McOligarchy

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tuxan, Nov 7, 2024.

  1. I'll look at it this weekend. Thanks.
     
    #111     Nov 14, 2024
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  2. Tuxan

    Tuxan

    I hear bronzer is popular on French fries nowadays.
     
    #112     Nov 14, 2024
  3. Sorry in advance for the cringe, but blame it upon my upbringing!


    You're a naughty boy, aren't you? Would you like a spanking?

    "Who doesn't", you say?

    You ARE a naughty boy!

    But do you really deserve a spanking?

    "I can think of something..."

    Good man. Good man.
     
    #113     Nov 14, 2024
  4. Tuxan

    Tuxan

    I don't know what to make of that and I get stranger things than you free in my breakfast cerial.

    However, I just sent the order for my new vertical takeoff gyroplane so this boy has a new toy. In several months.

    I do have something strange to share.

    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18KvvfcwxQ/
     
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    #114     Nov 14, 2024
  5. I am basically trying make an advisory there is more going on in the background than even you might be aware.

    As you might of noticed, I am generally taking a conciliary approach to my posts on various subjects. In the era of AI, I believe it is imperative we meat-sacks learn to work with each other even though me may think very differently on many things.

    I'm planning to create a thread on the "Five Horsemen of AI", outlining certain risks and ideas for solutions. When war and related struggles within target countries are around us, protective measures have been taken and efforts to weaponize AI naturally increase. I don't want to go into great detail about this, but potential effects are exponential, possibly leading to preemptive, asymmetrical, but still WMD scale response by laggards.
     
    #115     Nov 14, 2024
  6. Tuxan

    Tuxan

    I wrote my masters dissertation on the topic in the earlier 1990s.

    The prediction back then was 2026 for general AI. Fingers crossed it is a friend to the Earth, if not humans.

    My daughter's friend keeps nagging me to start listening to this. Wonder if there is an AI espisode..

    https://www.welcometonightvale.com/listen


    All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace. 1967, Richard Brautigan.

    I like to think (and
    the sooner the better!)
    of a cybernetic meadow
    where mammals and computers
    live together in mutually
    programming harmony
    like pure water
    touching clear sky.

    I like to think
    (right now, please!)
    of a cybernetic forest
    filled with pines and electronics
    where deer stroll peacefully
    past computers
    as if they were flowers
    with spinning blossoms.

    I like to think
    (it has to be!)
    of a cybernetic ecology
    where we are free of our labors
    and joined back to nature,
    returned to our mammal
    brothers and sisters,
    and all watched over
    by machines of loving grace
     
    #116     Nov 14, 2024
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  7. I recall reading a science fiction story of remaining humans leaving Earth after an apocalypse and upon returning, finding that artificial life, from trees to inspects to humanoid machines evolved into its own, in balance, system. The humans concluded the Earth belonged to the current inhabitants and decided to move on.
     
    #117     Nov 15, 2024
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  8. Tuxan

    Tuxan

    Yeah that was probably a Clifford D. Simak story, between I guess 50s to early 60s. I don't recall the name.
     
    #118     Nov 15, 2024
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  9. Nine_Ender

    Nine_Ender

    So you double down on your delusion rather then deal with it. It does illustrate the state of mind some of you Americans operate on that allows you to overlook the obvious red flags with a Trump and buy in so hard on the man. Most of your points you are projecting an intense obsession with denigrating perceived enemies ( be it 'lefties', immigrants, woman, or even Canadians lol ). Trump feeds into that well he knows his audience.
     
    #119     Nov 15, 2024
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  10. wildchild

    wildchild

    Nothing can be further from the truth.

    You have been ripping off the US for years and you are going to need to pay up. Of course that is going to mean austerity for you which really gets to the heart of why you hate Trump.
     
    #120     Nov 15, 2024