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Will Artificial Intelligence Become Self-Aware? Is Chat-GPT and Bard Better Than Wikipedia?
Business and Science

Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe of Mankind? Are AI Chat-bots Better Than Wikipedia?

02/18/2026 Bruce Strom 0

What is artificial intelligence? The original definition by Alan Turing is that a program is deemed artificially intelligent if the user conversing by keyboard is convinced that a live human being is responding. But keep in mind that artificially intelligent computer programs have zero comprehension. Although they can do quite well on intelligence tests, answering questions instantaneously, they are incapable of original thought. However, they excel at pattern matching, and the latest AI programs can replicate text from existing text samples. The program does not comprehend the meaning of these text samples, which means it has trouble evaluating their credibility. Thus, the generated output is often what programmers call GIGO: garbage-in, garbage-out. […]

DASH and Mediterranean Diets: Healthy Living, My Weekly DASH Recipes
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DASH and Mediterranean Diets: Healthy Living, My Weekly DASH Recipes

04/23/2025 Bruce Strom 0

What are the three magical cures for healthy living? The big three are: Diet, exercise, and sleep until you are refreshed. Many doctors say set the alarm for seven or eight hours of sleep, and if you wake up an hour or so early, that is okay. This requires personal discipline and mindfulness. Most people do not want to change their daily habits so they can adopt a regimen of healthy living, they want the doctor to prescribe them a magic pill to cure them. Plus, others would say having an active social life.
Take charge of your health! Ask your doctor not for magical pills, but how changing your habits can improve your health! It is true that magical pills can provide instant relief, and that medications are sometimes essential to recover your health by balancing your body chemistry. But lasting improvements in health are better achieved by changing your daily habits. Often, you need to be patient, you need to realize that an improved regimen of diet, exercise, and sleep can take six months or longer to dramatically improve your health. […]

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Condominium Reserves and Florida Legislative Round Table With Senators Pizzo and Bradley, February 2025

03/10/2025 Bruce Strom 1

I do not live in an ocean-front high-rise condominium where safety is the primary concern. Our owners will not have their sleep interrupted by their-three-story condominiums collapsing on them in the middle of the night. We do not have the engineering problems inherent in dozen-floor buildings and the problem of saltwater intrusion rusting the steel rebar buried in the concrete pillars, where safety is the primary concern. In our three-story condominium, safety is important, but it is secondary. Our primary concern is safeguarding the health and wealth of our owners against water damage and mold. […]

Why I Joined Rotary
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History and Philosophy of Rotary International, and My Personal Experience

04/26/2024 Bruce Strom 3

Early in its history, the Rotary Clubs adopted the Four Way Test. The Rotary website states that “the Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships.
Of the things we think, say, or do:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?” […]

Is AI Merely Artificially Intelligent? Comparing AI ChatGPT and Bard to Wikipedia
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APPENDIX: Artificial Intelligence, Comparing ChatGPT vs Bard, With and Without Footnotes and Sources

11/11/2023 Bruce Strom 1

What is artificial intelligence? The original definition by Alan Turing is that a program is deemed artificially intelligent if the user conversing by keyboard is convinced that a live human being is responding. But keep in mind that artificially intelligent computer programs have zero comprehension. Although they can do quite well on intelligence tests, answering questions instantaneously, they are incapable of original thought. However, they excel at pattern matching, and the latest AI programs can replicate text from existing text samples. The program does not comprehend the meaning of these text samples, which means it has trouble evaluating their credibility. Thus, the generated output is often what programmers call GIGO: garbage-in, garbage-out.
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