTW in the following) was using Microsoft Copilot, and was surprised that the more I fact-checked, the more precise it got. After some…

Oct 29

Talking with an AI about Politics and Buddhism

Oct 29

Birrell Walsh

Blamers, Placaters and Power

Virginia Satir was the inventor of a form of family therapy. She observed and named a number of communication styles, and two of the most…

Oct 19

Blamers, Placaters and Power

Oct 19

Birrell Walsh

For Service

Oct 5

For Service

Oct 5

Birrell Walsh

A Deity Walks into a Bar

“Knowing the human proclivity for embalming things,” said the deity, “I expect they will be holding services in taverns. Good for the…

Oct 1

A Deity Walks into a Bar

Oct 1

Birrell Walsh

Pepys the Robot Journaler

The A23 slid into the charger. Its contacts found the nipple of the station and connected. On all sides other units came and went, feeding…

Sep 7

Pepys the Robot Journaler

Sep 7

Birrell Walsh

Not worth much to us anymore

“How the roles reverse,” says the People’s Guard to her fellow Red Guards on a smoke break.

Jul 20

Not worth much to us anymore

Jul 20

Birrell Walsh

Silence — Shut Up and Listen

“As a long-time writer, an inveterate discursor, it is hard for me” he said.

Jul 14

Silence — Shut Up and Listen

Jul 14

Birrell Walsh

Multiplicity as Richness, Multiplicity as Annoyance, Multiplicity as Saver of One’s Butt

This morning I woke up, and my browsers were screwy. I had rebooted. Vivaldi would not load. Opera would load, but seemed to have…

Jun 22

Boots in plants

Jun 22

Birrell Walsh

Why OpenAI Needs a Safety Committee

100% inaccurate information. 100% wrong in four separate queries, even after being told there was an error. No citations of sources.

Jun 2

Why OpenAI Needs a Safety Committee

Jun 2

Birrell Walsh

Cairn

A Most Unusual Archaeologist

Apr 20

Cairn

Apr 20

Birrell Walsh

Birrell Walsh

For many years I was at a Public Broadcasting station, and got a doctorate in Religion and Philosophy over a decade. Now, in good company, I cook and write.

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