David Brooks wrote an outstanding piece in the New York Times (Feb. 2, 2023); In the Age of A.I., Major in Being Human. Among issues being addressed are personality skills. He quotes Tyler Cohen, “The prior generation of information technology favored the introverts, whereas the new A.I. bots are more likely to favor the extroverts,…You will need to be showing off all the time that you are more than ‘one of them.’” Interesting consideration. Implications?

From Dan Rather; “The Chinese story strains credulity (or one could use more colorful language). What were they trying to accomplish? They had to know this would be detected. Was it meant to be provocative?” What do you think?