Sunday, January 18, 2026

Weathering the AI Debate

 

January 18, 2026

 

We all know that AI can be helpful, and that it can also be very harmful.

 

What I want to know is, when is it going to figure out enough trends and variables in forecasting models to give us accurate weather reports?

 

 

 

THAT Might Keep Him Busy

 

January 18, 2026

 

In 2020, a poll indicated that 1 in 5 Americans believed that the city of Agrabah from the Disney movie “Aladdin” was real.*

 

Today I saw a snippet of “Black Panther” on TV. I thought that maybe somebody should hint to President Trump that the kingdom of Wakanda was even more treasure-rich than Greenland and Venezuela, and that he might consider invading it instead.

 

He might actually fall for it.

 

*As always, I question who is answering the survey questions. But that’s another story.

 

 

At Least She Didn't Sprain Her Finger

 

January 17, 2026

 

I was talking with a woman yesterday about our mutual lack of enthusiasm for exercising. She said, in all sincerity, that she had actually downloaded an app of exercises for lazy people.

 

She went on to say that she never used it, so the app deleted itself. 

 

 

(I was frankly envious of that last part. I wish all the apps that I don’t use would delete themselves. But that’s another topic.)