Several months ago, I watched Rick Beato’s breakdown of The Beatles, She’s Leaving Home, and as always enjoyed the specific points that made him love the song, whether it was the chord progressions or the use of notes not in the chord (passing notes). Then tonight I happened to run across Virgin Rock’s reaction to the same song. While praising Rick’s video and his thoughts on the composition, she stressed different reasons that made the song memorable for her.
Recently there’s been a rash of newspaper columnists leaving major corporations, such as the New York Times and the Washington Post. The reason for the mass exodus? As Paul Krugman states (formerly of the NYT), “I left to stay true to my byline.” It’s what happens when opinion writers are no longer able to speak their mind but are instead controlled and overruled by a set of editors and the mindset of their owners.
Seems too many people let themselves get perturbed by things they can’t control. Some even worry themselves to death or at least give themselves ulcers in the interim. But just as Dr. K states above, in one of his many Guides to Mental Health, we let the things we can’t control, control the things WE CAN CONTROL.
However, Fil’s topic of discussion from Feb 1, 2025, has nothing to do with the world of music, but instead for the first time, he felt it necessary to discuss Great Britain’s latest knucklehead idea – their prime minister stated publicly, that they are behind in AI, therefore he wants to turn the UK into an AI superpower. However, in order to do this, they want to take everything and anything on the internet and allow AI to digest and incorporate said information. However, they’ve given people a caveat – if you don’t agree, then you can choose to opt-out, putting the onus on you.
Progressive Perspective interviewed Neil deGrasse Tyson and asked him his opinions on the following topics including climate change, artificial intelligence, the “fake” moon landing, and the existence of God. I’ve added my own two cents below.
AI is still in its infancy, so yes, you’d expect to run into some incongruencies and inaccuracies, however, you may not realize, but AI is known to hallucinate. In other words, it makes up things that do not exist. The following is a case in point.
