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Lapel Pins and Pocket Squares with an inscribed 1st Amendment were worn by some journalists at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner one month ago today. It was not exactly a “speaking truth to power” moment - more like a Miss Manners whisper to a raging WWE - a mismatch between Pinky’s Up and Pummeling Paul with a captivated audience engaged in the suspension of disbelief. I am certain this was not what seasoned journalists Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson had in mind when they

“They’re intelligence factories not data centers!” declares the proclaimed AI expert, who I quickly dub, Robo Woman. Correcting the audience member, clearly a confused mere mortal, only magnifies the degree to which humans have fallen behind. Her brown eyes sparkle with excitement as she describes the AI race between China and the US. “We’re already 5 years behind! Do you know what AI is capable of!” Everyone listens intently as she continues her arrogant narrative of AI

A small box of matzoh with a Passover pamphlet and nice note from a neighborhood rabbi was left at my front door. They must have really culled their list. I haven’t been an active member for years, but somehow they found me. Like many Jews I’m comfortable with the dichotomy of being Jewish and something else or nothing else - like a Chinese food menu in a column a or a column b kinda way. My mother has been deceased for one year and there was no one to nag me to “make Passov