Good riddance to 2020! I agree with Mr Peabody.
https://theweek.com/articles/957946/5-cartoons-about-end-bad-year
5 cartoons about the end of a very, very bad year
What we think, what we know and what we think we know...
https://www.itproportal.com/features/fiction-vs-reality-the-true-potential-of-ai/
Fiction vs. reality: The true potential of AI
The roots of artificial intelligence (AI) in popular culture and science fiction run deep. The concept has been used in films, television and books to cause panic and laughter or to highlight how the world might one day be overrun by technology. Unsurprisingly, such a framing of AI hasn’t encouraged positive development of the technology and has by no means depicted it accurately. In fact, the proliferation of AI technology in popular culture has skewed public perception of the technology’s applications and capabilities.
To understand this further, O’Reilly recently conducted research into consumer opinion of AI, including how consumers would like to see the technology applied. Notably, the research gave AI-creators insight into how and where consumers believe AI plays a role in their day-to-day lives.
The results highlighted a distinct disconnect. So we ask, is science fiction and popular culture to blame?
Covid or poor time management?
Lawyer Blames COVID for Missed Deadline—Dividing an Appellate Panel
Some appellate justices disagreed with colleagues, and would have reinstated a woman's appeal even though the litigant's attorney's work-from-home arrangement during the pandemic made him miss the deadline to file the client's appeal.
SciFi is my favorite genre.
https://slate.com/technology/2020/12/future-tense-fiction-2020-roundup.html
12 Short Sci-Fi Stories to Make You Think Hard About the Future
When the present is scary, the future can be virtually unthinkable. But it’s at times of great change and uncertainty—and 2020 surely qualifies—that it is most important to try to look ahead, to think about how decisions made right now can reverberate.
… Each story comes with a response essay in which an expert—like a technologist, a scientist, a journalist, or a researcher—responds to the real-world themes, bringing even the most fantastical imagined tomorrow down to earth.
… Below, you’ll find links to each story, accompanied by its response essay.
“The Truth Is All There Is,” by Emily Parker
“Trust No One. Not Even a Blockchain.,” by Jill Carlson
“It Came From Cruden Farm,” by Max Barry
“Why Would the Government Lie About Aliens?” by Sarah Scoles
“Paciente Cero,” by Juan Villoro
“How China Turns Trash Into Wealth,” by Adam Minter
“Daffodil’s Baby,” by Alyssa Virker
“What’s Missing From Conversations About Designer Babies,” by David Plotz
“Scar Tissue,” by Tobias S. Buckell
“When the Robot You Consider Family Tries to Sell You Something,” by John Frank Weaver
“The Last of the Goggled Barskys,” by Joey Siara
“How Not to Optimize Parenthood,” by Brigid Schulte
“Legal Salvage,” by Holli Mintzer
“How Can an A.I. Develop Taste?” by Kate Compton
“How to Pay Reparations: a Documentary,” by Tochi Onyebuchi
“Racism Cannot Be Reduced to Mere Computation,” by Charlton McIlwain
“The State Machine,” by Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
“Under the Gaze of Big Mother,” by S.B. Divya
“The Suicide of Our Troubles,” by Karl Schroeder
“When Nature Speaks for Itself,” by Anna V. Smith
“Dream Soft, Dream Big,” by Hal Y. Zhang
“Can We Convince the Sleeping Brain to Process Our Problems?” by Kristin E.G. Sanders
“The Vastation”” by Paul Theroux
“Who Do Health Care Workers Owe Their Ultimate Loyalty to in a Pandemic?? by Allison Bond
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