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originally posted by: TombEscaper
I am actually coming to respect the skill level/advanced psychological manipulation that you have calculated in order to keep this going for dozens of pages with not only a few people, but many. You have an amazing ability to continually antagonize just to the point that people feel the need to continue to reply, but not quite to the point where it can be considered "trolling."
Deep neural networks are remaking the Internet.
originally posted by: tweetie
I caught this story on my Twitter feed yesterday from WIRED. It's about AI being built by Facebook which builds AI because they say AI is hard to build. Anyone who looks at the story might understand why I am posting it in this thread or anyone who looks at the story might think I'm nuts and not see a connection.
I'm posting the link because of the implications. No, it doesn't explain every incongruity brought up in this thread but it may be food for thought in that a person remembers something being a certain way in their physical life and then goes on the Internet to find nothing of the sort, well....
This is just Facebook and this is just what has been made public in one article.
Facebook is Building AI that builds AI
Deep neural networks are remaking the Internet.
originally posted by: raymundoko
a reply to: whatsecret
Yes, several text editors auto correct Berenstain to Berenstein or Bernstein depending on the editor.
Many of us remember the central pyramid as having been the one referred to as the "Great Pyramid" and it was clearly the largest by far,it's image was used on the cover of many books and other media about the "Great Pyramid".
First nation-wide Thanksgiving was proclaimed on November 26, 1789 by George Washington.The contemporary date of fourth Thursday of November was set in 1941 by federal legislation.
On September 28, 1789, just before leaving for recess, the first Federal Congress passed a resolution asking that the President of the United States recommend to the nation a day of thanksgiving. A few days later, President George Washington issued a proclamation naming Thursday, November 26, 1789 as a "Day of Publick Thanksgivin" - the first time Thanksgiving was celebrated under the new Constitution. Subsequent presidents issued Thanksgiving Proclamations, but the dates and even months of the celebrations varied. It wasn't until President Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation that Thanksgiving was regularly commemorated each year on the last Thursday of November.
In 1939, however, the last Thursday in November fell on the last day of the month. Concerned that the shortened Christmas shopping season might dampen the economic recovery, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a Presidential Proclamation moving Thanksgiving to the second to last Thursday of November. As a result of the proclamation, 32 states issued similar proclamations while 16 states refused to accept the change and proclaimed Thanksgiving to be the last Thursday in November. For two years two days were celebrated as Thanksgiving - the President and part of the nation celebrated it on the second to last Thursday in November, while the rest of the country celebrated it the following week. To end the confusion, Congress decided to set a fixed-date for the holiday. On October 6, 1941, the House passed a joint resolution declaring the last Thursday in November to be the legal Thanksgiving Day.
originally posted by: LoneCloudHopper2
a reply to: Finnmac
Thanks for sharing
It's like how the American Thanksgiving used to be held the third Thursday in November, now it's the fourth Thursday. I actually remember this because I have a close friend who is American and each year she'd tell me that Americans celebrate it at this time each year. But last year, or maybe the year before, this changed.
originally posted by: tweetie
a reply to: Gryphon66
Yes, that's what I think. I'm glad you can see the connection I can see. (Lol!!) I think they are remaking "reality" via AI and the internet because I've watched for years how actual thinking, experiencing and learning, and learning from hands-on experience (what I grew up with), is being replaced with Googling in many people's lives, especially the younger generations.
My reaction to the article was queasiness but anytime I come across mention of AI I feel queasy. It goes against my grain in a huge way!!
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: Daedalus
He's using some very primitive and simplistic hypnotic techniques ... if I'm not mistaken, certainly at the very beginning.
I'm desperately trying to avoid using any phrasing that suggests that anyone or anything being referenced here is not sane.
... but I can certainly see what you mean in regard to this video.