2522

Dance days begun again--today went well although I was a bit foggy at the start. But by he end of the session I felt grounded--again I feel better after dancing and don't feel so good when I don't. That means I need to be dancing every day--no days off. Not sure that it's possible--but will investigate.

Slept fairly well last night--went to bed late and didn't have to get up to pee. So, it was a solid 5 or 6 hours--I think. Don't recall dreaming--but I probably dreamed a little during that block of time.

Watched CSI:Cyber last night--the new show that is focused on cyber-forensics. The episode was about a hacker who was using the smart house system and a child's smart toy to set up burglaries--he was using the toy to talk with a child and asking her to do things like unlock a window. It was like the toy I once worked on, Julie, one of the first talking/smart toys--but the one in the episode was Julie on steroids and linked to the Cloud. It was over 25 years ago that I worked on getting Julie to interact with the child using just sound bytes--the Cyber Toy, hooked to the Cloud, was Julie upgraded with today's technologies.

Other similar devices that are talking with their owners are smart phones and items like Amazon Echo--Siri on the phones and Alexa on Echo. These products can almost pass the Turing Test--and are giving humans a run for the money along with chess-playing, poker-playing, Jeopardy-contestant, medical-advisor, driverless-vehicle, and other smart technologies.

It's an even more brave new world--I'm waiting for my chip so I can join the creatures in the Cloud. Meanwhile. I'll just keep on dancing--and keep on moving.