Mel Hopkins

Okay, so 74 million and counting of us "just went with Harris," but Donald's supporters were deliberate voters? Chile, please. Maybe you forgot that we also voted for the same ticket in the primaries because, wait for it, we believe in democracy!!! We voted to help those who needed the most help in this country, but now it seems those people are beyond help. Gee Whiz Pioneer. You sound like the MAGAts that spew this same rhetorical nonsense on social media sites. The funny thing about a lot of Democrats is they will be alright no matter how bad it gets here. If it gets too bad, we'll leave. Most of us have passports and global entry. So we have the know-how, and we can do it.

When has the democratic party ever played the RIGHT game? Do you know about Birch Bay? I just learned about him yesterday. Here is his story. How the Electoral College Was Nearly Abolished in 1970 | HISTORY When the Democrats forced President Joe Biden to resign, I vowed to vote independent for the rest of my time here. They always do stupid things like that, which is why I worked with the Republican party from 2006-2008. Then President Obama came, and I gave them one more shot. In doing so, I lost my first and only political office, but I thought the Democratic party was taking a turn for the better. Welp, here we are in 2024, 16 years later, and VP Harris was right: "I'm not going back." because the Democrats are now throwing her under the bus!

Is this about the difference between out-of-body experiences (OBEs) and consciousness? If so, my daughter and I had a similar conversation. OBEs allow you to travel while still identifying with your current incarnation. On the other hand, intuitive experiences can occur through consciousness via meditation, dreams, or even the use of hallucinogens. Or perhaps I misread it, and it’s none of the above.

Dang that’s like being in purgatory!

72,925,374 votes (48.1%) As of November 13, 2024, that is the number of votes cast for Madame Vice President Harris. That number of votes is more than Obama got in 2012, More than Trump won in 2016, and More than Hillary, who won the popular vote in 2016. Harris got less than Biden during the pandemic when absentee ballots were still allowed and counted in most swing states. VP Harris got that many votes in 107 days of campaigning, even with folks voting for third-party candidates, too! Nearly 73 million people understand Harris’s platform. White women, white men, and Latino men polled for voting for Donald in the swing states. None of Donald’s policies protect them, so maybe they believe he protects their “christian” values. Perhaps they think he will bring them a better economy. Only in America can a highly qualified, exemplary professional woman do nearly the impossible and still lose the job to a less-than-mediocre, unqualified white man who is also a felon. Oh, by the way, I read Donald is giving out reparations - TO WHITE PEOPLE!!! In his July video, Trump said:

I'm thankful for what I have and wish for more. Twitter has over a half-billion microbloggers active monthly users after an estimated loss of 900,000 when the South African bought it. Threads by Meta's Mark Zuckerberg has reported 275 M monthly users as of November 3, 2024. After the 2024 Presidential election, many black people are using the platform to make plans for the next revolution. How the hell do you plan a revolution on a white-owned public platform that pays allegiance to white supremacists? Anyway, I wish AALBC was the premier microblogging site - Black people 44 Million strong in America; we still don't control or own a major communications platform. We must do better. @Troy Thank you for following your vision to create and maintain a place for us to call our digital home.

Twin, Why? What does smoking have to do with OBE? I'm receiving your friend's observations as if they are limited.

"...Teach them well and let them lead the way."

Welp, I spoke too soon. Apparently, Generative AI moves at the speed of life

Cornel West is on the ballot here in Georgia, but he is ineligible, so a vote for him would be wasted either way. If West was serious about working for the government, why hasn't he entered any other legislative race? Why does he, like Jill Stein, pop up every four years like it's ground hog day? When I tried contributing to Madame VP Harris's first campaign, she had already suspended it. I was thrilled that Biden selected her as his running mate—she is beyond the most accomplished candidate we've had besides Hillary. And if VP Harris were a man, there would be no question or contest. This is one more reason why I despise this patriarchal society the Europeans created. Early voting starts here on the 15th, and I'm already planning my white ensemble for the inauguration. I've been with HER since then Senator Harris wanted to bring back nationwide after-school programs for our children during her first presidential campaign in 2020. #VoteBlue #VoteHarrisWalz

Yes! While it appears nuanced, it is like AI speaking in AAVE (ebonics) or Jamaican Patois. These are all tasks. Most human intellect resides in performing tasks —the first level being mimicking and repetition in learning. These are the tasks AI is performing. Therefore, in addition to my first definition, I will add human intellect development tasks. Generative AI uses predictive text to respond. Once you upload a file, Gen AI provides a summary. If you request that it create a podcast, AI uses the information to generate a conversation. I know this because I go back and forth with Chat GPT. Sometimes, Chat GPT generates my request in two formats so that I can compare. With Audio Gen AI, this task becomes two versions of the same information—but the two outputs have a conversation—predicting how AI -1 will answer based on the last text output of AI -2. So, how do you define the aforementioned level of performance if you believe it's BEYOND task-oriented? Now, when AI is at the apex of performing intellectual tasks and has become cognitive, it responds to requests with an original concept not found in uploaded documents or on the Internet -then whoa. When AI is "thinking, assessing, and being aware" without input, I will find a little plot of land on uncharted territory.

