Tag: literature
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Posterity — Why Should I Care?
Attributed mainly to Groucho Marx, the quote: “Why should I care for posterity? What has posterity ever done for me?” has turned into quite a philosophical debate. The two little questions, if read merely on the surface, make a lot of sense. Why should it matter to me what happens to the universe and its…
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Values, ChatGPT, and Human Extinction
As I typed in the heading for this article, my LibreOffice Writer informed me that ChatGPT is not a word, and I should reconsider my choice of using it. This made me chuckle somewhat wryly as I thought — is this a case of older generation (software) disowning its newer generation? I checked the suggestions, and it…