Thursday Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

One thing I'm looking forward to with Chatbot AI and Deep Fake technology blooming before our eyes is the potential of an American History class channel on YouTube (or other platform) performed by deep fake AI Shelby Foote. There's enough video of Foote to get his voice down and he's written so many words on the subject that this could be a great class to watch... When Samuel Johnson said, "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" he was referring to French progressives who only found nationalism after their French Revolution policies failed. Look for allegations from woke Democrats (and Republicans) that their rivals are anti-American to be rife in the next election... What a great play... Tom Brady finished his career with 251 career regular season wins. To put this in perspective Patrick Mahomes would have to play another 11 seasons and play and win every game just to still be 11 wins behind Brady on the all-time list... Hate to say it but you just know that Greta Thunberg is going to suffer the same fate as most Hollywood child stars. Except in her case I'm guessing she won't get as much tabloid publicity, just probably fade into obscurity... Well if the CDC says it then it must be true... One scary thought about AI is that the NSA and the CCP collect as much data about their citizens as possible but it is almost impossible for them to sift through all that data. That's not the case utilizing AI. Using AI governments will be able to basically know almost everything about you... The first Stanley Cup competition started in March 1894. Lord Stanley never actually saw a hockey game himself but provided the silver cup at the request of his sons who were fans... Approximately 97.4% of the TVs in Japan were tuned in to watch Shohei Ohtani strike out Mike Trout to win the World Baseball Classic. Interest in baseball in Japan is HUGE meanwhile MLB TV ratings in the US have been going down for years. How long before the best players all go to Japan because that'll be where the interest and money is?... As always, if anything made you think or smile, please Subscribe (it's FREE), hit the Like button, or share with others. Thanks for your support...