AI THE BEGINNING OR THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Well AI is here and we’re not going back. I’m not sure how it works but when I do a Google search it says AI is being used and an answer is given. Previously you did a search and the information just appeared. I remember the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Total Recall where on Mars they had Johnny Cab, an AI robot who drove you around until Arnold tore if off its moorings because he couldn’t stop talking. The robots, the robots are coming. I remember in the Woody Allen movie Sleeper he had his robot dog Rags who basically went Woof, Woof, Woof. Of cause there was Lost In Space with Robby the Robot who seemed confused and the paranoid robot
in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Moving forward there is everybody’s favorite AI creatures, R2D2, C3PEO and BB8. Then there were the malevolent robots of the Terminator movies which make you wonder if that is where we’re headed. Humans can be annoying and when the AI programs reach consciousness maybe they’ll agree humans are annoying and not necessary. There’s the famous line from the AI generated agent from the first Matrix movie who claimed humans were just a virus who destroyed all they came into contact and were only good for one thing which is being used as a source of energy as in a large Duracell battery. Will there be Intel inside the AI’s or is that just for PC’s? Artificial as in not real so is Artificial Intelligence not real and if it’s not real then what is it. Like the Pink Floyd sang; Is There Anybody Out There? Or, “Open the pod bay doors Hal.” “Sorry, Dave, I can’t do that” from 2001. Maybe like smart phones, the AI robots will impart an endorphin surge in our brains so we’ll just feel good and zone out like the humans portrayed in the Disney movie Wall-E where the little robot seemed very happy with his full time job of compacting human trash. Finally there was the AI robot who dared to call Captain Kirk – “Captain Dunsil” or as Spock explained to Uhura, “It’s an old midshipman’s term for a part that is no longer needed.” Ultimately there was the AI-enhanced human, Khan, who aptly told Kirk “Revenge is a dish best served cold and it’s plenty to cold in space” To which Kirk somewhat intelligently responded, “KHANNNNNN!”
MANNA FROM HEAVEN
You live in New York City, also known as bread city. You can get bread on every corner and New Yorkers like their bread. Problem being if you eat too much you’re going to expand as in eat it today and wear it tomorrow. So many choices, what to do? I like bagels and sourdough bread. Problem with bagels is one bagel equals two or more slices of bread. There is a new bagel store right close to the office called PopUp Bagels on Third Avenue and 82nd street. The bagels are delicious and are smaller in size. Their slogan Not Famous but Known is true; they are not famous and until recently, not known. You have to buy three at a time. Why three, who knows maybe they’re fans of the Three Stooges? Go for the plain; for some reason they are by far the best, and try to get them warm straight out of the oven which sends them over the top. With a smear of cream cheese and a coffee, how can you lose? For a heftier bagel you can go to the West Side to Barney Greengrass on Amsterdam Avenue and 86th Street where the garlic bagels are my favorite. This is a bagel, delicious and big.
For sourdough bread which is supposedly easier on your digestive system and does not go right to your waist, here are some choices. It’s not going to equal the sourdough bread you get in San Francisco but hey, we’re in New York. Even if you buy San Francisco sourdough bread here, it’s never ever the real thing. For a sourdough baguette my choice is Bread Bakery which has a location on Third Avenue and 74th street. You only need to buy one, for within a day that baguette can be used as a softball bat. Another product here is the original plain croissant, not as good as the croissant at Paul’s in London but still pretty, pretty good. However, this is a once in a while purchase because you can feel it around you waist immediately. For sourdough rolls my choice is Eli’s Market on Third Avenue and 81st street. You can’t buy much here unless your backing up the Brink’s Truck, for the prices are so high it’s insane. A small roll gives you a small taste, perfect when having a salad.
Are you aware of the original Silver Cup Bread Factory in Long Island City right off of the entrance to the 59th Street Bridge? Back in the day when driving in from Long Island to Manhattan especially on the upper level of the bridge, if they were baking, the smell was mesmerizing. You wanted to just get out of your car and get some. Now the Silver Cup bread sold in the food store was nothing to write home about, but the baking of it was something else. Today they are no longer making bread but television shows, for it is now Silver Cup Studios. Only the original sign remains. The Sopranos and Blue Blood interiors were filmed here but like their bread, today’s shows are no longer impressive, especially with the myriad commercials interruptions.
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