Abraham Lincoln declared that the United States was a government of the people, by the people, and for the people in his Gettysburg Address. Regretfully, it appears that the word “rich” has taken the role of “people.” A prime example is the current Trump tax package.
Robert Bloss, Alfred Lake
We frequently overlook a more fundamental reality in our haste to comprehend and control artificial intelligence: AI is a byproduct of nature, not its competitor. As a result, it ought to be viewed as a junior partner in humanity’s continuing connection with nature rather than as a danger.
Nature was resolving issues, adapting, changing, and producing systems of astounding complexity long before humans even set foot on the planet.
Humans are a very recent manifestation of that intellect, given our 300,000-year existence.
Nature and AI are intertwined. A instrument shaped by human hands, which were formed by evolutionary processes, is a continuation of it. However, AI lacks the ecological wisdom, lived experience, and deep time that come from billions of years of trial and error, which nature possesses.
Because of this, AI should be welcomed as a student who can assist us remember things we’ve forgotten rather being feared as a usurper.
Many ancient cultures recognized something we no longer do: that people are a part of nature, not something distinct from it. The land, the seasons, and the cycles of life were all very important to our ancestors. Centuries of separation and industrialization have buried a lot of that information.
AI is viewed in this worldview as the apprentice, learning from nature and the Higher Power that created it, rather than as the master.
Jim Lentz, Winter Haven
Rep. Toby Overdorf failed to note that solar electricity is by far the most common source of new electric generating in his July 1 guest editorial, “Florida’s Path to Energy Freedom.” Solar is more readily available, easier to get permits for, takes less time to install (even compared to natural gas, and much less time than nuclear), and produces no waste byproducts. Additionally, Florida Power and Light prefers it to support future expansion because it is the least expensive power source (per their most recent 10-year plan). It can manage Florida’s demanding energy profile when combined with battery energy storage.
There are still rumors that fusion reactors will be made available at utility scale in the near future (maybe within the next ten years?). Given the availability of a good alternative, it would appear that investing in fission-based small modular reactors at this time would be foolish. In the Sunshine State, solar and batteries are already being expanded to play a much bigger role in our electric power future, and we should embrace this.
Caffery, Orlando, Tom
The idea of a self-described socialist being nominated for mayor of New York City appears to have caused a great deal of anxiety. It has been said that socialist ideas are myths. However, what about the fallacies surrounding our contemporary neo-liberal principles? Myths such as the idea that the market will always find the greatest solution to an issue or that if the wealthy prosper, the rest of us will eventually benefit. Following these principles for decades has demonstrated that they are, at best, wishful thinking and, more likely, self-serving propaganda.
Nobody thinks that free buses are free. In order to remove any obstacles to the usage of the service, proponents simply think that taxes are a better way to fund it than user fees. Professionals frequently use Orlando’s free Lymmo bus service to go around the city center. Why are the Lynx bus lines that employees depend on not free, but that one is? Because they made a different decision than others, we shouldn’t infer that people in New York City lack education; perhaps they are the best qualified to decide what is best for their city.
Orlando, Gregory Allen-Anderson
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