Mr Haney - The Monday Morning Memo

The Mr. Haney compilation I promised you is below.

To the right is Chat GPT’s response to the question Cedric Yau asked it after Cedric learned the premise of today’s MondayMorningMemo. Based on this answer, Chat GPT seems to be aware of its limitations.

HOWEVER, Cedric is one of those people who is highly aware of what is happening at the highest levels of high tech, and he says we are only 2 or 3 years away from Artificial General Intelligence; computers that can think and “know” in the same way that humans can. The only think they will lack, according to Cedric, is an ability to feel emotions.

I’m not sure how I feel about that yet. – Indy Beagle

“Are you Russian?”

“To the core.”

“Well then, let me say from the outset that I am positively enamored with your country. I love your funny alphabet and those little pastries stuffed with meat. But you nation’s notion of a cocktail is rather unnerving….”

“How so?”

The captain pointed discreetly down the bar to where a bushy-eyebrowed apparatchik was chatting with a young brunette. Both of them were holding drinks in a striking shade of magenta.

” I gather from Audrius that that concoction contains ten different ingredients. In addition to vodka, rum, brandy, and grenadine, it boasts an extraction of rose, a dash of bitters, and a melted lollipop. But a cocktail is not meant to be a melange. It is not a potpourri or an Easter parade. At its best, a cocktail should be crisp, elegant, sincere – and limited to two ingredients.”

“Just two?”

“Yes. But they must be two ingredients that complement each other; that laugh at each other’s jokes and make allowances for each other’s faults; and that never shout over each other in conversation. Like gin and tonic,” he said, pointing to his drink. “Or bourbon and water… or whiskey and soda…” Shaking his head, he raised his glass and drank from it. “Excuse me for expounding.””

- Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow, p.300

The Mr. Haney compilation I promised you is below.

To the right is Chat GPT’s response to the question Cedric Yau asked it after Cedric learned the premise of today’s MondayMorningMemo. Based on this answer, Chat GPT seems to be aware of its limitations.

I’m not sure how I feel about that yet. – Indy Beagle

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