Artificial Intelligence.
3 random tidbit stories in about 3 minutes.
Artificial Intelligence Story.
The first TRUE democracy in America. From the charter largely drafted by Roger Williams who was influenced by his mentor Sir Edward Coke who relied heavily on the Magna Carta in legal proceedings.
From Roger Williams’ 1643/4 charter:
…full Power and Authority to rule themselves…by such a Form of Civil Government, as by voluntary consent of all, or the greater Part of them…
Read the full charter here. The date is an English Double Date so Mar 14, 1643/4 is our modern Mar 14, 1644.
That Artificial Intelligence Story,
Artificial Intelligence Story.
Pterosaurs were the first true flying vertebrates, appearing in the Late Triassic. They were not feathered birds, not bats, and not dinosaurs. They were a distinct branch of flying reptiles with wings formed mainly by a greatly elongated fourth finger supporting a wing membrane. The earliest true pterosaurs already appear as capable fliers, which means their branch had likely been developing for some time before the first clear fossils we have found.
Over time, pterosaurs diversified into a wide range of forms. Some stayed relatively small and lightly built, while later species became enormous, with wingspans far beyond any bird alive today. This branch explored many lifestyles, from coastal fish-hunters to inland soarers, and remained successful for a very long time before disappearing at the end of the Cretaceous.
Even though pterosaurs lived alongside dinosaurs and shared a deeper ornithodiran ancestry with them, they were not dinosaurs. They were a sister branch, not part of Dinosauria itself. That distinction matters because people often lump all large prehistoric reptiles into “dinosaurs,” but evolution was more branching and more interesting than that. Pterosaurs were close cousins to dinosaurs, not flying dinosaurs.
That Artificial Intelligence Story,
Artificial Intelligence Story.
Leaving the highly speculative first second, and skipping to a few minutes later, the Nucleosynthesis period accurred about 3 to 20 minutes after the Big Bang. During this period, the universe had cooled enough for protons and neutrons to come together to form simple nuclei, but not yet atoms, as the universe remained too hot for electrons to bind to these nuclei. The nuclei formed during this time were primarily those that would become the core of hydrogen atoms (including its isotope deuterium), helium, and trace amounts of lithium, through a process known as Big Bang nucleosynthesis.
Supported by empirical data. The observed abundances of light elements in the universe align closely with predictions from Big Bang nucleosynthesis models, providing strong evidence for this period of early cosmic history.
That Artificial Intelligence Story,
