A song sung by an angel! 15-year-old Emma Kok, performing Barbara Pravi’s song Voilà, André Rieu conducting, live at Vrijthof Square in Maastricht in 2023.
Leave a comment if music moves your soul.
Month: October 2026
Gandhi Reviewed
Yesterday was the birth anniversary of Mr. M. K. “Mahatma” Gandhi. Over the years, I have written several posts on this blog critical of the man. No Indian compares to him in his demonstrated capacity for evil. He is the only Indian in a select group that includes Stalin, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, Leopold and Hitler.
One of the worst crimes that I find Gandhi guilty of is that he wished for Hindu civilizational suicide. Gandhi, for reasons unfathomable, wanted to accelerate the genocide (a word coined around 1944 meaning the systematic and deliberate destruction of a people by killing substantial numbers of them) of Hindus, Buddhists and Jains.
Islam had been in the business of the wholesale slaughter of non-Muslims in the Indian subcontinent for centuries but had not succeeded. Gandhi wanted the genocide to be completed without any more delay. He dreamed of a Muslim ruled India, of “ushering in a new world,” a Hindu-free India. He wanted to see his dream of Islamic victory realized soon. Continue reading “Gandhi Reviewed”
AI is Scary Smart
A week ago on September 24th, a YouTube creator “leo” posted what he described as a “cute little animated music video by Opus 5.5 with some help from suno.” As he did not provide details of what prompts he used, it is hard to tell how original Opus 5.5 was.
I think it is very likely that the author is an economist because the average person is not familiar with the many economics ideas that appear in the video. The result is impressive.
One comment says it well. “This isn’t AI slop anymore. If Opus 5.5 can already animate so good, in a year many animators will be out of the job.” The AI’s lyrics will certainly put a few song writers out of business too.
AI agents are becoming scary good. The video makes numerous references to various people and concepts. I doubt that I know anyone who would be familiar with all of them. I got all the references because I have a background in science, technology and economics. But in a limited sense, Opus 5.5 is smarter than I am.
The video asks you to ponder if AI is a normal technology. Then it very cleverly argues that it certainly is not. Continue reading “AI is Scary Smart”
