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Charlie’s Voice – AI Update

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Charlie Melton

By Charlie Melton

I write frequently about Artificial Intelligence, or AI. Science fiction writers have used that as a topic for decades. The “Terminator” movie is one example. Star Trek shows have varying degrees of AI. “The Matrix” is a mind-bending venture into AI. My favorite TV series of all times, “Person of Interest” is all about AI enslaving humanity.

Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and others on the forefront of technology have been issuing dire warnings about AI for years. I’ve been on the fence about the real danger. Firstly, we’ve all seen the arguably most significant advance in history, the internet (invented by Al Gore) reduced to a way to share porn and funny cat videos. Secondly, I’ve always thought that human intelligence is much too complex to imitate, as many humans can’t even approximate intelligence. Thirdly, surely there is an “Off” switch somewhere. [Read more...]

Charlie’s Voice – Illinois House Bill 1533: Cat-astrophic Legislation

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Charlie Melton

By Charlie Melton

I quit commenting on our grate state because, frankly, I don’t care. I do not care what the elected idiots are doing. No matter how vigilant I am, they end up playing in traffic and they stuff the hamster down the garbage disposal. They’re like toddlers that get into the Drano under the sink while you’re napping on the couch.

Watching politicians is like watching a train wreck, and I’m not even in Ohio. Ultimately, I don’t have to watch them to know it’s going to be bad. In the hundreds of years I’ve cared, none of my caring made a bit of difference. [Read more...]

Charlie’s Voice: Indian Creek Deserves Better

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Charlie Melton

By Charlie Melton

Indian Creek Township is composed of good, moral, loving citizens. Well, mostly. A few need a good spanking, but mostly people are pretty good. I’m here to testify they deserve better.

I’ve been running all around the internet virtual highways and byways screaming, “The sky is falling.” You might say I’ve been crying “wolf”. Unlike the fable about the geezer who cried wolf, there is really danger here. We have to eradicate the danger and prevent it from coming back. To put it another way, and in keeping with the wolf theme, our virtual house is made of straw, and we need to upgrade to brick. [Read more...]

Charlie’s Voice – Do Something

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Charlie Melton

By Charlie Melton

I tell this story all of the time. It resonates with me and I think we all need to understand it.

Long ago and far away, I learned a valuable lesson. I attended the “New Testament Baptist Church” in Cahokia, Illinois. Old timers referred to the church as “Hard Shell Baptist”. They were strict on themselves, and others. They were the don’t dance, don’t laugh, don’t have fun, guilt ridden church in a dying community. The pastor, Jeff, was young and full of energy and judgment. He could shame a woman for wearing pants while making us all feel the flames of hell. Pastor Jeff was a force of nature. [Read more...]

Charlie’s Voice – Liars Got To Lie

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Charlie Melton

By Charlie Melton

Politics suck. I learned that as a child. I was supposed to learn to accept it, among other things, as I matured. I guess I never matured.

So, I got a guy named Bailey. This guy has been to my house a few times. He’s a good guy, in my estimation.

Anyway, several years ago this Bailey guy was running for something or other. A friend asked to put his sign in my yard and I said yes. You don’t have to mow around signs, which equals less work for me. I like them. [Read more...]

Charlie’s Voice – Southern Hostility

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Charlie Melton

By Charlie Melton

Southern hospitality? The term dates back to 1835 and a guy named Abbot. He stated that southern inns weren’t necessary because every house welcomed strangers. It was just such a thing, even before the South invited us down for grits and Civil War.

I’ve learned that the term “hospitality” has been misspelled for centuries. The real spelling is “hostility”. It’s no big deal though, people do that all of the time. Really, they do. Maybe if we all write it 10 times, we’ll get it right. It’s spelled southern H-O-S-T-I-L-I-T-Y. [Read more...]

Charlie’s Voice – Honesty Died

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Charlie Melton

Gene died January 31st and I’m as mad as I can be. You should be mad, too.

Gene was born in 1952. He’s like most of us. He lived as if he’d never die. He didn’t take care of himself. He smoked since his early teens. He ate too much of the wrong things, especially greasy fried pork. He could drink as much Mountain Dew as he could afford, which at times had been a lot. [Read more...]

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