Most people think a Trump-Biden matchup is inevitable, but the presidential race could still turn on a dime. We’re getting a hint this morning with V-P Kamala Harris coming out with a strong criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza.
This represents a potential change in the administration’s Middle East policy but also more.
This is occurring just as the latest polls indicate Biden continues to trail Trump and is failing to ignite the Democratic base, including black voters and youth voters.
Some Democrats believe Harris would do much better with those demographics. Biden could withdraw his candidacy; if so, Democrats may be floating an alternative scenario with Harris.
Stay tuned.
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Since AI in the form of chatbots has finally emerged to widespread human consciousness, it’s a good time to revisit the 2014 film called “The Imitation Game,” based on the life of English mathematician and cryptologist Alan Turing.
Turing is widely considered the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.
The film is an entertaining and mostly accurate interpretation of his life during World War II, when he worked for the British government to crack German codes.
It is also a highly relevant reminder of the terrible toll homophobia has taken on so many lives, including Turing’s, at a time certain politicians attempt to role back the advances we have made toward fair and equal treatment of all people regardless of gender or sexual preference.
After his wartime service, Turing was convicted of “gross indecency” (i.e., homosexuality) and sentenced to chemical castration, which led to his death, probably by suicide but perhaps by accident, in 1954 at the age of 41.
In 2013, Queen Elizabeth II granted Turing a posthumous Royal Pardon, honoring his work leading to the creation of the modern computer.
(First published in March last year.)
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