As American As Cherry Pie and AI

 

photo: Francis Levy

Was Horn and Hardart a precursor to AI? Turing cracked the Enigma code. The Turing Test and decryption are central elements of computer science. Fast food also plays a role. Assembly line production tantamount to "bytes" of information. Not to forget Nedick’s and other “hot spot” precursors to Door Dash. Cart or horse? All around life is moving faster though the planet, lacking sentience, won't get dizzy in its own rotation. The ineluctable more is fuels currents that themselves create a new water mark. Sea level is no longer what it once was. AI will not take over. Rather humans need their Alexa if they're going to live on processed cheese. 

read "Boudu Saved From Drowning" by Francis Levy (with a painting by Hallie Cohen) in The East Hampton Star