EDITOR'S NOTE
Past, Present, and Future
by Brandi Scardilli
I have always liked the saying that those who don’t learn from the past are condemned to repeat it, attributed to philosopher George Santayana. I’m also inclined to agree with Mark Twain, who supposedly said, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” I think both aphorisms apply to the 45th president (who is in some pretty hot water right now), and if all of the allegations against him are true, he makes President Richard Nixon look like the Hamburglar. Fifty years ago, on May 17, 1973, the Senate Watergate hearings began, and it was the beginning of the end for Nixon’s presidency. Anthony Aycock takes a look at the best sources for learning about the Watergate scandal and its legacy (page 22).
Bing has entered the chat—the chatbot game, that is. Sophia Guevara tests out what Microsoft is calling “the new Bing” on page 9. Information Today’s columnists continue to be fascinated by ChatGPT, and this month, George Pike applies it to Legal Issues (page 26). To round out our AI coverage, Kashyap Kompella compiles the questions we should be asking about the future of these tools (page 39).
Happy Reading,
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