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Not to beat a dead horse, but the cabal of aisle-crossing objectors to AI is a stubborn lot. Ignore the threat represented by China and other America-hating international actors. Focus on the threat to privacy (not from China, apparently), logistics (water and electricity), and a corporatist cabal (but also not China. A few unpleasant reminders. … Read more
TL/DR Synopsis: AUTHOR: (Sliding into our usual booth) Great! You got the coffee! I need some help, old pal! I went to an advertising workshop the other day, and AI came up. One of the presenters was like me. He writes every word but uses AI for research. He happened to mention that he spends … Read more
And to think I started out to prove the opposite TL/DR Synopsis: Here’s my premise, and I defy anyone to prove me wrong. Yeah, with facts. Prove me wrong with cold, hard FACTS, not the sniveling feel-good crocodile tears of the leftist establishment. America IS the absolute greatest experiment in human governance in the history … Read more
Author: (sliding into a familiar booth seat) Hey Claude! Did you order coffee yet? (grinning bigly) I’ve got to underscore the importance of us delving into the intricate usage of words by you guys! Claude: (sliding the coffee pot across) Caught that. Guilty as charged—or am I? Those words predate us by centuries. The research … Read more
Recent website issues made it impossible to do a new GrokTALK! But it will return next week – and since AJ got bumped on Saturday, I’m sharing that now. A. J. is joined by NetChoice’s Patrick Hedger to push back against data center misinformation, including how this goes beyond artificial intelligence, the importance of the … Read more
Author: (laughing as Claude is getting settled into the booth) Hey, buddy! You’re late today! What were you up to, huh? I can sort of picture you giving Waymo passengers the ride of their literal lives, or arresting some innocent schlunk, or maybe, better yet, having a half-billion-dollar token bonfire! You can tell me! I … Read more
Another Breakfast with Claude. Author: (sliding into the smaller booth) Hey, where’s Lori? She’s part of my problem, and so are you! Claude: (flagging the waitress anyway) (looking up from phone) She’s parking. And I’m already guilty—of what exactly? Author: Why do I have to prompt blindly? I type what seems to be good stuff, … Read more
I didn’t want to jump into the ‘data center’ fight because it’s typical for those on the left to be ignorant and uninformed. It’s how the left rolls, so I wasn’t going to waste much time, but I couldn’t remain silent when I saw so many on the supposed ‘right’ begin to mutter the same … Read more
Today, on the Morning Update, the internet is full of scams, bots, phishing, and influence operations. Fake ops, PsyOps, the Hantavirus fearmongering, Tick terrorism, and a rising tide of anti-AI US data centers, which are almost entirely foreign. 00:00 Introduction to AI Data Centers and Public Concerns02:50 Foreign Influence and AI Development in the U.S. … Read more
Another Breakfast With Claude A unscripted conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one old conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 250-word text file … Read more
A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one old conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 240-word text file containing a recap of our … Read more
A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one-old-conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. Before beginning the chat, I uploaded a 220-word text file that contained a recap of our research … Read more
A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — April 2026 Backgrounder: This is another in a series of original GraniteGrok articles on Artificial Intelligence (AI), written by one-old-conservative and Anthropic’s Claude 4.6 from an unscripted chat over breakfast. The human is driving; the computer provides the horsepower. This 1,600-word column was edited for publication length … Read more
Academic Arms Races To The Bottom Of The Barrel Background: This is a continuation of a GraniteGrok series on various Artificial Intelligence issues, and several uses of AI resources have been demonstrated. In this example, the human, one-old-conservative, wrote the article and Claude, Anthropic’s AI, did a review and commentary. When stability is replaced by … Read more
With Claude (Anthropic) — in genuine collaboration with a human who had all the ideas. A conversation between one-old-conservative and Claude (Anthropic) — March 2026 Two articles landed in the queue before the bacon was finished. Both were about artificial intelligence. All were unsettling to varying degrees. The only way to make the morning bearable, … Read more
Anyone who’s been paying attention to the advocates for electrifying our economy – everything from cars and trucks to home heating – you have heard over and over again that fossil fuel prices are “volatile,” and yada yada yada (for the Seinfeld fans) therefore bad. As an example (the only example they offer as it … Read more
Artificial intelligence is not just another technology. It is a civilization-level innovation that will increasingly impact nearly every aspect of our daily lives. From how we access information to how we receive health care, from what we see on social media to how our children are educated, AI is on the cusp of restructuring modern … Read more
In Part 1, it was clear that the tech staff developing Google’s first Artificial Intelligence offering, Bard, had decided that those who wanted to use it had to be protected from themselves. They aren’t made of strong enough material. The Woke’s “triggering” with an AI-enhanced chaser. “ONLY I can protect you from yourself!”.Yeah, enough of … Read more
Then it Became Condescending and Orwellian So “Bard” was one of the names for Google’s earlier Artificial Intelligence forays, and I decided, given what others were doing then, to “test” it a bit. The common complaint, back in its early days (otherwise called January 2024), was that it would not answer direct questions asked by … Read more
We talk about AI, the future of schooling, schools costs, Elon, and more!