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Nearly 9 In 10 Americans Distrust AI

Trust seems like an odd term to use. What would you be using it for that would require trust? If there’s a problem with what AI is giving you, at the end of the day it’s most likely a result of the prompt you’re giving it. If you asked a friend for information and it didn’t seem quite right, you’d do a little more digging and verify the information. Does that mean you distrust your friend?

Parents Send 6-Year-Old Child to the Grocery Store Alone After Months of Preparation

What age did you start doing things on your own? I was out playing with other kids and no adults at 5-6, but I’m not sure Misty would send me to the grocery store on my own today, let alone when I was six

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Auditory Anthology

SCI-FI SHORT STORIES - NARRATED BY DARREN MARLAR & PRODUCED BY KEITH CONRAD

Tales From the Blue Line - The Regular -A bartender at a long-standing neighborhood pub discovers that the mysterious regular who has occupied the same stool every Friday for seven years appears in photographs dating back to the bar’s opening in 1954 without having aged a single day.

Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.

Tales From the Blue Line - The Regular Keith Conrad / Darren Marlar Episode

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