<![CDATA[Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today?]]>Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/2b8e03cc-ebcc-4e37-95c8-867e536546bc/shel-silverstein-poem-published-in-1981-.-hmm-does-this-remind-you-of-anything-topically-relevant-to-todayRSS for NodeMon, 13 Jul 2026 11:24:15 GMTFri, 10 Jul 2026 19:49:35 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:23:13 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

The Homework Machine, oh the Homework Machine, Most perfect contraption that's ever been seen.

Just put in your homework, then drop in a dime, Snap on the switch, and in ten seconds time, Your homework comes out, quick and clean as can be.

Here it is—"nine plus four?" and the answer is "three," Three? Oh me ... I guess it's not as perfect As I thought it would be.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/MarcusMASTO/statuses/116900612888422835https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/MarcusMASTO/statuses/116900612888422835Sat, 11 Jul 2026 09:23:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:44:34 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay is this the prototype of Claude?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://saga.garden/ap/users/116651418474267954/statuses/116900224988270878https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://saga.garden/ap/users/116651418474267954/statuses/116900224988270878Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:44:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:20:33 GMT]]>@sleepy62

It's rare to get something out of Gemini that *doesn't* contain garbage like this.

@Natasha_Jay

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/hosford42/statuses/116900130550391430https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://techhub.social/users/hosford42/statuses/116900130550391430Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:20:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:14:46 GMT]]>@colinstu @Npars01 @Natasha_Jay he has logorrhea!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fouroclockfarms.club/users/david/statuses/116900107830544361https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fouroclockfarms.club/users/david/statuses/116900107830544361Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:14:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:13:00 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt should have shown the other side of the illustration, where there's just another kid sitting inside the machine scribbling the answers. this too is topical

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ice.ch3.st/notes/aojldlokeej70ll1https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ice.ch3.st/notes/aojldlokeej70ll1Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:13:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:31:28 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/NaomiElizabeth/statuses/116899937559123723https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/NaomiElizabeth/statuses/116899937559123723Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:31:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:02:56 GMT]]>@david @Npars01 @Natasha_Jay WHY ARE THEY SO LONG!!
(I can't do it. I tried.)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://birdbutt.com/users/colinstu/statuses/116899825342087570https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://birdbutt.com/users/colinstu/statuses/116899825342087570Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:02:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:29:55 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Obviously he knew AI was coming! What a wonderful and foresightful poem.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/116899695528749516https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/116899695528749516Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:29:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 04:51:23 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay OMG, I had his where the sidewalk ends as a child and totally remember this poem. It's so wild to be reminded of it in our time. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/erraggy/statuses/116899543994555821https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/erraggy/statuses/116899543994555821Sat, 11 Jul 2026 04:51:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 04:04:13 GMT]]>@Npars01 @Natasha_Jay I do wish Ed's posts weren't so lengthly... but worth it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fouroclockfarms.club/users/david/statuses/116899358526992505https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fouroclockfarms.club/users/david/statuses/116899358526992505Sat, 11 Jul 2026 04:04:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:58:45 GMT]]>@Netraven @jendefer @Natasha_Jay ELIZA was a great improvement on its successors.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/kentenmakto/statuses/116898629232003348https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/kentenmakto/statuses/116898629232003348Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:58:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:53:38 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt authors from decades ago predicting literally everything will never fail to amaze me

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://awawa.club/objects/2d7f9557-646f-49f5-b535-572adcc450a9https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://awawa.club/objects/2d7f9557-646f-49f5-b535-572adcc450a9Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:53:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:27:09 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zirk.us/users/Raven67/statuses/116898504985689424https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://zirk.us/users/Raven67/statuses/116898504985689424Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:27:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:17:51 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay not only do I get where you are going with this, when I was a kid I wrote an illustrated book about a homework machine and got a young authors award for it...too funny (and not funny)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieauthors.social/users/steaphan/statuses/116898468440984432https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieauthors.social/users/steaphan/statuses/116898468440984432Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:17:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:16:16 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

Ha Ha.. Here is a bit of Matrix Algebra from Gemini just today.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sleepy62/statuses/116898462229145037https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sleepy62/statuses/116898462229145037Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:16:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:53:07 GMT]]>@jendefer @Natasha_Jay in my opinion, the chatbots today haven't changed much.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/116898371142749247https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/116898371142749247Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:53:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:52:29 GMT]]>@Netraven @Natasha_Jay I remember we had ELIZA on our Commodore 64 in the 1980s when I was a kid. Lots of non-consequential responses.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/jendefer/statuses/116898368685279704https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/jendefer/statuses/116898368685279704Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:52:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:16:48 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay
Read this to the tune of "Particle Man"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://woof.tech/ap/users/115871788776439459/statuses/116898228356387479https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://woof.tech/ap/users/115871788776439459/statuses/116898228356387479Fri, 10 Jul 2026 23:16:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:06:42 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

https://www.wheresyoured.at/let-ai-burn/

"the media — and the world at large — is too ready to accept the prospect of a bailout after watching those who drove the world into a ditch in 2008 escape blame, and I must be clear: the AI industry is very different to the financial industry. It is inessential to the economy, and its relevance is only as large as the hype campaign that sits behind it."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116897952707477120https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116897952707477120Fri, 10 Jul 2026 22:06:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:35:51 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

EiAi0

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116894735361414096/statuses/116897831433896274https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116894735361414096/statuses/116897831433896274Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:35:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:00:59 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay The first chatbot ever was developed by MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum in the 1960s. It was called ELIZA.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/116897694294139410https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hear-me.social/ap/users/115696907373093865/statuses/116897694294139410Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:00:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:47:39 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

So the Machine makers decided to make all machines say that 3
Is the sum of 4 and three more 3s
Now we all crawl
to go through doors, or kneel
And our cars have one
Stupid square wheel.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116897641911978738https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116897641911978738Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:47:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:41:09 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Nobody would be interested in such a stupid contraption.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116897616356130733https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/bit101/statuses/116897616356130733Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:41:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Shel Silverstein poem published in 1981 …. Hmm does this remind you of anything topically relevant to today? on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:18:56 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Great find! So much foresight from yesteryear's arts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/tsrams/statuses/116897529000852447https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/tsrams/statuses/116897529000852447Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:18:56 GMT