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Covers:  local government, features, photojournalism, local politics
Doesn't Cover: is it more than 40 miles from our office?
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Pat Kane’s Biography

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Nikons in hand, Pat Kane covers the stories of the Tri-Cities as multimedia editor of The Progress-Index of Petersburg. He was previously a staff writer with the newspaper.

Pat joined the Society of Professional Journalists, Virginia Pro Chapter in 2008 and currently serves as chapter president and a member of the national Generation J Committee.

After growing up all over the globe as a Navy brat, Pat graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007 after working four years at The Commo…

Pat Kane’s Journalist Portfolio

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Rail revival for Petersburg, Norfolk - The Progress-Index

Rail revival for Petersburg, Norfolk - The Progress-Index

NORFOLK - Gliding across a drawbridge into Harbor Park, Amtrak reignited a link between Petersburg and Hampto…

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Heights plans takeover of treasurer's office -The Progress-Index

Heights plans takeover of treasurer's office -The Progress-Index

COLONIAL HEIGHTS - A shakeup at city hall may see Treasurer Joy Moore sidelined under a move discussed by Cit…

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Opportunities surround VSU, panel says - The Progress-Index

Opportunities surround VSU, panel says - The Progress-Index

ETTRICK - Opportunities for redeveloping the areas ringing Virginia State University abound as the school ant…

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Turkish delight for two local lawmakers - The Progress-Index

Turkish delight for two local lawmakers - The Progress-Index

RICHMOND - Nearly all state lawmakers whose districts cover the Tri-Cities accepted gifts, including overseas…

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Lake Chesdin money survives budget talks - The Progress-Index

Lake Chesdin money survives budget talks - The Progress-Index

CHESTERFIELD - A $5 million boost toward expanding Lake Chesdin - and hopefully head off drought conditions t…

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Ettrick Post Office reinvented as pharmacy - The Progress-Index

Ettrick Post Office reinvented as pharmacy - The Progress-Index

ETTRICK - After decades of dishing up stamps, the former Ettrick Post Office has been reborn as Appomattox Dr…

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The Superplay Report #9: AI surrender by 2040? Or toying with their "latent space"?

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By Pat Kane Verified
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Photo by Lukas Kyzur on Unsplash INTRO (scroll down for new leads): What do I mean by ‘superplay’? It’s an element of our current condition—where our natural capacities for envisioning and rehearsing (that is, play) escape their sandbox, and quickly become consequential in the world. They escape because powerful technologies - specifically the accelerating computations of AI - keep breaking the barriers between what we can imagine and what we can make.
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The Superplay Report #8: "Get to ASI first - then win monopoly". Is that Big AI dream over?

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By Pat Kane Verified
| E2: The Future
Prompt to Midjouney: “Big AI” INTRO (scroll down for new leads): What do I mean by ‘superplay’? It’s an element of our current condition—where our natural capacities for envisioning and rehearsing (that is, play) escape their sandbox, and quickly become consequential in the world. They escape because powerful technologies - specifically the accelerating computations of AI - keep breaking the barriers between what we can imagine and what we can make.
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The Superplay Report #7: A burst (in a bubble) is also an opening

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| E2: The Future
INTRO (scroll down for new leads): What do I mean by ‘superplay’? It’s an element of our current condition—where our natural capacities for envisioning and rehearsing (that is, play) escape their sandbox, and quickly become consequential in the world. They escape because powerful technologies - specifically the accelerating computations of AI - keep breaking the barriers between what we can imagine and what we can make.
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