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A cursory examination of our recent AI-related news is playing out like the opening montage of a bad apocalypse movie—and cut to an abandoned highway littered with burned-out cars and wildlife retaking the cities. Actually, the most likely end-of-the-world scenario making the rounds is that the most efficient way for AI to power itself is to superheat the planet past the boiling point of water. Oh shit, did I just give it an idea? Man, it’s so easy to screw this up. I used to say, when people asked me what I thought about AI, that it would erase history….
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Marriage Equality – 2004
Massachusetts was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage on May 17th, 2004. While Cambridge opened its city hall at 12:01 am, most cities, including Provincetown’s Town Hall, opened at regular business hours to a waiting crowd looking to get their licenses first thing. Some people had clergy ready outside to perform ceremonies.