“Among the many parallels being offered between Afghanistan and the Vietnam War, one of the most disturbing concerns inadequate examination of core assumptions.”

by Will · September 16, 2009

Will

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Dark Matter in reply to Burt Likko on Affordable Single-Family Housing at ScaleChange the laws and we won't have a problem. This has happened basically no where in the USA.
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Pinky in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the week of 5/29/2023You're asking whether AI will decide to help us by writing poetry or to help us in another way. That misses th…
KenB in reply to Pinky on Open Mic for the week of 5/29/2023Not sure i understand -- why would the concept of "will" be important for intelligence? For human minds it's t…