
There are two terms that have become commonplace, that to me are two of as dangerous as any that now infect our language. These are the terms misinformation and disinformation.They are pervasive. They flood our lives every day, and are taken for granted as meaningful, and part of our common concern.
Read MoreTotalitarianism by Labeling Information
On June 19th, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas (the last place of resistance to Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation) and announced the end of the Civil War and slavery in the United States. On that day about 250,000 enslaved African Americans in Texas were freed.
Read MorePodcast on Juneteenth, 2023
AI seemed to burst into our lives suddenly.
One day it seemed not to exist at all, and the following day it seemed to exist everywhere, in countless inscrutable forms, brands and promises.
It instantly seemed to erupt a class of people as immersed in AI as fully as the rest of us count on our eyes to see.
There’s the Chatbot app itself, the people, the companies, and as suddenly a billowing industry of experts, programs, seminars, and teachers and trainers.
Read MoreAI and the Singularity by Frank Kaufmann
On April 29, 2023, Settlement Project President, Dr. Frank Kaufmann appeared on David Hernandez's LA Hispanic Republican Club Program of Radio 870 "The Answer." David Hernandez, Chairman of LA Hispanic Republican Club was joined by co-host Emilio Martinez to discuss The Settlement Project and its conference from earlier that day, current issues in American society, and other hot topics of interest.
Read MoreSettlement Project President Speaks with Radio Host David Hernandez
WHEN IS TECH GOOD, WHEN IS TECH BAD
The punchline is always this: To the extent that humans are impulsively driven by compassion and concern for others and for the good of the whole there is not a single prospective technological or digital breakthrough that bodes ill in its own right. To the extent that humans are impulsively driven for self-gain with others and the good of the whole as expendable in the equation, even the most primitive industrial/technological development is to be feared.
Read MoreHopes and Dangers: The Future of Technology