Hmm... Remind you of anything? USAF Drone Simulation...

Yesterday there was a story all over the media (and Social Media) about "Air Force AI Drone Goes Rogue, Kills Its Human Operator in Simulated Test". Definitely a cautionary story of the dangers of unchecked AI, reminiscent of many of Isaac Asimov's stories based on the "Laws of Robotics"... I think there needs to be an equivalent of the FDA for AI.

Now the "US Air Force denies AI drone attacked operator in test". I laughed immediately upon reading this as it reminded me of the Roswell Incident. Not that I believe either is true or not, just immediately resonated in my brain. What are your thoughts?

Highly Recommended: Ted Lasso Season Finale!

Great wrap up to 3 seasons of Ted Lasso. If you have not seen Ted Lasso, I highly recommend it. BUT, you must watch from the beginning... season 1 episode 1.

Tim Lerch - How Did I Not Know This Guy?

I regularly watch "That Pedal Show". Recently, they had an episode titled "Amazing Chord-Melody Guitar Playing & Tone With Tim Lerch". I had never heard of Tim Lerch, but enjoy chord-melody guitar and watched it. It turns out that Tim is an excellent guitar player and musician. He is also a great teacher. Although the episode was very long, over 1 and 1/2 hours, Tim delivered some good insights and great playing. I made a few notes below. It is worth a watch at the link above.

Music/Guitar Quotes

Learn, Practice, Play -

Learn a small thing and learn it well. Don’t learn too much of it. Take small bites and chew them well

Practice the thing you learned enough and efficiently so that you can actually use it in a musical and improvisational capacity

“It can take 2 hours of practice to get 10 minutes of beautiful music”

Play This is the performance, where you actually play the music. You turn back into a musician. You’re not a student anymore, you’re playing!

You need to balance all three. Also, each has a different mindset: - Alert/Focused mind - learn without mistakes. The mind is very alert, judgemental, very articulate and we want to do it right. Slowly in a controled environment. The mind rules the roost - Relaxed Mind - this is during repetition - - Almost nothing

’If you have to give up one thing, give up the learning… and focus on the practice and always do the playing.

Always remind yourself you are a musician!’

- Tim Lerch