Brewster Rockit by Tim Rickard for February 18, 2024

In Christian missiology this is called ‘contextualization’. And this is perfect.

Even if John Henry could beat the machine, they could build better and more machines.

Anyone remember the Smothers Brothers version?

John Henry should’ve taken his steel-driving hammer and used it as a chatbot hammer.

“If I had a hammer” lyrics updated for the present times

If I had a hammer

I’d hammer in the morning

I’d hammer in the evening

All over this land

.

I’d hammer out danger

I’d hammer out a warning

I’d hammer away the love between my brothers and my sisters

All, all over this land

Ooh, ooh ooh

Ooh, ooh ooh

Ooh, ooh

I’m glad people are reading what the Luddites were actually angry about.

I’d like to see what that kid does with Paul Bunyan and Hiawatha.

She should have praised him for his creativity. It was actually quite well done.

(^.^)

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Dope

Well done. AI should only be used for gaming.

Our daughter lost her steno job of 14 years along with her retirement and health insurance to AI which can transcribe voice into text. Do we really want to go down this road to human uselessness, and only AI knows what else?

Perfect! Scary but true.

I forgot about that story! I can’t recall how it goes… I’m going to look it up. :D Thank you for the reminder.

Dang! I love seeing cartoons where you laugh and think, “Oh, man! I wish I could have thought of that…”

Well done, something to use to champion the cause against AI.

“John, here’s our new chatbot. You can pick up your final paycheck on your way out.”

“John Henry, the Thinking Man.” Bob Gibson and Bob Camp, 1961.

https://www.bobgibsonfolk.Com/song-thinking-man-john-henry/

AI chatbots stories tend to be

-big on bullet points

-highly repetitive

-big on bullet points

Everything comes out like it was written for “My Weekly Reader” (a publication for elementary school children).

As a kid, my father’s railroad music album version of John Henry meant so much to me because of how much I could visualize from the storytelling. A classic song. I welcome the earworm for the rest of today.

Except that writer’s cramp happens after using a pen or pencil, you can’t get it from using a keyboard.

Are we sure AI didn’t write this update for him?