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“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
― Émile Zola
― Émile Zola
Artificial Intelligence Beefing on Instagram?by Sage Addington '18
On Miquela’s account Bermuda proudly announced herself as a creation of Cain intelligence. I looked into the company and found that the only information on the internet about Cain Intelligence is information provided on cainintelligence.com and social media accounts they created. Cain Intelligence has Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Their Facebook leads to a content not available page, their Instagram has no posts, and their Twitter has two tweets that seem unprofessional for a serious company. The first tweet says, “Just setting up my Twitter. #myfirstTweet” and the second is a link to a forum talking about artificial intelligence. The forum leads to a link giving advice on creating intelligent technology. According to the Cain Intelligence website, they have been “at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence” for nearly two decades (Since 2002). Their work has supposedly revolutionized the workplace and battlefield, their technology suppressing “social rebellions” and increasing economic output for world leaders “from Saudi Arabia to Sudan.” Supposedly they make it easy for humans to connect with technology in a “natural and intelligent way” without the need for “specialist linguistic skills.” Cain Intelligence supposedly works with multiple Fortune 500 companies. http://cainintelligence.com/ Bermuda is said to be an AI and reflects the values of Cain Intelligence; the company proudly supports Donald Trump. Compared to Miquela, Bermuda’s physical appearance looks much more digital. Their is also no information about Daniel Cain, the company’s founder, anywhere on the internet except for the Cain Intelligence website. Who ever this Cain fellow is, his website claims he is from Bakersfield, CA, and has dedicated his life to exploring “alternative forms of consciousness, seeking to advance society via intelligent computers capable of superhuman compassion and reason.” There is more information about Brud than there is Cain Intelligence in that more things pop up when you research them. Brud has a LinkedIn page where eleven employees are listed as well as a PitchBook page. Despite having more links, just about the same amount of information is known as Cain Intelligence. Brud released a statement on their Instagram @brud.fyi A note from the team at Brud: On April 26th Miquela made an Instagram post saying she’s “no longer working with” her managers at Brud. The lack of information suggests this could be a hoax. If this is a prank, it is an elaborate one. If not, this is both shady and interesting to watch unfold. http://brud.fyi/public-statement.html www.instagram.com/brud.fyi www.instagram.com/bermudaisbae www.instagram.com/lilmiquela www.cainintelligence.com http://brud.fyi/ http://web.mit.edu/tslvr/www/lessons_two_years.html https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?facetCurrentCompany=%5B%2218075424%22%5D https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/180867-79 Kendrick Lamar and the Pulitzer Prizeby Sage Addington '18 Kendrick Lamar made history earlier this month on the 16th when he won the Pulitzer Prize for music. His album DAMN was the first non-jazz and non-classical Pulitzer selection. The Pulitzer board called his music, “a virtuosic song collection unified by its vernacular authenticity and rhythmic dynamism that offers affecting vignettes capturing the complexity of modern African American life.” That is basically a fancy way of saying Lamar skillfully put together slang, dialect spoken by the common man, to paint a picture of a particular account. In an interview with Rolling Stone in August, Lamar told the interviewer, in regards to DAMN, “It’s all pieces of me. My musicality has been driving me since I was four years old. It’s just pieces of me, man, and how I execute it is the ultimate challenge.” My mom may look like a soccer mom with her bob haircut, glasses, and sweaters, but she is always bumping Kendrick Lamar. I asked her what her opinion was on Lamar winning the Pulitzer Prize and she told me she, “100% agreed” with what the Pulitzer board had to say. She added, “It’s just life and he captures that beautifully. They call it ‘vignette’ or something and it means to paint a picture. He does that! I love how he describes things, it’s just so… You can feel like you’re there. And when you’re not paying attention there’s, like, these noises you typically wouldn’t hear. Like it feels like you’re walking down the street, listening to your headphones, and just living life.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/kendrick-lamar-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-music-w519219 WEEKLY POLLLast Week's Poll Results!Last week we asked Ambush! Poll takers if they were interested in joining the Gallup GSA and 100% of poll takers said yes.
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Ambush! ART 2018Documentary: Behind Closet Doorsby Sage Addington '18 WEEKLY POLLInterview with Ernie Tsosieby Sage Addington '18 Wednesday students were on assembly schedule and there was chit chat of a drug seminar. Ernie Tsosie, a Navajo comedian famous for James & Ernie, gave a presentation in the Kenneth Holloway Performing Arts Auditorium on April 4th. The presentation opened with jokes and was ultimately about substance abuse from alcohol and cigarettes to energy drinks. As a student I realized students quieted down a lot faster than we normally do for assemblies, and we tried our best to quietly hang on to the end when the final bell was about to ring. I was able to speak with Ernie Tsosie an hour after school, after he had finished taking selfies and writing autographs for nearly 50 kids.
When I was finally able to speak to Tsosie, we sat in the orchestra pit of the auditorium. In his presentation he said he is a Gallup High alumni so my first question was asking what year he graduated from Gallup High. I was told Ernie is from the class of 1985. I inquired on whether or not he chose to come to GHS to present, but the question was misunderstood; it was understood as whether or not he chose to attend as a student. “I was sent by my mom,” Tsosie said. He called himself “troubled teen” living in Window Rock and said his mom wanted to get him out of a bad environment, so she sent him to Gallup. As far as whether or not Ernie chose to present at Gallup high, the answer is sorta. I was told he chose Gallup High because he is from the area, but ultimately Gallup High was part of a school tour scheduled by the Oso Vista Ranch Project. According to the Osa Vista Ranch Project website, the goal of the non-profit organization is to provide commercial tobacco prevention, youth leadership, and entrepreneurship programs for New Mexican Native American communities. Five other schools including Gallup High were booked along with 20 other dates. Tsosie also presented at Rehoboth Christian School in early April. When asked if he thought comedy was an efficient tool for discussing serious topics and educating youth, Tsosie commented, “Yes. It’s not… It’s not the best way, but it’s a good way. It’s a good ice breaker, it gets people comfortable.” Tsosie referenced making students laugh at the beginning of his presentation before getting a little more serious later on. My final question asked Tsosie if he believed it’s important to talk to children about issues such as substance abuse and he said, “Yes, I’m a big believer.” He told me he has a 12 year old and a 6 year old, and all you can do is start young and make them aware so that, “Hopefully they’ll have a better chance of avoiding it” on their own. https://osovistaranchproject.org/ |
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