Different wave lengths

“Hey, company won’t be here for an hour. Let’s go see what we can dig up. People love dirt and organics. We can bring samples to share!” (USPD/Commons.wikimedia.org)

Children: rainbows :: Artificial Intelligence : __

If children are rainbows –

• unpredictable
• mercurial
• unfathomable
• frequently chased after – curvilinear and never going in a straight line
• hard to hold
• high energy
• Electric awashed with H2O

Then what would AI be?

• Fog so dense it hides what’s behind it?
• A meandering mist seeping in among thoughts, feelings and actions?
• A fluffy white cloud unreachable in the sky?
• Dependent on jolts of electricity for movement and rumination
• Constantly demanding large inputs of information
• Most happy with patterns and routines
• Occasionally breaking down and needing a time out.

If children are rainbows, then AI might be an oil painter’s palette?

Little cousins playing parallel. Under watchful eyes.

Both learning and growing; open-ended, they race.

Their over-the-rainbows viewed through different lenses in time and space.

Unwritten slate with much on the plate.

Phil, the Philosopher Mouse of the Hedge.

Arrived undercover of cardboard. An industrial sort who’s skilled at keeping things apart and in place. Somehow he mistook our joy at the arrival of his charge as “Welcome. Have a seat and stay awhile.”. Such a softy. He may be a bit plastic, but he’s flexible and opens up to new experiences. Sigh. Always room for one more…. but manners please. Hat off at the table.(© image)

 

 

 

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