Month: July 2023
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Reminiscing Date & Nut Cake
During the pandemic I overcame my reluctance, my dread of unearthing memories of departed family, and mustered the courage to explore the catacombs of our basement, an effort I equated to an archeological expedition. In a chamber of mysteries, guarded under a veil of dust and cobwebs, were stored boxes of both cherished keepsakes and…
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AI: Are we going to be Eclipsed?
in: Research
This note includes large sections of the article “Human Beings Are Soon Going to Be Eclipsed,” written by David Brooks and published in the New York Times, July 13, 2023. The Turning Test proposed by Alan Turing in 1950 submitted: [it] is a test of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behaviour equivalent to, or indistinguishable…
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Dancing in the Park
Each twist and turn we experience through our lives acts like a kaleidoscope, that shifts the colour and pattern with each rotation, reshaping how we understand our recollections and how we might interpret and accept each new event that comes along. One event that comes to mind marks, for me, the cultural and moral shifts…
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The Gazebo
Ah, fair Thornhill, a village so picturesque it would make a postcard jealous. There on the edge of the precipice of Windy Hill park, named for the gusts that seemed to have a personal vendetta against umbrellas, a great mystery was unfurling. The city workers, who generally could be seen occupying their days leaning on…
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Hiking
in: Travel
The trail wound its way along the forest’s edge, a slender path navigating the boundary where untamed wilderness and human endeavour converged. On the left, the woods stood tall, with their embracing branches veiling their enigmatic depths whose secrets were whispered on the wind. To the right, once-thriving pastures now lay abandoned, a testament to…