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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Investment Strategies / Falling Knives
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Author: OrmontUS ✭✹  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: My Way
Date: 02/14/26 7:47 PM
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Years ago, I used to argue (decades ago) with my (art teacher) mother about the capabilities of computers. I asked if she could recognize a Rembrandt, Caravaggio or Van Gogh that she had not seen before and she said she thought she could. Then I asked if she could recognize a Bach or Brahms piece of music and she said "probable". So, I said, there are rules that you are applying. Why can't a computer, using those rules create a new piece of art, indistinguishable from a lauded master - maybe not as good as their best work, but certainly better than their worst.

Nowadays, the argument is more compelling.

Jeff
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