Handwringing, panic, and palm sweating has surrounded public discussion of ChatGPT since OpenAI announced its release in November 2022. Since then, “thought leaders” have been excitedly making declarations about this new technology, claiming that it’s inaugurating the end of humanity, that it’ll end education or completely transform it, that it is a kind of consciousnessContinue reading “AI and Talking Heads”
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Steve Cutts, “Man”
The short film “Man” by Steve Cutts: Check out “In the Fall” too: and then “The Walk Home”: I think he’s negatively life-affirming: he affirms life by reminding us of all the ways we’re killing it right now.
2014 in Review: jamesrovira.com
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 23,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that manyContinue reading “2014 in Review: jamesrovira.com”
What You Need To Know About For-Profit Colleges
The Chronicle of Higher Ed published just today another nightmare story about practices at a for-profit college: Corinthian. Fortunately, this one is on the verge of closing anyhow, but you need to take heed, because Corinthian College isn’t alone among for-profit institutions in the use of criminal practices. But before we talk about for-profit colleges,Continue reading “What You Need To Know About For-Profit Colleges”
About the Background…
The image I’m using (at present) for the background and header for my site is a detail of ceiling art at the Columbus Museum of Art. They have a children’s section in the basement with big, papery lit-up things that change colors. I caught this one on a bluish-purple phase. I shot the photo withContinue reading “About the Background…”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 