This week on Re-Creative, Joe and I are talking about my literary hero, Kurt Vonnegut. In particular, we're discussing his influential and brilliant 1963 novel, Cat's Cradle. We get into it all – Vonnegut's life & experiences in the war, his humanism and why everyone should read this book.

https://re-creative.ca/cats-cradle/

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"... both functional failures and discriminatory outcomes are also framed as devoid of engineering choices—blamed on society at large or supposedly “naturally occurring” datasets, factors the companies developing these models claim they have little control over. But the fact is they do have control, and none of the models we are seeing now are inevitable."

I believe Kurt Vonnegut had some thoughts on this phenomenon.

#ChatGPT, #Galactica, #IceNine

https://www.wired.com/story/large-language-models-critique/

Do y’all spend a lot of time thinking about how it’s incredible we don’t have #icenine yet? I sure do. #vonnegut #ice9 #catscradle #books #Reading

Review of Cat's Cradle by #KurtVonnegut (b 1922) for #SciFiMonth and the centenary of his birth.
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RT @calmgrove@twitter.com

A history of human stupidity https://calmgrove.wordpress.com/2022/11/30/a-history-of-human-stupidity/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/calmgrove/status/1597832964108435456

Review of Cat's Cradle by #KurtVonnegut (b 1922) for #SciFiMonth and the centenary of his birth.
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#icenine #bookstodon

RT @calmgrove@twitter.com

A history of human stupidity https://calmgrove.wordpress.com/2022/11/30/a-history-of-human-stupidity/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/calmgrove/status/1597832964108435456

I just opened a sugar free soda that was in the fridge and it had some little icy pebbles at the top, no big. took a sip and suddenly the ice spread and it started spewing soda out as the ice expanded. #icenine

I just opened a sugar free soda that was in the fridge and it had some little icy pebbles at the top, no big. took a sip and suddenly the ice spread and it started spewing soda out as the ice expanded. #icenine