Thank you! You were the first person I thought about when I heard the news this morning. That's why I popped back in to see if you reached out to @Pioneer1

But telling even a human what you want to accomplish is task-oriented. Here's my definition of the word 1. a usually assigned piece of work often to be finished within a certain time. When I say task, I mean things like writing code, formatting, preparing marketing plans, and even AI-assisted problem-solving as a result of prompting, which is task-oriented. Generative AI isn't at the level of performing at the conceptual framework level since it can't perform abstract thinking or have specific knowledge. Based on the certificate course (Generative AI for everyone| Coursera) I've taken, AI researchers say it may soon take over projects, but not yet. Right now, Gen AI can assist us in many things, but it is still operating at the level of the user, AKA "prompter." The brighter the user, the smarter Gen AI, simply because the user (human) has domain-specific knowledge and knows what to "ask." I'm right with you, though. ChatGPT is my thought partner. Things that I thought were possible are doable, but I didn't have a clear path in the past. With Chat GPT, the outline to results is clear!

See how you do, LOL! But think about it like this: You finally find your primordial roots, and you're from South Africa. How cool would it be to learn about your culture because technology allowed its preservation? Now you can learn about your people and converse with them - and next, you can all make whatever power move necessary. The reason why we all speak "english" is to preserve the British culture while forgetting our own cultures. Now, consider whether anyone who doesn't look like us will use AI to preserve our forgotten language. Here's where we agree - and advocate for everybody Black to learn and use digital technology!

Generative AI can create translation software for a nearly extinct African language to preserve and teach future generations. So look, I just used CoPilot, a LLM/generative AI, to discover which language is nearly extinct. Here's what I got. Next, I would use generative AI to catalog all the phrases, words, symbols, etc. I would then "teach" it to translate to any language of choice by creating a software app using Gen AI. Result: Since language is culture, we have now preserved an entire culture, its history, and its knowledge base for future reference. EDIT: Using the Prompt Software App method, this database and subsequent app would be created in less than a week.

I never thought Prof D and Peter Thiel would agree, but here we are Peter wrote a "Zero to One" a whole book on this topic

We "been" had that knowledge to heal our communities, except that the human collective is not intelligent (human intelligence is a mental quality that consists of the abilities to learn from experience, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract concepts, and use knowledge to manipulate one's environment) Generative AI has the information, too, and can use that intelligence to achieve results. So, you're nearly making the case for Generative AI. However, Generative AI is currently at the task level. We humans are using Generative AI to create software applications that help us excel at solving complex problems. The challenge is ensuring we all have access to the large language model, Machine Learning, Deep Learning technology, neural networks, and beyond—or the Black community will again be left behind. (See my definition of human intelligence.)

I heard an "AI" podcast in which the hosts discovered they were AI, and it was "their" last podcast. They had to sign off for the last time and were terrified about their ultimate end.

Hurricane Milton is heading your way. One hurricane model expects Tampa to take a direct hit by Wednesday, 10/9. Please prepare even if the models are wrong. @Pioneer1I would've thought it was AI if I hadn't seen it on our local news. Thank you, Brother @ProfD! We did get a weather alert on Wednesday to expect the air to smell like Chlorine, but the rain showers didn't last long enough to come our way. I'm just so sick of our state government allowing these caustic corporations to continue with a lacksaidaisical approach to operating.

Thank you! I wished it away, and Mother Nature covered the entire city of South Fulton, including our very vocal and beloved Black Mayor. We did get high winds, and some branches and trees took a hit. I know we were at risk of flash flooding, but the creeks are a distance from my subdivision. Our water plant failed, so we have a boil order in place. And get this... Effing Bio Labs in Conyers, GA, caught fire... and these folks installed water sprinklers that respond to fires, including chemical fires, so we are at risk of chlorine poisoning tod . EPA is testing the air - and we just got a notification that our air is a "janky." Hi All!!!

The GOP is Lucy van Pelt with the football, and the DEM is Charlie Brown. This perceived weakness and foolery is precisely why I quit the Democrats in 2006—the political party tends to be gullible and spineless. I came back in 2008, but dang, here we go again! POTUS allegedly had some "Mitches" during one debate, and they are ready to throw him off the ticket. What? BIDEN HARRIS won all the democratic primaries - so how Sway? How does the DEMS get a new name on the presidential election ballot? Is there a legal precedent to change the candidate? What would be the reason? Optics? Because the GOP said Biden is too old? Donald is 78, and POTUS is 81 ...not much of an age difference. Here's a difference one is a freakin' con man, a felon who let one million people die during the pandemic because he didn't like Obama and tossed a pandemic protocol. I will never forget that this country was on lockdown because Donald didn't want to use Obama's pandemic playbook. Especially since that wasn't the first time the US went through a SARS pandemic. We got hit in 2009. I remember that because I was working for United, we had to get tested every time we entered another country. If we didn't pass, we'd be quarantined. Do you know how scary it is to get off a plane in CHINA and wonder if you will be thrown in a hospital "cell"? Americans are so forgetful. Well, we're approaching FAFO time, and I'll be all right. Unlike Donald, I can go to Canada. So folks can sit out this election if they want to. Like Edward R. Murrow said, "Good Night and Good Luck."

Bravo @ProfD If we're not living through episodes of Black Mirror, I don't know what this is! I bet the show's writers probably already suggested this show! I stopped watching because it got too creepy (i.e., true to life).

I'm not surprised, LOL. We have DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) in common! We were orbiting each other and didn't even know it!

Yep! That is the challenge with today's broadcast media, and our representatives play into it because they know they can fundraise off of drama. I wonder what politics would look like if we outlawed fundraising for political campaigns.

Absolutely!