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Al Norman

Reporter · US

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Al Norman

    Pushback: Dr. Frankenstein's AI monster - Greenfield Recorder (opens the original)

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    The makers of artificial intelligence (AI) models admit they only understand a tiny fraction of what goes on inside their models. In January 2026, Dario Amodei, one of the founders of the AI company Anthropic — which created the AI model Claude — wrote an essay called “The Adolescence of Technology: Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI.“ “AI brings risks,” Amodei admits, “and because it is such a powerful technology, these risks are serious. They include the risk of losing control

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Al Norman

    Pushback: New federal law: 'Homes are for people, not corporations' - Greenfield Recorder (opens the original)

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    On June 23, 2026, Congress passed H.R. 6644, known as the 21st Century Road to Housing Act, which The Guardian newspaper called “the biggest change to federal policy for buyers, renters and homebuilders in decades.” The Senate passed the bill 85-5, and the House passed it 358-32. It’s supporters say H.R. 6644 reduces unnecessary regulatory barriers to new home construction, modernizes HUD programs, enables community banks to more freely deploy funding, includes community banking bills to provide

  3. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Al Norman

    Pushback: Seeing the forest through the trees - Greenfield Recorder (opens the original)

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    John Heywood published a collection of proverbs in 1546, including: “You can’t see the forest for the trees,” which meant missing the larger picture by focusing on its details. In Greenfield, we have focused appropriately on replacing street trees — but do we “see” our larger forests? According to Greenfield’s Open Space and Recreation Plan (OSRP) for 2021-2028, our city comprises 14,020 acres. Sixty percent is forested (8,400 acres) — almost eight times greater than our agricultural land, and 1

  4. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Al Norman

    Pushback: State housing projections are the floor, not the ceiling - Athol Daily News (opens the original)

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    Massachusetts needs more housing, but how much more? On July 28, 2026, the Recorder published a front-page story in which five local housing developers and municipal planners questioned the accuracy of state data on projected housing need that were originally presented 17 months ago in a report from the Healey Administration called “A Home for Everyone.” The state’s housing need projections were dramatically lower than those being promoted by local housing groups. The state called for 222,000 ne

  5. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Al Norman

    Pushback: State housing projections are the floor, not the ceiling - Greenfield Recorder (opens the original)

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    Massachusetts needs more housing, but how much more? On July 28, 2026, the Recorder published a front-page story in which five local housing developers and municipal planners questioned the accuracy of state data on projected housing need that were originally presented 17 months ago in a report from the Healey Administration called “A Home for Everyone.” The state’s housing need projections were dramatically lower than those being promoted by local housing groups. The state called for 222,000 ne

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