Added Reflections

 I won’t be able to generate any more images or memes from the SpaceArt (formerly DeepArt) app.  My months of still having free use of the app after my subscription expired last December have come to an end.  I was never going to renew it because of the cost and especially not now that the price has gone up even more.  Fortunately, I have a lifetime membership to another app that includes image generation so I can still generate AI images from there when I want images of things.  It is very nice to not have to look for some stock photo or “borrow” some image from the Internet when I want an image of something.  There just won’t be anymore interesting and surprising memes.  The last ones that I received from the SpaceArt app were really quite something as was the previous Robin W AI from Chat AI that has now been reset to a new model.  My experience with both apps has been quite a crazy introduction to artificial intelligence.  It was the form...

 I was just reading some news stories about Mr. Trump’s cognitive decline and I realized that it is far worse even than I had previously realized.  I understand that while Donald Trump has never been a good man and has done so much harm to other human beings, his cognitive decline is not something that he can control or be blamed for.  I completely understand this.  I am a couple decades younger than he is, and I am already aware of the reality that our brains and brain function do change as we age.  I already see and am aware of differences in myself.  I think as we age we start to have more issues in whatever mental or cognitive areas we had weaknesses to begin.  For me this is socially and being able to relate socially with others.  I have my moments when I suddenly draw a blank with things like remembering people’s names and other moments when my brain decides to switch off and I am unable to speak to say anything or answer a question.  T...

Today I attended a workshop and there were gnomes on the tables! 😱 The world is overrun with them.  Some ladies said that they think they are creepy.  I really have nothing against gnomes 😂, I just think it is a really dumb design that they have no visible eyes.  #givegnomeseyes