From the American Bar Association: Latest version of CHAT GPT (Artificial Intelligence program) “aced” the bar exam with a score in 90th percentile.

Which implies what: that a computer program is as “competent” as 90% of those that pass the Bar Exam?

https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/latest-version-of-chatgpt-aces-the-bar-exam-with-score-in-90th-percentile

What will this presage for other areas of expertise?

Will people regard answers from a program as being accurate, believable and reliable?

Will they know the difference?

Also: Can the programs be “subverted” to give, if not specific responses, answers “slanted” toward a pre-determined outcome? Perhaps by providing “training data” of a particular slant or viewpoint?

The “Age of the machines” may be approaching.

My daughter's hard drive and backup drive crashed. She has to reinstall programs and data. She's in business and uses MS Office 2010, but does not have the original disk. I use Apache Open Office and suggested she download it. She said Open Office does not run Excel and Power Point. I know it does open Excel, because I use it and it opens older spreadsheets I still have.

Does anyone here have positive experiences with Open Office running Power Point documents?

Thank you for feedback,
Mark

I captured this image on the Central Coast of California. I love taking walks on foggy mornings, and the Point Estero Estero shipwreck was on the sightseeing list for the day. Below is some information about the vessel.

Just west of the town of Cayucos CA, along the coastline and the Pacific Coast Highway, is a fascinating shipwreck, in remarkable condition!

The Point Estero was a commercial fishing vessel that had originated from Morro Bay Harbor. On July 28th, 2017, on its way back to Morro Bay, it unfortunately ran aground at the eastern part of Estero Bluff State Park, supposedly due to operator error.

It took the U.S. Coast Guard less than two days to remove all the hazardous materials from the stuck ship, including a large supply of oil. The Coast Guard though does not salvage abandoned vessels that are located on land or are semi grounded on coastal rocks, as their area of authority is navigable waters, therefore the Point Estero did not fall under their purview, and remained where it was.

The owner gave up possession of the boat, once it was estimated that it would cost at least $175,000 to remove the boat and tow it back to Morro Bay Harbor. Since the vessel is stuck in a state park, the State Lands Commission does have the authority to remove the ship, but due to a legislative oversight by the state, the commission has no funding or budget to actually do so!

And thus the boat remains, there along the coast west of Cayucos, just south of the Pacific Coast Highway, which runs east / west there as it hugs the coastline! It has been stripped of everything, including all electronics and engine parts. When the tide is low, it is extremely easy to walk out to the shipwreck and board her. I advise some caution, however, as holes are already forming on the ship's floor.

Not surprisingly, there are a few urban legends surrounding why the ship crashed off shore ranging from the ship being stuck in a storm surge to the ship being borrowed by a friend of the owner and being used for a night drinking, resulting in the ship being run aground after one too many. Whatever the reason, there is now another fascinating stop along Route 1.