As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, May 9, 2025

How “smart” is your new car?

Can your car make animal sounds? Do you want it to?

 

I’m driving along wishing my car were white and chatting with myself when Miss Prissy Pants interrupts to say she can’t help me with “that” right now. “I’m not talking to you,” I say, and she responds, “I’m sorry, could you repeat that, please?” “I’m not talking to you, dadgummit!”

 

“I’m afraid I’ll need more information to help you with that,” she says, “but did you know that I can make animal sounds? Ask me what sound a dog makes.” Seriously? Of course, I did. And she did. Bark like a dog. She can do elephants, giraffes and cats, too. I stopped there.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/02/cars-ai-chatbot-chatgpt-annoying-tech/