Raymond G. Taylor
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Author living in Kent, England. Writer of short stories and poems in a wide range of genres, forms and styles. A non-fiction writer for 40+ years. Subjects include art, history, science, business, law, and the human condition.
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Art for our sake: Three
We have just seen some fabulous stories honored in the Painted Prose Challenge and let's hope the momentum will continue. Congratulations to the deserving winners of the challenge and well done, again, to Vocal for launching the Art community. I really enjoyed writing and submitting my own art-inspired entries and have included some links at the end of this article if anyone would like to take a look.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Art
AI, psychopathy and success. Top Story - July 2023.
In the popular imagination a psychopath is a cruel and manipulative murderer, one who is cool, unfeeling and calculating in his desire to inflict suffering and pain. Characters like Hannibal the Cannibal spring to mind, or the real life American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Yet not all psychopaths are killers, nor indeed violent offenders of any kind. Which is just as well when it has been estimated that between 1% and 4.5% of the general population qualify as psychopathic (Bing AI search result).
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in Futurism
AI: Your new writing buddy?. Top Story - July 2023.
Artificial intelligence, whatever that means, has been much criticised of late. AI is a thief, a cheat, a hoax, a way of passing off another's work as your own. Worst of all, it has even been said that it will one-day bring about the extinction of the human race. As if we didn't already face enough Armageddon scenarios, from climate change to nuclear war, we now face another from AI, The Terminator.
By Raymond G. Taylor2 years ago in 01
Interview with an AI
Earlier today (July 6, 2023 @ 19:30 UTC+1), I put some questions to Bing's new AI application and have recorded the results here for anyone who cares to read them. All of the questions I asked and the answers provided by Bing AI have been copied here verbatim, including any typographical errors, one of which was deliberate. The only change made is that I moved the last question to the top. I have not included the numbers of each answer or some of the superficial text. The numbering (1 of 30, 2 of 30) suggested that there would be a termination point after answer 30. Did I get that far? Read on!
By Raymond G. Taylor3 years ago in Futurism
Art for our sake. Top Story - July 2023.
Congratulations and well done to the Vocal team for launching the new Art community "where words and visual expression intertwine". I haven't yet had a chance to read through all of the great articles on offer but here are a few that caught my attention. If there is any interest, I will post some more reviews of fellow contributors' work sometime soon.
By Raymond G. Taylor3 years ago in Art
