https://blog.familytreedna.com/dna-ghosts-genes-and-screams/

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/04/nx-s1-5699388/is-the-u-s-heading-into-a-dictatorship

VOTE VOTE VOTE

https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/29/climate/how-humans-halted-the-next-ice-age

James Tanner (FSC teacher) is sold on using AI to assist in genealogical research. Katherine Borges, Director of ISOGG, has lost her soul to AI. Respected members of MoCoGenSo are beginning to use AI.
So what should I do?

There was 1966 and ELIZA, the first chatbot.
In 1968 the film 2001: Space Odyssey is released
March 2016 Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo defeats Go champion Lee Sedol. Then Nov 30 2022 – the first public release of ChatGPT (GPT-3.5)

2 excellent YouTube presentations for your viewing pleasure:

==) David Chalmers, NYU professor of Philosophy and Neural Science

3 mn old presentation: “When we talk to AI, what are we talking to?”

https://youtu.be/uUjJOMcNU9w?is=E9ggLSrl8e_czkvt

==) Adam Brown, of Blueshift, Google Deepmind

4mn old presentation: “Training Sand to Think: Artificial General Intelligence & Future of Physics”

https://youtu.be/Mw60FH5iflI?is=Yokjhxqnbl3omCQ2

==) Some ways to improve AI results:

1. scale (bigger neural net)
2. more and better data
3. ask nicely = chain of thought = add “think step by step” to your prompt 4. thinking for a long time
5. reinforcement learning
6. conversation between multiple LLMs

imho. AI now is like early airplanes. Eventually airplanes were used heavily by military and little bits by wealthy experimenters. Then business use was developed, mainly for employee movement. Finally, use by middle to upper class for pleasure. How will AI progress within human culture?

Yes!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/29/ralph-nader-midterm-elections?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/understanding-nothingness-might-explain-everything-2

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7 Hard Sci-Fi Space Movies With Scientifically Accurate Physics https://share.google/50diJ0Z5ustkSECdr

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/02/1145639/dont-be-fooled-llms-dont-reason/

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A recommendation: an excellent documentary on Netflix, from 2024

“What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates”

The interactive interface is entirely open to the public via the official DESI Legacy Imaging Viewer portal. Visitors can seamlessly zoom, pan, and query specific cosmic coordinates. What was once exclusive laboratory data has been transformed into an accessible tool for everyone: citizen scientists and astronomy hobbyists alike. Arjun Dey, co-lead of the Legacy Surveys and an astronomer at NSF NOIRLab, says: “For our team, these data are fundamental to the investigation of the expansion history of the Universe and the formation of our galaxy. But the skies belong to everyone, and this survey gives everyone the chance to marvel at their wonders.”

See it here:

https://www.legacysurvey.org/

example viewing:

https://www.legacysurvey.org/viewer#NGC%206289

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There is “late capitalism “ and Milton Friedman

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_capitalism

https://www.zmescience.com/science/anthropology/denisovans-were-tall/

Was Goliath actually a Denisovan ?

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https://www.shesbirdie.com/

https://dna-explained.com/2026/08/05/the-dangerous-dark-side-of-ai-and-how-to-protect-yourself/

This link goes to Roberta Estes’ blog. It has lots of things to do or not do to protect yourself in our computer world. Anything Roberta writes is long, but this is worth it.

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