where did the flowers go

“At the seaside” watercolor (in progress)

BBC reporter on the front lines of the Ukraine war、A scene from on-site reporting from the Ukrainian side。until you reach the soldier、It's just a little time、The surrounding scenery is also reflected in the shaking of the camera.、I'll come into view。Is it about waist height?、The grass is rather tall、It grows all along the side of a small road in a field.、There are lots of white flowers blooming and swaying in the breeze.。under that flower、The soldier is lying on his stomach and firing his gun rapidly.。The moment I saw the video、I couldn't help but remember the melody of "Where Did the Flowers Go?"。

"Where did the flowers go?"、As an anti-war song for the Vietnam War、At that time, it was sung by young people all over the world.。Pete Seeger wrote this song、Appears in a passage from Russian writer Sholokhov's "The Quiet Don"、Apparently it was inspired by Ukrainian folk songs.。This song is deeply related to both countries.、This may be the song I want young people in Russia and Ukraine to sing the most right now.。
This song is、America, a party to the war、It quickly spread among young people.、As the situation spread, the 20-year Vietnam War ended with America's "defeat."。

just like America、Anti-war sentiment spreads from Russia、Can we move towards an end to the war?。please、I wish it were like that、Looking at modern Russia、It is impossible to imagine the path that will lead from the rise of anti-war consciousness to its end.。unless one of us gives up、1This is a situation that I don't think will end in a year or two.。
Even if you just look at the history of Europe, you will see words like "30 Years War" and "100 Years War".。Last year, the US withdrew、The Afghan conflict, which has just reached a tentative conclusion, took 20 years.。It's been 20 years since the Vietnam War.。More than 10 years have passed since the Syrian civil war、It continues even now。We may need to be prepared for the possibility that this war will last that long.。

with many lives、Huge amount of money to throw away。I'm sure everyone thinks that if they used that money for future generations...、That feeling、Why does that flower last forever?、Will it not reach the person who is waiting?。

charm

one day、At Engakuji Temple (watercolor)

Cloudy sky for the first time in a while。It's mostly sunny for the past week、It was a hot day every day。How about that?。Although I've gotten used to the heat a lot.、By the evening I was already tired、I can't work or study at night.。Days like that continued。It's dawn today、The forecast was for rain、As expected, it was not a “missing shot” but a “empty fall” situation.。Although、I'm happy even if it's cloudy。

What I find attractive is、Is it still “passion”?。Anything is fine.、“Passionate” rather than mechanical。when you feel it、I feel like I'm getting heated up by that aura.。it gives me strength。

If it's in me and what I make、how to make it attractive、There's probably no need to think about it.。do you have passion、How passionate are you?、Maybe all you have to do is honestly reflect on that in your own heart.。

AI doesn't understand anything

Engakuji Temple。I prefer this way of drawing

It's hot, isn't it?。This is the forecast for today's maximum temperature of 37 degrees Celsius.。Wow! It seems like something like that、38℃ is already familiar。39No one is surprised anymore because we have heard about temperatures above ℃ several times on the news and weather forecasts.、That's surprising。

Sometimes I chat with AI。This is for me to get used to AI.。While chatting、I don't seem to understand what you mean when you ask about AI.、I often feel that。He answers simple questions in surprisingly well-written sentences.、If you ask me some more details,、Only the text is normal、I keep getting empty and “stupid” answers.。Moreover, I looked at her from above and said, “Did you find this helpful?”。

What does that mean?、I read it in the digital version of a certain newspaper.、I was convinced by the interview article with Professor Mutsumi Imai of Keio University.。Simply put,、This is what it means。
“Even if the word melon is recorded in the AI,、It's just a statistical word、The meaning is not understood。but、It's a big fruit for humans.、Experiences and facts that include various aspects such as sweetness、It is connected to the melon itself to create the "meaning (of the word)" (this is apparently called "symbolic grounding" in cognitive science).。That's not the case with AI.。(The way people memorize words is the exact opposite of humans)
AI is before and after the word “melon”、It's just learning what words are ``statistically'' arranged.、If you deviate from this, the sentence becomes meaningless (the article has been shortened)."

As expected、That's what it feels like。I feel something similar with image generation AI.。At first, you might be surprised and say, “Wow!”、If you do it a few times, you'll start to feel like maybe it's stupider than I thought.。I don't have the feeling of "thinking".。They just come out one after another。
If you think about it、Even new generation computers、That's not what I'm thinking about, per se.。However、Has a huge memory (and never forgets)、Unusually fast learning ability、Making full use of the weapon called “statistics”、"(Theoretical、This means that they are able to quickly draw "rational" conclusions.。For that person, it would take 1000 years.、Perform complex calculations in a few seconds。The one who connected that computing power to language generation was、It was chat GPT.。Because I already had that foundation.、It's quickly becoming popular。
AI is just an extension of a tool (for now)。Originally our “hands”、How we use those “hands” is our own problem.。if we are stupid、AI also has the potential to become a terrifying tool.。