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it’s the same voltage you see printed on a battery that says “1.7 volts”, or 12 volts, or whatever voltage the battery has been designed to produce. The chemical element silicon, the stuff micro- processors are made of, is able to “store” a voltage level that is one of two states: high voltage state called a logic 1 and a no voltage state called a logic 0. What makes them seem “magical” is because they execute very simple pro- gram operations, and they execute them very fast. We’re talking about more than a million executions per second. One can do a lot with that kind of speed. More speed does have consequences, like increased power usage and instability, but if dealt with correctly, it’s not a problem. While they may be fast, they are not “smart” as some would define it. Computers cannot “reason”. They don’t have the “judgement” like their human creators. Self-dri- ving carmakers recognize this and, in most cases, if the computer doesn’t comprehend something, it hands control of the car back to the operator. This is fine if the human operator is expecting this kind of transfer, but what if he or she isn’t expecting it? If you can’t depend on the computer to do the right thing 100% of the time, why have it? - especially when operating a potential rolling battering ram like a 2000-pound car. This is why I think AI right now is overhyped. More speed and more memory does not necessarily mean more intelligence as we define it. Nothing is limitless and while computers have definitely expanded our horizons, they do have their limits. Britt Britt Storkson may be contacted via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com Atlantis Vault • Self-Contained • Simple installation • Trouble-free operation For more information call: (270) 786-3010 or visit us online: www.geothermalsupply.com 54 MARCH 2019 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® The “Idiots” Corner by “Billy Bob Smith” For almost two years, every month I have been sharing stuff with you that you might think is “idiotic” stuff. But I just wanted you to know that to be the best idiot writing about idiots isn’t as easy as it might seem. So I wanted to share with you this month what some of my idiot heroes have to say about idiots, so you don’t think I’m the only one out there. 0 I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots. ~ Neil Cavuto 0 As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. ~ John Lennon 0 Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Idiots! ~ Arthur Schopenhauer 0 Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. ~ Mark Twain 0 The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was pos- sibly an idiot. ~ Salvador Dali 0 I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art, you're an idiot. ~ Steve Martin 0 Half the world is composed of idiots, the other half of people clever enough to take indecent advantage of them. ~ Walter Kerr 0 Until they see someone else doing it and make a success of it, they don't open their minds. Most of them are idiots. ~ Rob Schneider 0 Only idiots refuse to change their minds. ~ Brigitte Bardot 0 He/She may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don't let that fool you: he/she really is an idiot. ~ Groucho Marx 0 Who's the bigger idiot, the idiot or the idiot who gets fooled by the idiot? ~ Woody Allen 0 Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? ~ George Carlin 0 You can motivate an idiot, and now you have a motivated idiot. ~ Jim Rohn 0 The New England Journal of Medicine reports that 9 out of 10 doctors agree that 1 out of 10 doctors is an idiot. ~ Jay Leno Billy Bob Contact him via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com Storkson cont’d from page 48.