[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] AI

[Dick]

Incidentally, Noah is my son.

Dick Wagner

On 2/21/2020 1:15 PM, Paul Garmon wrote:
> Well, related to the AI theme...
>
> Former Lexington resident Noah Wagner <http://www.noahwagner.com>, now 
> living in LA, who I met at the recent 45th annual Boston Science 
> Fiction Film Festival <https://www.instagram.com/p/B8a_EHJhjZU/>, has 
> new SF short film about AI: WATCH ROOM 
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th5uJNB7VU8&feature=youtu.be>. [Also 
> met the sponsoring folks from the new DUST channel (specializing in SF 
> material that cannot find regular mass distribution channels).]
>
> On the flip side, this book was written a long time ago (and involves 
> a futuristic Boston):
>
>   * Looking Backward - Wikipedia
>     <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Backward>
>
>   * Looking Backward: 2000 - 1887: Edward Bellamy: 9781536975109:
>     Amazon.com: Books
>     <https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Backward-2000-Edward-Bellamy/dp/1536975109/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499889592&sr=8-1&keywords=looking+backward+edward+bellamy>
>
>   * America and the Utopian Dream | Utopian Literature
>     <http://brbl-archive.library.yale.edu/exhibitions/utopia/ut10.html>
>
>
> A mountaineering friend of mine recently climbed Second Kaweah 
> <https://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=2806>. Not sure what 
> happened to the first one, other than the current lack of the Kaweah 
> Colony <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaweah_Colony> and Looking 
> Backward apparently influenced that colony (so who thought influencers 
> are just a modern thing?).  Book had some funny bits about Boston, 
> where we still don't have rain covers over the sidewalks, luckily for 
> some poets ;-> Rain Reveals Hidden Poetry On Boston Sidewalks – CBS 
> Boston 
> <https://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/05/19/boston-hidden-sidewalk-poetry/>
>
>
> Paul
>   (that other one)
>
>
> ===============================================
> ::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::
> Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.
> Send to the list: LCTG at lists.toku.us      Message archives: http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us
> To subscribe: email lctg-subscribe at toku.us  To unsubscribe: email lctg-unsubscribe at toku.us
> Future and Past meeting information: http://LCTG.toku.us
> This message was sent to r.w.wagner at verizon.net.
> Set your list options: http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/r.w.wagner@verizon.net
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.toku.us/private.cgi/lctg-toku.us/attachments/20200221/aed29855/attachment.html>