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When Hearts Collide.
The following morning, sunlight poured into the windows of Ava’s cottage, soft and golden, drying away the last trace of the storm. Tangled in sheets that had a faint scent of the sea and lavender, she slowly opened her eyes. There was a stillness to the air, the kind that only came after a night of rain—like the world had pressed a reset button.
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When Hearts Collide.
The Marlowe Bay Summer Festival was a mosaic of light and sound that filled the heart of the sleepy town with vibrant energy. Lanterns dangled above the streets, glowing like fireflies as dusk fell. Laughter and the music of a local folk band playing on a temporary wooden stage mixed with laughter from every corner. Ava observed the celebrations as they progressed from the town square's edge. She wore a casual navy dress and a loose braid over her shoulder, her sandals tapping nervously against the pavement. She wasn’t sure why she had come. Maybe it was the lemonade promise. Maybe it was the look in Liam’s eyes earlier that day. Maybe it was the part of her that was tired of running.
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When Hearts Collide.
Chapter 1: Waves of Change The sea breeze was different here. Ava Bennett stepped off the bus and took a deep breath, letting the salty air fill her lungs. She closed her eyes and listened. Waves crashed in the distance, seagulls called overhead, and the faint hum of a sleepy town morning hung in the air. It wasn’t just the landscape that felt new—it was the sense of possibility, of change.
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Clockmaker's window
"Time waits for no one. But time has been sitting silently in Mr. Elori's shop for forty-seven years." A small watch shop in a secluded corner of town. The dust on the signboard has made the letters almost indistinct. Yet if one squints, one can read:
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INSIDE THE MIRROR
"Attic is not just about dust and old things. Some attics hide a world that is invisible to the naked eye, but forever awake behind the mirror..."
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Journal of Napoleon Bonaparte
Russia, 1812 July 28, 1812 – Vitebsk The sun blazes, but the victories feel hollow. We have marched a thousand miles without a decisive battle. The Russians retreat endlessly, like smoke slipping through clenched fists. I offer them glory. They answer with scorched fields and empty villages. My men grow thinner, slower, quieter. Discipline fades in the heat and distance.
By Alain SUPPINI9 months ago in Chapters
Mississippi Dreams
Julianne had been singing in the church choir for a few years now. Times were quickly changing around the country; rock had been born and was thriving. In the south, rock music was still considered evil, the devil's music, as the older generation would call it. But Julianne believed that one could love modern music, while also holding true to their moral beliefs.
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The First AI Boom
Introduction: ‎ ‎The Rise of Symbolic AI ‎The late 1950s and 1960s witnessed the first major wave of excitement in Artificial Intelligence. With the conceptual groundwork laid by Alan Turing and the invention of the digital computer, researchers now had the tools — and the optimism — to attempt building intelligent machines. The dominant approach during this time was symbolic AI, also known as "good old-fashioned AI" (GOFAI), based on the idea that intelligence could be replicated by manipulating symbols using formal logic. ‎ ‎ ‎--- ‎ ‎1. The Dartmouth Conference: ‎ ‎ AI is Born ‎In 1956, a small group of scientists gathered at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire for a summer workshop. The proposal, written by John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky, Claude Shannon, and Nathaniel Rochester, boldly claimed that “every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it.” This ‎2. The Logconference didn’t produce any breakthroughs during its session, but it succeeded in giving birth to a new field: Artificial Intelligence. ‎ ‎This moment marked the start of what we now call the first AI boom — a time when many believed that human-level machine intelligence was just a few decades away heorist: ‎ ‎The First Intelligent Program ‎One of the earliest and most impressive achievements in AI was the development of the Logic Theorist by Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon in 1955. This program was designed to mimic the problem-solving skills of a human mathematician. It could prove theorems from “Principia Mathematica,” a foundational text in symbolic logic, by applying formal reasoning rules. ‎ ‎The Logic Theorist wasn't just a technical success; it was a philosophical statement. It suggested that reasoning — long considered a unique hallmark of human intelligence — could be simulated by a machine following logical rules. ‎ ‎ ‎--- ‎ ‎3. LISP and the Growth of AI Research. ‎ ‎In 1958, John McCarthy, one of the founding fathers of AI, created LISP, a programming language specifically designed for artificial intelligence work. LISP allowed for the manipulation of symbolic expressions and became the go-to language for AI researchers for many years. ‎ ‎The same year, McCarthy established the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, which would become a leading center for AI research. Other institutions, like Stanford and Carnegie Mellon, also launched their own AI labs, sparking a wave of funding and excitement. ‎ ‎ ‎--- ‎ ‎4. Early Successes and High Hopes ‎Throughout the 1960s. ‎ ‎researchers created various programs that could solve algebra problems, play simple games, or understand limited natural language. These included systems like ELIZA (a simple chatbot simulating a therapist), SHRDLU (which could manipulate virtual blocks using typed commands), and General Problem Solver — all demonstrating the early potential of AI. ‎ ‎These achievements led to a sense of overconfidence. AI scientists made bold predictions, claiming that general-purpose intelligent machines might exist within a generation. Governments and universities poured money into AI research with great expectations. ‎ ‎ ‎--- ‎ ‎5. Limitations Emerge ‎ ‎Despite early excitement, serious limitations began to appear. Most of these systems worked well only in narrow, highly controlled environments. They struggled with real-world ambiguity, incomplete data, and the flexibility that human thinking requires. These programs could not “understand” context the way people do — a critical flaw. ‎ ‎The symbolic AI approach also depended heavily on hand-coded rules and domain knowledge, which proved difficult to scale. As the hype began to outpace the results, cracks started forming in the AI community’s optimism. ‎ ‎ ‎--- ‎ ‎Conclusion: ‎ ‎A Dream Challenged ‎The first AI boom laid essential foundations — programming languages, research labs, and ambitious ideas — that would carry the field forward. But by the late 1960s, it became clear that true intelligence was far more complex than early researchers had imagined. The high hopes of this era would soon give way to a more sobering reality.
By Tech Ai 9 months ago in Chapters
Trump meets Syrian president
The reported meeting between former U.S. President Donald Trump and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh—if confirmed—would indeed mark a dramatic shift in U.S.-Syria relations and Middle Eastern geopolitics. However, several key aspects of this scenario raise questions about its plausibility and require careful analysis:
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The 8 Most Watched Films Adapted from Rabindranath Tagore's Works.
Introduction Rabindranath Tagore, the Nobel laureate, poet, playwright, musician, and philosopher, is one of the towering figures of Indian and world literature. His multifaceted works have transcended the realm of literature and have been translated into various art forms, including cinema. Generations of filmmakers have been inspired by Tagore's profound comprehension of human emotions, social conflicts, love, and existential questions. His stories, rich in psychological depth and human drama, have been adapted into critically acclaimed and widely watched films in Indian cinema history.
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Journal of Napoleon Bonaparte
Europe, 1808–1812 May 2, 1808 – Madrid Spain burns. I thought it would be simple: remove a decrepit Bourbon king, install my brother Joseph, and bring order where there was only superstition and decay. But the Spanish did not greet us as liberators. They rose — farmers, priests, children with knives in their belts. They fight like ghosts in alleyways, strike and vanish.
By Alain SUPPINI9 months ago in Chapters
I'll Tell You a Tale
APRIL 2025 The waitress, now off the clock from her serving duties, shyly takes the empty seat across from the mysterious redheaded woman. Quickly growing self-conscious upon sitting down, she looks at her hands laying in her lap, staying silent.
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