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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

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

For Service

Oct 5

For Service

Oct 5

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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