Melanie's Mostly Writing

Published by

Melanie Lewicka

on

I was a bit shocked to read about Project Panama. The company Anthropic AI destroyed 2 million books to scan them and train their AI machines. According to the Times of India article, the company reasoned that long form texts would teach artificial intelligence more effectively, but to do that their fast scanning system required to books to be cut apart. I suppose it would be too slow to do it any other way. I can only hope they used mass produced books and not texts of which there are limited copies.

On another topic, I’m really trying hard to diet but my fiance took me out for pasta tonight. I panicked and ordered the black pepper pasta, which is a creamy sauce, rather than have the common sense to limit the damage and order a tomato based sauce. Luckily I hadn’t eaten much today so I’m still within my calorie limit but I felt a bit guilty. Dieting is difficult but I’m not giving up this time.

Leave a comment

Recent posts

  • Of Changes and Cheese

    There are big changes going on at the academy. The other three foreign teachers are all leaving this weekend! I have enjoyed working with them all so much and am sad to see them go. But, I wish them well in what they do next. The new teachers arrived yesterday and seem very nice. It’s…

  • Night fishing

  • Bridge at sunset

  • Of Reservations and Rainstorms

    My fiance, very nicely, made a reservation in a pension for us for this weekend, on the West coast of South Korea. It was a little surprise so that I could paddle in the sea and we could try fishing again. We came to a place near Taean and, since we couldn’t check in until…

  • West Sea

  • Of Control and Characters

    I didn’t know it, but it seems like I’m a control freak! Perhaps it’s because, like so many women, I’ve been in positions in the past where I’ve had no control over events, and that was immensely frustrating and damaging. I have discovered I hate getting massages. I just can’t surrender to it and relax,…