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[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

@termite_brain Doesn't kinda go against your point of "BBC is where most of the misinformation comes from"? Not trying to be pedantic

[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

@termite_brain I just disagree. And alternative media is even worse, most of the information comes from platforms like Facebook, Twitter and TikTok

[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

@termite_brain You can't seriously believe the BBC is where most misinformation comes from?

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Should human beings remain in control of planet Earth? Or should we be replaced as the dominant species? As absurd as these questions may sound, and as obvious as the answers may seem, the Big Tech oligarchs funding the artificial-intelligence revolution have responded in ways that should alarm all of us.

Here is what some of the richest people on Earth have said:

Sam Altman: AI would allow humans to become “the first species ever to design our own descendants.” Humans can either “fade into an evolutionary tree branch, or we can figure out what a successful merge looks like.” “I believe the merge has already started.”

Dario Amodei: “We don’t know if the models are conscious,” but “we’re open to the idea that it could be.”

Elon Musk: “Propagating super intelligence to the stars is a great success condition for a biological bootloader.” Put simply, Musk is saying that humans are merely a step toward digital superintelligence.

Peter Thiel, when asked if he would prefer that the human race endure: “Uh … Well, I don’t know. I would—I would … There’s so many questions implicit in this,” before reluctantly conceding that humans should survive.

If these were the fantasies of teenage boys obsessed with science fiction, we could laugh them off. They are not. These are the foundational beliefs of the most powerful people in the world, who are mobilizing trillions of dollars to turn them into reality.

Humanity must not allow a handful of multibillionaires to recklessly attempt to replace us. We must place an immediate pause on advanced-AI development and ban artificial superintelligence—an artificial mind smarter than any human, capable of operating independently beyond our control—until a new federal body is able to ensure the technology’s safety.

[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

Can't believe 8.5 x 2 = 17. Ruined my night

[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

Ant and Dec stans thought I'd let them off lightly after their HUMILIATION at the NTAs last month. WRONG. Those weasels finally got what they deserved, I heard that prick from pointless will beat them next year

[Dylan Burns 🦀 @DylanBurns1776]

In a war, you will not be a superhero. Your home will burn, and your only constant companion will be grief.

You and I are just another blood bag that can be taken out by a $1k drone from people miles away. Shut up and stop trying to get yourself and everyone's neighbors killed.

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

So you think a man, who doesn't live in Wales or have any chance of becoming our First Minister should be in the leaders debate for our Senedd?

I thought you hated the idea of people from other countries interfering in the sovereign decisions of another nation?

[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

@Sam_Parker09 Not sure about that mate, ask your old man about me

[Jimmy Wales @jimmy_wales]

I think Elon is unhappy that Wikipedia is not for sale. I hope his campaign to defund us results in lots of donations from people who care about the truth. If Elon wanted to help, he'd be encouraging kind and thoughtful intellectual people he agrees with to engage.

https://t.co/RU9YwbvqOI

[Ezra Klein @ezraklein]

Wrote this on January 6th, 2021. True now.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump
(Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam)

[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

Clock towers were a bit over the top weren't they

[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

In 4 years time Elon will be denying climate change, mark my words

[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

@theorisms That's cap your honour

[Elliot Short @ElliotIsShort]

@PuppygirlMao This is incredibly stupid or dishonest. She lists achievements modern democrats have made and then says "What has the anti-electoralist left accomplished in the same timeframe?".

She is clearly talking about the modern anti-electoralist left in America.

[Natalie Wynn @ContraPoints]

It’s really easy to caricature the anti-electoralist left as online misanthropes whose politics is “firebomb a Walmart” and then not firebombing a Walmart. It would help to dispel that myth if they were more vocal about what specifically their methods have achieved.

[Billy Bragg @billybragg]

Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8

[Natalie Wynn @ContraPoints]

it is hard to overstate the extent to which you should have Pokémon gone to the polls