Music Peace Train: Remembering Dolly September 3, 2026 / September 3, 2026 by admin | Leave a Comment This morning YouTube presented me with a video of Dolly Parton’s performance of Cat Steven’s “Peace Train”, with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It was so moving and so relevant to our time, I cried. So here it is along with another wonderful rendition by “Playing for Change” Dolly and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, November 30, 1996 Playing […] Read more »
AI and Internet Data Center Plans Run into Wall? September 3, 2026 / September 3, 2026 by admin | Leave a Comment I read a very interesting YouTube post from Mark Malek of ‘Wall Street Truth Bombs’. The title is sensationalized so don’t take it at face value, I’ll explain further. Here’s the video… TEXAS SHUTS DOWN AI: Why Texas Just Blocked 90% of Big Tech Data Centers! Well, kind of, the substance is that the state […] Read more »
AI and Internet Jaron Says Dump Social Media August 6, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 1 Comment on Jaron Says Dump Social Media Book review: “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now” by Jaron Lanier When this book was first published in 2018, I passed it by. I suppose I was put off by the title which seemed to me a bit excessive. These days, I no longer feel that way, and in fact I have […] Read more »
AI and Internet Software Junie and Me August 1, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | Leave a Comment AI and the Future of Programming So, who is Junie? Junie is an AI assistant built into my programming IDE, JetBrains PHPStorm. If you don’t know, an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is a glorified programmer’s editor that also does lots of other stuff related to creating and managing software. I wanted to share some of […] Read more »
AI and Internet Music The Ballad of Jane Henry July 30, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 4 Comments on The Ballad of Jane Henry An industrial ballad for our time. When Jane Henry was a little babySitting on her momma’s kneeShe picked up a computer, a keyboard and a mouseSaid coding’s gonna be the life of meSaid coding’s gonna be the life of me Well the CTO said to Jane HenryI’m bringing Artificial Intelligence outI’m gonna my AI out […] Read more »
AI and Internet Consciousness and AI July 29, 2026 / July 29, 2026 by Terry SoRelle | 1 Comment on Consciousness and AI Is AI really an intelligence? Chatbots, especially, look and behave much like a human and it is easy imagine it is so. Afterall, we talk to them, they reply. A chatbot can seem uncannily like a person. Today, no serious expert argues that Ai’s have anything resembling actual consciousness. They are essentially amazingly sophisticated statistical […] Read more »