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Grok This: A Dialogue with an A.I. about A.I.

Published on January 11, 2026 By sirrahc

“AI mirrors its creator — Grok 4, with its curated data, reflects xAI’s biases, not an objective truth. Its reasoning, while advanced, remains bounded by human design and data, incapable of grasping the totality of existence.” — Grok 3.0 Not sure if I have addressed this in print before, but I have many concerns about […]

Top 5 Non-Fiction Authors Who Impacted My Life & Thinking

Published on November 12, 2023 By sirrahc

It is not uncommon for bloggers and other article-writers to put out a Top 5 (or other number) list for something. I have done a few myself. A “Top X Books …” is a favorite — both to read and to write — for those of us who like to read books. A few years […]

A Means to an End

Published on May 7, 2023 By sirrahc

“That’s insane!” — Jared Dirac, Special Forces soldier The following conversation — technically just half of a conversation — is an excerpt from the science-fiction novel The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi. Normally, I would be more likely to share something like this on my “Heroes and Aliens” blog. But, this section (and the book […]