[ExI] ai in education

Wed Mar 11 13:28:48 UTC 2026

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 

> More relevant is to compare trust in companies and trust in armies. 

>…How on earth is that more relevant?

I don’t hire these companies to do defense contracts, nor do you.  Our opinion on those matters is irrelevant.  I trust the US military more than I trust the military forces of China and Russia.  We are in agreement on that.

>… yes Putin and Xi and Kim Jong Un have told more lies…

Oh?  How about Netanyahu?  And how about Iran’s new leader, Khamenei Junior?  I am guessing we are in agreement on that too.

> I trust the US army more than I trust the Chinese army or the Russian army.  Do you? 

>…Yes, but that is another very low bar….

How about the Israelis?  Their Iron Dome system seems very effective.  I am guessing we agree on that. 

> I trust POTUS more than I trust Putin or Xi.  Do you? 

>…Yes….

OK.

>…I don’t think it's fair to compare him with Hitler either….

Nor do I.  I don’t follow those who make that comparison.  There is a still crazier subset who claim the current POTUS (whose name I cannot recall at the moment) is literally Hitler.  This too I find most dubious, in spite of the medical research Dr. Mengele perpetrated during the war.  I accept that both Hitler and that guy with the potential AI island killed themselves.  Good chance we agree on that.  

>… I think he's more like Mussolini….

So you trust Mussolini more?  I think there is a website for Mussolini followers somewhere.  I don’t go there, for I don’t trust Mussolini followers.    

> I don’t trust any of the AI companies.

>…I don't completely trust any organization that is large and powerful…. John K Clark 

Nor do I.  We are in perfect agreement once we answer relevant questions.

Do you think that video of James Carville was real or AI?  If real, was he just clowning around?  He can be very entertaining.

spike

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