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There is a video story posted on YouTube about Estobar, a Golden Retriever, and Pope Francis. It is embedded below in case you missed it. My wife and I watched most of it last night. While it had undertones of a good story and depicted Francis in a very favorable light, something to me was a little off. The dialogue reviewed the same points several times, just slightly differently.

I asked Perplexity if AI was involved and received the following response:

Is the YouTube video of Pope Francis and Exobar ai generated

There is no verified evidence in the search results of a widely circulated or official YouTube video showing Pope Francis with “exobar,” that is, AI-generated. However, the context around AI-generated content involving Pope Francis is clear:

• Multiple AI-generated images and videos of Pope Francis have gone viral, including the famous image of him in a white puffer jacket, which fooled many viewers before being confirmed as AI-generated using tools like Midjourney

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Experts and fact-checkers have repeatedly warned about the dangers of AI deepfakes and misinformation, especially involving public figures like Pope Francis

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Recent AI-generated images, such as one showing Pope Francis in an open casket, have also been debunked as fake by media forensics experts

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If you are referring to a specific YouTube video featuring “Pope Francis and exobar,” there is no mention of “exobar” in the provided search results, nor is there evidence that such a video exists or is AI-generated. If a video fitting this description is circulating, it is likely to be AI-generated or manipulated, given the prevalence of such content and expert warnings about deepfakes involving the Pope

. Always verify the source and check for credible fact-checking before trusting such videos.

Don’t get me wrong. We thought the video was very moving, and we’re certain it helped many people in different ways. As Golden owners, we are well aware of how they can act and react in turbulent times. We’ve been there.

My point of this blog is to share the video and its content, but provide context. Buyer beware.

As promised, here is a try at an example using today’s topic. This blog is not for everyone. It is not about dialysis. It is a side interest of mine: AI and programming, and where the two stand today. This is but a humble example.

First thing is to go to Poe.com and sign in. It is easy to use your Google account to do so. You do not have to pay anything to use Poe for this example. It you get off in the ditch, start over. Once you are signed in, you will see a screen like the one below.

Click on the icon “App-Creator” and you will be off to the races. I entered the following prompt when asked (highlighted in blue below):

App-Creator will then generate the code necessary to produce an HTML rendering of your prompt. Copy this HTML code, and paste it into a text-based app and save it with an HTML extension. If you now open this file with your browser, for my code, you will be presented with the following two screens:

I’m going to place the actual code in the space below. It is in a folder named index.html. We’ll see what happens when it is clicked on: (It operated properly on my computer under preview). You are now off and running!!!!

We have been steadily working in the yard regardless of the 96 F temperature yesterday and mid-80s today. We are to the point that after Wednesday, when the holly and boxwood get planted, we will be in a maintaining mode from here on in.

The video I posted here yesterday has received 52 views as of 1440 5/14 and a thumbs up. Seems that other people are interested in what we are up to.

The AI engine that I have used and mentioned in this blog has released a bot named App-Creator. It supports plain English input with resulting HTML code implementing the input. You tell it what you want done, and it does it. That simple. Gets a little more complicated from here. You have to take the resultant HTML code and make it useful. You might upload the code to a hosted web page, and cite the URL for this page to make it useful. I’m working on an App to calculate IRS quarterly advance tax payments and will have it up in a couple of days as an example for my readers.

Sunday’s WSJ’s Exchange Section had an article by Jason Zweig titled ” What to Do Now That Tariff’s have Decimated Your 401 (k).” He wrote in part, “Intense uncertainty automatically triggers fear and stress in the human brain, infusing our bodies with the ancient fight-or-flight response that is essential to survival. Fear fixates our attention on the negative, makes us acutely sensitive to social signals, impedes our working memory and impairs our ability to think flexibly.

An event unprecedented in most investors’ lifetimes, like Trump’s barrage of tariffs, intensifies our fear and stress.”

Read more at:https://www.magzter.com/stories/newspaper/The-Wall-Street-Journal/WHAT-TO-DO-NOW-THAT-TARIFFS-HAVE-DECIMATED-YOUR-401K?

If nothing else, the Military and certainly combat require clear thinking without great latitude for mistakes. We are taught and must quickly learn to make life-dependent decisions quickly, with a paucity of definitive information. Such thinking prepares those with a military background to face life’s many decision points with a much different mindset and emotional preparedness.

This applies to me personally in view of what is presently taking place in the stock market and in my approach to dialysis.

Regarding the market, yes, we’re down, but I have faith in the market and its history and instead of crying in my root beer (I don’t imbibe), I’m buying in the down market. Regarding dialysis, I recognize there are and will be ups and downs, people and equipment will malfunction, but in the end, regardless of all the great support we have, when crunch time comes, and it will, it is up to us, the patients, to step up.

As promised Friday, here is the video taken on 3/20/2025, of recent work, plantings, and growth in our backyard. Enjoy!

Back in the day, when I was in high school, I attended frequent weekly dances where we either slow danced or did some form of what was then (1954-1956) the boogie woogie. All of us had our moves, some better than others. I was at the lower end of the dance spectrum due to lack of practice. For don’t you see, my mother was an avid Seventh Day Adventist and their faith, frowned on such activities especially those held between sundown on Friday and sundown on Saturday. Since the biggest open dance was held on Friday night at the YMCA, I was by default deprived of this form of enjoyment. So this leads me to today’s story, a dance called “Walk of Life” that is really neat by Sven Otten.

Sven Otten, born in 1988, is a German dancer and web video producer who gained international recognition through his YouTube channel1. He became famous for his unique dance style, which he calls “Neoswing,” a combination of swing elements and modern dance moves12.

Otten’s journey to fame began in December 2012 when he published his first YouTube video1. His second video, featuring him dancing to Parov Stelar’s “All Night,” became his breakthrough hit, amassing around 50 million views14. What makes Otten’s story remarkable is that he learned to dance by watching YouTube tutorials in his room.34

Otten made his first TV appearance on “Got to Dance” in 2015 and has since been featured in several TV commercials1. He has become particularly popular in Italy, where he is known as “il ballerino de la TIM” for his role as a brand ambassador3.

Otten’s YouTube channel, where he is known as JustSomeMotion (JSM), has continued to grow. He created a Dance-Academy on his channel to teach his style to others35.

Beyond his success in Germany and Italy, Otten has also gained popularity in Brazil as an ambassador for Telecom Brasil and has been making waves in the United States3.

Sven Otten’s unique blend of dance styles, combining elements of UK House Shuffle, Electro Dance (Tektonik), and Charleston, has inspired many imitators worldwide23. His success story serves as an inspiring example of how passion, combined with the power of social media, can lead to a successful career in dance and entertainment.

Catch his moves in the video below – and enjoy!