Check out this ring-necked pheasant sneaking away from me through the sagebrush and wild roses. What a guy. But what an environment! We know pheasants mostly by their habit of bolting at […]
The Pheasants are Messing With You (and the Coyotes, Too)
Wouldn’t It Be Great to Be a Canada Goose?
There’s not just one way to do it, either! Loads of noisy fun, but when you finally get in synch, so very fine. The cold’s a drag, though. You have to […]
Artificial Intelligence and Buffalo Eddy: Part 5 of a series
When I mentioned yesterday that Elon Musk was an example of Artificial Intelligence, I meant nothing derogatory. He was present because he champions Artificial Intelligence, and I wanted to point out that, […]
Artificial Intelligence 4: What Is Artificial?
So, Artificial Intelligence, eh. That’s dangerous stuff. Elon Musk: An Artificial Intelligence in the Flesh Now, when I call this very successful billionaire, flame-thrower manufacturer, battery man, car builder, rocketeer and sender […]
Artificial Intelligence 3: What is Intelligence
In order to properly understand even what we’re talking about when we talk about artificial intelligence, we need to know, in the first place, what the terms mean. If we don’t, we […]
Artificial Intelligence in the Wetlands
I was talking about Artificial Intelligence last week: here. I will be expanding on my key points this week, but first one more foundational note. AI must have an environment if it […]
Gravity and Wind
So, this is cool. Snow falls, and that’s gravity. It stores the gravity as mass, and crushes the poor old mustard to the ground, the poor dear, sob, but, ta da! The […]
What Saskatoons, Elms and Ashes Can Teach Us About Global Warming
The buds of saskatoons opened on February 1 this year. We can expect the cold to keep them in this expectant state for many weeks yet. Look at the tiny blossoms touching the […]
A Short Grammar of Body, Mind and Earth in the Winter Woods
Distance is light, but darkness warms and invites. More specifically, the middle distance, deep within the complexity of nerves, within the body itself, comforts and invites with shelter. And not just shelter, […]
Artificial Intelligence and You: Part 2
So, artificial intelligence, eh. On Monday, I introduced some thoughts about it, here: https://okanaganokanogan.com/2018/01/29/artificial-intel…e-and-you-part-1/ Today, an exploration of the language surrounding artificial intelligence. If it sounds like a language game, and as […]
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