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A Temple Jar: Reflections is a living publication built around three linked columns focused on the intersection of grief, AI technologies, and AI@ICT public policy.

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    Substack author, father, geek, Reddit cartoonist, and creator of A Temple Jar: Reflections. Jamal Peter Le Blanc is a Communications Sociotechnologist with Washington D.C. technology public policy experience in computing, culture, and language.

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