From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/15/2026 2:06 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
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   > On 2/13/26 15:30, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
   >> “The speed with which AI is evolving is startling”   
   >>   
   >> https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-speed-with-which-   
   >> ai-is-evolving-is.html   
   >>   
   >> “I’m obliged to the anonymous reader who sent me the link to Matt   
   >> Shumer’s latest blog article about the current state of artificial   
   >> intelligence (AI).  It’s a remarkable article – so much so that I   
   >> can’t begin to cover all its points in a short post like this.  Here’s   
   >> a small sample to whet your appetite.”   
   >>   
   >> "For years, AI had been improving steadily. Big jumps here and there,   
   >> but each big jump was spaced out enough that you could absorb them as   
   >> they came. Then in 2025, new techniques for building these models   
   >> unlocked a much faster pace of progress. And then it got even faster.   
   >> And then faster again. Each new model wasn’t just better than the   
   >> last… it was better by a wider margin, and the time between new model   
   >> releases was shorter."   
   >>        https://shumer.dev/something-big-is-happening   
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   >>      . . .   
   >>   
   >> "I’ve always been early to adopt AI tools. But the last few months   
   >> have shocked me. These new AI models aren’t incremental improvements.   
   >> This is a different thing entirely."   
   >>   
   >> I still ain’t buying it.   
   >>   
   >> Lynn   
   >>   
   >   
   >      It is still Large language Models trained on the internet which is   
   > no place   
   > to expect the truth.  Unless humans turn out to be meat merely trained   
   > to use   
   > Large Language Models then it ain't Intelligence of any sort.   
   >   
   >      Now there are sensory advances for our robotic overlords to be:   
   >      A new sort of eye.   
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   >   
   >      I am all for sensory advances for robots and for AI.   
   >   
   >      But digital dependency is impacting the food supply:   
   >   
   >  stranded.html>   
   >   
   >      These were found along with a lot of real science in the Saturday   
   > Overnight   
   > News digest which is dedicated to the sciences and technology.   
   >  Digest-February-14-2026>   
   >      If you like science then you might take a glance.   
   >   
   >      bliss   
      
   Ryk Spoor, (aka Sea Wasp) used to be a regular here. He still posts   
   on FB and his blog. Yesterday he posted an entry of interest on this   
   topic   
      
   Another AI Post -- on Assumptions and the Future   
   https://seawasp.dreamwidth.org/642712.html   
      
   Its worth a look.   
      
   pt   
      
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