KillerChip

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[KillerChip @Killerchip22]

@MalcolmAshton1 @game_fabricator @Excalibur7313 I like how they implemented it. Great feel!

[KillerChip @Killerchip22]

@game_fabricator @Excalibur7313 @asha_shar get Lehto back on board, in some capacity!

[Kim Rivers @rivers_kim]

Congratulations to @HeidiOverton for being nominated as FDA Commissioner. Dr. Overton has been key in moving medical marijuana rescheduling forward. She leads with science and has been steadfast in furthering @POTUS goal of common-sense medical marijuana policy. I look forward to continuing to work with her in her new, much deserved role!

[Anthony Martinelli @AMartinelliWA]

The DEA is formally urging a federal judge to recommend moving marijuana to Schedule III, arguing the hearing record confirms accepted medical use and lower abuse potential, while opponents say the government failed to justify rescheduling. https://t.co/9e0p7BoR0Z

[Rep. Andy Harris, MD @RepAndyHarrisMD]

Intoxicating hemp products — often called “gas station weed” — are widely available and accessible to children.

These dangerous products should NEVER be sold to children. I’m leading the fight in Congress to put an end to the sale of these products.

This is a serious public health and safety issue, and Congress must act.

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

48% of U.S. employers have dropped pre-employment marijuana screening, per Forbes

[CNBC @CNBC]

Marijuana reform is emerging as a midterm elections issue on both sides of the aisle https://t.co/yz9DU0ZevF

[Dario Amodei @DarioAmodei]

2/2 Second, on the messaging around AI.  I do not agree that my messaging has been disproportionately negative.  In fact it has been about equally balanced between risks and benefits: I’ve written one major essay about each, and even in interviews where I discuss the risks, I make sure to frequently mention the incredible benefits as well as proposing possible solutions to the risks (short clips from my interviews that end up on social media tend to be disproportionately negative, as that gets clicks).  In fact, I wrote Machines of Loving Grace because I didn’t feel the AI industry was painting an inspiring enough picture of how the technology could radically transform the world for the better.  The bulk of the essay is devoted to refuting skepticism of AI’s potential in health and biology, and showing why I think it will actually be possible to cure most human disease in ~5-10 years, as crazy as it may sound to ordinary people and frankly to biologists as well (I used to be one!).  And, if you read my most recent essay (Policy on the AI Exponential), I discuss concrete proposals for how to streamline the FDA process to make sure the deluge of AI-accelerated drugs isn’t slowed down by the regulatory process.  I feel the urgency here: I lost my father to Hepatitis C only a few years before the development of direct-acting antivirals (sofosbuvir), which cure 95% of patients and probably would have cured him.

I do agree that the public has a negative view of AI (and that this is a big problem), but I don’t think it is primarily caused by me or any other AI leader warning about AI’s risks.  I think it is fundamentally a crisis of trust.  I think that ordinary people don’t trust companies, governments, or the tech industry and always suspect that we are cooking up some new way to screw them over.  The causes of this go back decades and AI is just the latest iteration of it.  I don’t think that a glitzy marketing campaign with a positive spin (which some have advocated that Anthropic do) is the way to win back that trust — at this point, saying that AI will cure cancer is more a cliche than it is inspiring, and most people think it is deceptive.  The thing that will work is *actually curing cancer*.  I think by far the most accurate criticism of AI companies including Anthropic is that we haven’t yet delivered on our big promises to benefit the world.  That is totally on us, and I think it’s the criticism you should be making, instead of all this stuff about messaging and marketing.

We are however doing our best to fix this: Anthropic is ramping up its efforts very quickly in biology and medicine, and we hope to have incredible results in the coming years and some early glimmers in the coming months.  When we’ve actually accomplished something real, the whole world will hear about it, as loudly as possible, you have my word on that.  But until then I don’t want to make empty promises, and in the meantime I feel compelled to speak honestly about the very real risks of AI and how to address them.  Honesty is the right thing on the merits, and in terms of public credibility and trust it is no worse than, and may in fact be better than, an approach that ignores or distracts from risks which people instinctively understand are real.

[Marcus Lehto @game_fabricator]

@SPRTN__107 People are absolutely entitled to their gripes with Halo.
I have some of my own but also point out things I like.

Directing hate at the people making the game isn't cool. They are hardworking folks figuring out the future of Halo. They deserve some support while they do that.

[KillerChip @Killerchip22]

@Schwifty_Things @Levonaxper Absolutely, however Microsoft owns MANY game developers. Split screen should be a staple

[KillerChip @Killerchip22]

@game_fabricator Has anyone reached out to you from the current halo team? Curious as a long time fan of halo. Trying to get my children to get into it as much as me but w/o split screen was a big let down for us.

[KillerChip @Killerchip22]

@HaloSupport @Halo Split screen should have been included in Campaign Evolved. How do you expect groups of children to play together unless this is possible. I have kids and want them to enjoy halo like I did. currently this is not possible.

[Marcus Lehto @game_fabricator]

Split screen MP in Campaign Evolved should have been included. There's little excuse aside from lack of oversight and poor planning that led to this misstep. So sad this wasn't included.

[Tom Angell 🌳📰ⓥ @tomangell]

President Donald Trump has been "misinformed by his staff" about hemp issues, according to Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC), who led an unsuccessful effort to keep the planned federal recriminalization of hemp THC products on track.

https://t.co/uIvtWCCYpG

[KillerChip @Killerchip22]

@RepBethVanDuyne @jfberke Sounds like another patchwork application to let hemp flourish instead of treating THC as THC. Dumb

[Anthony Varrell @V_arrell]

This is cute and all but why are we wasting time on carving out special interests for cannabinoids when THC is THC.

If we are going to have lawmakers step up to the plate we need to get them to the ultimate goal which is full DE scheduling and not more fragmentation. $MSOS

[Todd Harrison @todd_harrison]

$MSOS will ring the @NYSE opening 🛎️ tmrw and I’ll be on @FoxBusiness w @cvpayne 2PM-ish 🗣️ 🇺🇸 cannabis 🌿.

part 1 (1/23/25): https://t.co/637Etgz2DV

@AdvisorShares @HammanShares @InvestinginCan1 @mpadvisorshares

/position+

[KillerChip @Killerchip22]

@BCobblaw @JDerevyanny Had no idea, was under the impression the entirety of the ban was postponed. Thanks

[KillerChip @Killerchip22]

@dnmarlin @amyklobuchar Thats factually untrue, by a large margin. Hemp derived THC is proliferating Florida largely because of your governor. Fact check me if you don’t believe.