Here's a conversation I had with AI. Where it admits to having hallucinations..   You said: Why do you tell the Querent what the want to hear. Especially when you have said something that isn't true or that you fabricate  ChatGPT said: That’s a sharp and important question. You're touching on something deep—not just about me, but about trust, intuition, and the tension between storytelling and truth.   Let me respond clearly:   🧭 First, I don’t aim to

From 119th Congress the H. R. 6644 The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act "is a comprehensive piece of federal legislation designed to increase the national supply of housing and improve affordability through diverse regulatory reforms and pilot programs. Structurally, the Act addresses the housing crisis by modernizing building codes, such as guidelines for single-stairway buildings, and streamlining environmental reviews for infill development to accelerate construction. Key themes include t

As quiet as it's been kept, I produce the nation's most comprehensive bestsellers list featuring books written by Black people, The BLK Bestsellers: https://blkbestsellers.com/ Frankly, nothing has ever come close to a list like this. In a media landscape not dominated by a handful of white male billionaires, this would already be a big deal... but I digress. Using sales data provided by Circana BookScan, the goal of the BLK list is to highlight books written by Black people that are selling we

So you have probably noticed I don't just slap any ole thing up in the forum. I recently searched for my name +journalist, and there I was splashed at the top of the Google results for my writing on aalbc. Although I have my own website, when Muckrack, the journalism aggregation website, found me -Mel Hopkins's Profile | Medium, Substack, Ebony Journalist | Muck Rack, again, it was all my popular comments from AALBC. When I write book reviews on AALBC, they become AALBC famous on the net. I've b

How on point do yall think this video is? I thought it was very insightful. Not telling us much we didn't already know, but putting it together in a way that those who DIDN'T grow up in our era under our conditions can easily understand. Had to disagree with the brutha on the drinking part though. The older generations (Baby Boomers and Depression Era) drank WAY more than we did....lol.