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Composer of modern classical and electronic music. Concerned about social & environmental issues. www.calogeropanvino.com
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You might be thinking that Bill Gates increasingly seems like not such a bad guy compared to Musk, Thiel, etc. youtube.com/shorts/L_DX8...

As a non-US citizen watching from outside the US, it looks like enemy no.1 for the US government is not Canada or Mexico or China or Panama or, .... but the majority of people and public institutions of the US.

Let's all than Elon for introducing a 365-day working week!

Elon Musk makes Ebenezer Scrooge look like Mother Teresa.

The current Australian government that put forward a referendum in support First Nations People and engineered it to fail, is now considering offering the gas multinational, Woodside, a chance to destroy one of the oldest cultural artefacts on the planet.

Have started reading this very accessible and entertaining explanation of how markets work and the history of capitalism written by the former finance minister of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to get a basic understanding of economics.

Tulsi Gabbard, who still appears to offer veiled support for Edward Snowden, is an interesting Trump pick for director of National Intelligence. Maybe things aren't so black and white.

So DeepSeek claims to be able to match the chatbots from Google and OpenAI at a fraction of the cost. What does this mean for US technological/economic dominance/superiority especially given that China is already the manufacturing centre of the world?

This is my 40th composition in a series of short electronic music works geared towards film and gaming. youtu.be/r6ttwNbMFd4

This is my 39th composition in a series of short electronic music works geared towards film and gaming. youtu.be/3RawLEtT2Ro

Oh, no! I meant AGI, not GAI, and ASI, not SAI. Where is the edit button!!! Ah, get over it! Seriously, though, take a look at this video and consider the implications that AGI/ASI will have for surveillance. Once this starts getting more media scrutiny, prepare to hear about how AI will stop crime.

500 million dollar investment. Build huge data centres so that we can finally achieve GAI and then SAI ... so that we can cure cancer!!! But what else can be done with GAI and these data centres? Surveillance state? You ain't seen nothing yet. youtu.be/JPcxiWOOj2E?...

500 billion dollar investment into AI so that we can finally have a cure for cancer. Great! Meanwhile, let's cut public health funding so that there will be a ready market. Btw, who will be able to afford these new treatments? If I were an investor, I would want a return on my investment.

Bezos and Musk claim to be inspired by the science fiction books they read as youngsters. Yet, so much of SF is dystopian. ...

This is my 38th composition in a series of short electronic music works geared towards film and gaming. youtu.be/9z3cCFgipCA

The US federal election is just one election held every 4 years. However, people can continue to vote every day with their wallets.

It's important to take time to find/follow good news stories.

Before you drop your heads in despair over Trump's pro-fossil fuel agenda, consider that any new projects require time + $$$ investment - potentially worthless in 4 years, maybe sooner depending on the markets. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

"3 for the sea." Chris Darwin, a great great grandson of Charles Darwin, offered this motto at a recent talk I attended for individuals wanting advice on how to tackle plastic waste in the sea. So, the next time you take a walk along a beach, ...

“I’d drop-ship my DNA to the front door of the Chinese Communist party before I watch an Instagram Reel.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Re TicTok, why has Biden gone out of his way to get the company sold to Democrat "friends" in Big Tech, the same friends who are now genuflecting to Trump?

This is my 37th composition in a series of short electronic music works geared towards film and gaming. youtu.be/VpuJaUk3-lw

3 days left to pardon Assange. "[Julian Assange’s] case normalized the criminalization of work national security journalists do every day – talking to sources, obtaining documents from them, and publishing those documents." — Seth Stern, Freedom of the Press Foundation

Help pardon Julian Assange. Only 6 days left. Many of you left Twitter/X because you noticed attacks on truth and a flurry of misinformation. Stand up for transparency. Please sign the open letter to President Biden and repost this message. www.action.assangecampaign.org.au?link_id=0&ca...

This is my 36th composition in a series of short electronic music works geared towards film and gaming. youtu.be/DIzwebhuyng

If you are worried about truth and unbiased media and what will happen to both under Trump, ask President Biden to pardon Julian Assange. Only 9 days left. Goto: www.action.assangecampaign.org.au?link_id=0&ca...

This is my 35th composition in a series of short electronic music works geared towards film and gaming. youtu.be/-9ADWw2gd0s

This is my 34th composition in a series of short electronic music works geared towards film and gaming. youtu.be/1lswqbntjZk