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[Discuss] The Domesticated AI



Dale R. Worley said on Wed, 06 May 2026 21:57:09 -0400

>> From: abreauj at gmail.com  
>
>> [Regarding https://gist.github.com/blu-jabr [I've somehow lost the
>> record of where John sent that out.  -DRW]]  
>
>Well, it reads like you've written it to be read by a very select
>community of people with a *lot* of common knowledge.  

That's putting it charitably. It could also be that some folks try to
look smart with verbiage others can't understand, including made-up
phrases. Sidecar whatever instead of two processes handing off to each
other, just as one example. We've all been doing that the last 40
years. Or more.

>That is, I
>couldn't make hide nor hair of it.  

You're not alone, brother. But then, I wasn't going to take 6 hours
looking up every phrase and figuring out whether it's meaningful or
bullshit.

Look at Neil deGrasse Tyson. He's a pretty smart guy, and pretty secure
in his intelligence. He explains in common English, and when he needs to
use jargon he explains the jargon in common English.

Check out the two reviews on my book, Samba Unleashed:

https://www.amazon.com/Samba-Unleashed-Steve-Litt/dp/0672318628

LOL, pay no attention to the reference to Owen Lloyd: He wasn't
involved, and Sams Publishing's failure to correct this is one of the
many reasons I self-published the rest of my books.

But anyway, absolutely any halfway technical person could understand my
book, and I didn't need to make up even one buzzword or buzzphrase.

SteveT

Steve Litt 

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