Posted 3:00 AM by Gerald So
You may have inferred from my Disability Pride Month post, and I've stated plainly on social media, but I also want to go on record here: I'm against the popular uses of artificial intelligence to write, make art, approximate voices...anything that originated as a human expressive endeavor.
I could rattle off the ethical reasons not to use A.I., but I have a personal one: I want to see what I can do unaided. Until I took the SAT, I declined extra time on tests. I wanted to see how much I could complete in the regular time. I always knew I wouldn't get extra time outside school, that I'd have to make time and others wouldn't.
The artificial in A.I. bothers me. It's not real intelligence; it hasn't been filtered through life experience and become wisdom; yet people and businesses lean on it with poor results. As for me, wherever I can, I will hone my critical thinking, creativity, and life skills. The unacceptable alternative is losing them.
Very Much So
St. Mary's, Hofstra, Queens College...That Gerald So
Friday, August 08, 2025
Thursday, August 07, 2025
Amazon announces Steven Knight to write James Bond film directed by Villeneuve
Posted 2:30 PM by Gerald So
Five weeks after announcing Denis Villeneuve as the next James Bond director, Amazon revealed PEAKY BLINDERS creator Steven Knight as screenwriter.
As research on the next Bond, if you will, I've ordered the Knight-written EASTERN PROMISES and the Villeneuve-directed SICARIO on 4K disc.
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Five weeks after announcing Denis Villeneuve as the next James Bond director, Amazon revealed PEAKY BLINDERS creator Steven Knight as screenwriter.
As research on the next Bond, if you will, I've ordered the Knight-written EASTERN PROMISES and the Villeneuve-directed SICARIO on 4K disc.
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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Disability Pride Month
Posted 7:00 AM by Gerald So
July is Disability Pride Month and I decided I couldn't let it pass without a post. This is my particular view of my own disability, cerebral palsy, which I've had since I was hours old and stopped breathing.
Having no memory of the time before, my disability feels "normal" to me. As a person attentive to words, "disabled" is how I describe myself for expedience, not how I think of myself. Maybe this is denial, but if I thought I were disadvantaged, I'd be less motivated to see what I could do.
I've found I can do most of what I want, not as quickly or smoothly as someone else, but that hasn't kept me from doing it with time, the same as anyone needing to prioritize.
I read a stat today that fifteen percent of the world's population is disabled, but I'd say a hundred percent is imperfect. If not physical issues, belief issues threaten to stop us from pursuing and reaching our potential. Our individual imperfection should make us willing to work together toward what we can't imagine or achieve alone.
July is Disability Pride Month and I decided I couldn't let it pass without a post. This is my particular view of my own disability, cerebral palsy, which I've had since I was hours old and stopped breathing.
Having no memory of the time before, my disability feels "normal" to me. As a person attentive to words, "disabled" is how I describe myself for expedience, not how I think of myself. Maybe this is denial, but if I thought I were disadvantaged, I'd be less motivated to see what I could do.
I've found I can do most of what I want, not as quickly or smoothly as someone else, but that hasn't kept me from doing it with time, the same as anyone needing to prioritize.
I read a stat today that fifteen percent of the world's population is disabled, but I'd say a hundred percent is imperfect. If not physical issues, belief issues threaten to stop us from pursuing and reaching our potential. Our individual imperfection should make us willing to work together toward what we can't imagine or achieve alone.
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