Memorandums from Mary
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Censorship—Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Societal Titanic
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I was born in the early 1950’s—known as an era of conformity. Yet, I was allowed to check out books on the adult floor (with my father’s lib...
Saturday, June 10, 2023
“Woke” or “Anti-woke”: What Does ChatGPT Say?
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I wanted to clarify (in my own mind) what it means to be “woke” or “anti-woke,” and how censorship relates to both concepts. While it’s hard...
Friday, June 2, 2023
Truth Versus Truthiness
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Only those born before 1980 are considered digital natives. I’m classified as a digital immigrant, because I was born around the same year a...
Monday, May 29, 2023
Robots and the “Truth” of Reality
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A scene from one of the first productions of R.U.R. (London, 1921) I recently read Karel Capek’s play R.U.R. (first performed in 1921), an...
Saturday, May 20, 2023
The Three Forms of Proteus in Different Versions of Demon Seed
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I recently rewatched the 1977 film Demon Seed —a movie about an artificial entity gaining power over human beings. I had last seen the film ...
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