The moment a new law makes explicitly clear @DarioAmodei, @sama & @elonmusk will go to jail & be bankrupted if their AI systems get out of control & harm people, their companies will instantly make AI safer.
Money in politics is the reason there hasn’t yet been that new law.
Most politicos do not realize that the “good” outcome, the outcome that does not involve extinction, instead involves the following: a trans humanist future for our species (see Altman’s “the merging” blog post) where we meld with machines; a future where all meaningful agency is given over to machines, on whose “grace” we will thereafter depend; the general eclipse of humanity by a successor species.
They grasp it just fine, they don’t care and they don’t have to. The two most powerful democrats in the country are 1) the largest recipient of AIPAC money in the House and 2) someone who said his job was to “keep the left pro Israel”. And no one is meaningfully challenging them
Forever Missing You my Friend. Lee you can never be forgotten. Seeing u on the train or on the side of the stage for talent shows are some of my favorite memories of our childhood. 🤍 #RIPLeeThompsonYoung
as much as i like dunking on the "I didn't think Trump would deport MY loved one" people, nature 2 party system is you have to cram a lot of conflicting worldviews into one of two buckets, so a lot of people sort of wishcast their views into whatever candidate is closest
It was a brilliantly effective manipulation, in retrospect. They shut down the largest protest movement in US history by just calmly smiling and nodding until it fizzled. They conceded solely empty narrative fluff and zero material changes.
Yall was never woke. It was always middle class non black liberals pandering to black liberal careerists and “gatekeepers” to commodify black rage and sell it as t shirts and jacket patches, use it to gain campaign funding and social clout but never hardcore policy change.
There is NO group in the country more radical than the tech oligarchs currently in control who betray humanity for wealth, power and a cult like commitment to techno fascism. We must all unite against them.
So if I have this right: the CIA itself understands and is saying that Israel manufactures false intelligence to make Trump fear non-existent threats from Iran so that he will continue to use American resources and sacrifice service members to fight their wars for them? Huh.
A term that I really hate is “job creator” to refer to rich owners. It’s not charity to hire someone. They’re working for you and creating more revenue. Technically your employees are job creators too!
The corporate Dem faction genuinely believes the party can win elections and build a durable majority by helping their donors continue economically immiserating the electorate — just slightly more politely and subtly than Republicans already immiserate everyone.
These increasingly dire warnings about how the US has largely depleted its anti-missile defense systems and even offensive weapons like these have been circulating in DC for 18 months at least.
The US gave them to Ukraine and Israel, and used them against Yemen and Iran, and to protect Israel and Persian Gulf dictatorships.
The US spends more on its military than any other country *by far.* And yet the Pentagon hasn't been able to pass an audit in many years, and doesn't have the weapons needed to fight a protracted war against Iran, to say nothing of doing something like defending Taiwan.
One can debate if that's a good or bad thing -- that's a separate question -- but the corruption and waste of US taxpayer money to fill the pockets of Boeing, Raytheon and Palantir is virtually unlimiated.