Can AI Get Subtle Humor? A Wannabe Ricin Murderer, Baking and Horticulture

21 Aug 2023 in

I was wondering whether AI could be punked, because it’s good with analogy and humor, so I asked about the Canadian woman that mailed ricin to Trump and other politicians. She is serving 22 years. I asked Bard (Google’s AI) if she should study baking and horticulture. A human would probably see problems with that (as in a cake laced with ricin—way better than a letter). It didn’t see the connection until I pointed it out. In case you want to see how it played out, here is the text:

 

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Long-Haul Covid Support

02 Feb 2022 in

Regarding nutritional and other support for long-haul COVID: There was interest in this info during a Zoom call, so I’m posting it here. This is a developing situation, so the information will change.

Appendix C: Suggested Reading, Resources Mentioned

01 Jan 2022 in

This is an appendix for the book Truth-Based: Defeat Manipulators in Debates, Interviews, and Conversations. Throughout the book, I recommend some reading and resources related to the topic at hand. This appendix is a collection of those and some additional entries. Although it appears in the Kindle edition, I omit it from the hard copy and direct readers here. This will enable me to update or expand it if time permits.

Appendix B: Category Reference

01 Jan 2022 in

This is an appendix for the book Truth-Based: Defeat Manipulators in Debates, Interviews, and Conversations. In case you haven't seen the book, the core if to help identify and respond to ninety manipulations in politically charged discussions. They fall into categories go from the least to most oppressive. This appendix augments that with more words and phrases to help readers express their own ideas. The Kindle version contains this appendix and the hard copy version does not.

The Vortex Technique

18 Dec 2021 in

Summary

Everyone should know this simple technique. It will help you make a connection with someone whose political positions are different from yours. It can help you deal with difficult people in general. It also has a secret sauce — it helps the other party make more sense than usual! A strange thing about it is that they can know exactly what you are doing without feeling manipulated, and it's all the better if they can use it on you, too.

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This is for folks interested in my political and rhetorical topics, such as my book, Truth-Based: Defeat Manipulators in Debates, Interviews, and Conversations

I use Feedly Reader to look through the news and my interests. It is a tool you can use in your browser. You collect internet addresses and put them in categories. You can just add them as you find them without making a huge project out of it. This type of tool is called an RSS Reader.