Geologists and local leaders gathered in Rolla Friday, Nov. 6, to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony to formally reopen the Ed Clark Museum of Missouri Geology. Over the past year, the museum was temporarily closed while remodeling and updates were completed. Located within the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Buehler Building at 111 Fairgrounds Road in Rolla, the museum is free to the public and now open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. “Since its founding, the Ed Clark Museum of Missouri Geology has provided information about our state’s most amazing rocks and landscapes,” said Carey Bridges, state geologist and director of the Missouri Geological Survey. “We welcome everyone to come visit and learn more about Missouri’s geology. Since we are just off Route 66 in Rolla, we are also showcasing our many spectacular natural destinations for travelers.
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Dion Hines | Managing Forum Editor One fall morning, I opened Instagram to find a new feature, Meta’s Muse, a personal artificial intelligence agent. As an adorable round avatar waved at me from my phone, I was simultaneously charmed and unnerved. There has been intense coverage of all things new and alarming about AI: the rise of LLMs, sprawling data center construction, growing energy consumption, security breaches, and now the emergence of agentic AI, but despite my skepticism and mistrust, I found Muse quite cute. I was initially tempted to see what it could do. Meta’s Muse is promoted as an on-demand AI butler primed to handle the busy work that bogs us down. According to Meta, Muse is capable of ordering Amazon shipments, booking restaurant or travel reservations, and even making “suggestions unprompted” to anticipate users’ desires. This may sound appealing to those of us who are overworked, underpaid, and tempted by big tech’s guarantees of even greater convenience.
