mtadkins

Category: post

The Secret History of One Hundred Years of Solitude

~  “In my dreams, I was inventing literature,” he recalled. Month by month the typescript grew, presaging the weight that the great novel and the “solitude of fame,” as he would later put it, would inflict on him. From 2016, this tale of the history & impact of a book that I (& clearly most […]

Controlling Humans & AI

I really enjoyed this episode of This Week in Machine Learning featuring the delightful Joanna Bryson (@j2bryson) … her take on the issues was fresh & added a perspective that is really lacking — & that we don’t always realize is missing — from the standard discussions about AGI & how AI is (& might […]

Our Only Hope

(… just joining in on the “May the 4th” fun…)

Cellophane [FKA Twigs]

The new FKA Twigs is really something. Wow. ** Best watched under the influence, on a big screen, really loudly. (as always, obvs. Lol. )

XX Day (7)

Previously: “Happy “xx day” [Update, 2018]” I think it’s possible that The XX have held ‘favorite band’ status for me maybe longer (speaking in terms of consecutive years in the top spot) than any other band… & in a bit of goofiness a few years ago I tried to recognize that by tweeting & posting […]