Jim Hughes

Yes that's my guy. 😄

Whenever I see one I could photograph, it's in tatters.

What many don't get about the "Turing Test" is that there's no time limit. Maybe an LLM can keep me guessing for 10 minutes with slightly vague, oddly formal responses and some canned jokes. But let me spend a week with it and I'm not going to mistake it for a conscious intelligence.

A child stands in front of the Crown Park Fountain in Chicago's Millenium Park. The fountain is 2 glass towers on which are projected images of Chicago citizens. At night, it's a powerful image of urban life in the 21st century.

"Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, Chicago," photographed by JimH Photo

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1 top, 1 exposure, 3 seconds, 9 strobe flashes, many attempts

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A fabulous spiral staircase in the Rand Tower, Minneapolis. This classic Art Deco building, now a fine hotel, was completed in 1929.

"Art Deco Staircase," photographed by JimH Photo

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A small wooden top spins, full of energy.

"Red Top," photographed by JimH Photo

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On a very cold day in downtown Minneapolis, steam from the NRG district heating plant creates clouds around the Campbell Mithun Tower.

"Skyscraper," photographed by JimH Photo

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It's cold downtown.
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I remember the old days of "listening to our customers". Somehow that script has been flipped.

Oblivious to the fact that every single person in the room is thinking he's a total idiot.

Chicago's Buckingham Fountain, which began operation in 1927, is one of the largest in the world. As part of Grant Park it's on the National Register of Historic Places. Here it's seen from Columbus Drive in August, with Lake Michigan in the background, under a crazy sky, with a plane towing an advertising banner overhead.

"Buckingham Fountain in Chicago," photographed by JimH Photo

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A concert at Jay Pritzer Pavilion in Chicago's Millenium Park, part of the 2018 Chicago Jazz Festival. The Pritzker Pavilion is a great outdoor music venue with good sound and sightlines; it can accomodate audiences in the thousands. Its spectacular architecture is the work of Frank Gehry and it opened in 2004.. The skyscraper in the background is the Aon Center.

"Jazz in Millenium Park," photographed by JimH Photo

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Prints: https://www.framergallery.com/s/image/222067?source=bluesky

What many seem to be missing is that today's so-called AIs are passive systems. When they're not generating a response to an input prompt, they're inert. I can't conceive of static information being in any sense "conscious".

A blue top spins.

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Spinning wooden top... using a strobe flash

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Heavy snow and temperatures dropping - here in Minneapolis, the holiday is officially over.
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I'd say it's just what these guys need: another ego boost.

But note that the image has them well positioned for a fall.

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The temperature is dropping fast in Minneapolis tonight, heading below zero.

Always a challenge to catch one with that crest all the way up. I raise a glass to your success!

Well I couldn't buy any less of their products than I already do.

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She is upbeat about winter.

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Blue Jay

How about just calling it software?

There is also the "Silurian Hypothesis".

Could not agree more. Disappointing, from a major publication - it makes the Atlantic seem clueless.

New Mexico
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"America's Governor"

This arctic fox is in good health and ready for winter. He lives in a zoo in Minnesota.

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We fight back by redefining "perfect" to include "authenticity".