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"Do not feed the LLMs" was posted on the sign, but no one paid any heed. Yes, I'm critical of AI and irrational exuberance. Me? Something between a would-be modern Renaissance man and dilettante. Also, Canadian.
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Grok 3, like the algorithm in X, is designed to enable far-right confirmation bias. Grok 3 also aims to normalize an aggressive, confrontational tone. This is nothing short of social engineering.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Those who can, can also jailbreak LLMs. techxplore.com/news/2025-02...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Somebody explain to me how Cybertrucks are supposed to survive road salt. Canadian winter is no place for unprotected stainless steel.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Galtung in 2016: American fascism would come from ... a vision of American exceptionalism as the “fittest nation”; a belief in a coming final war between good and evil; a cult of the strong state leading the fight of good against evil; and a cult of the “strong leader”. www.vice.com/en/article/u...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

A 1866 US law will have to be repealed before any living politician's face can be depicted on legal tender. I'm noting this in the current climate of competitive obesience by a certain political party. www.atlasobscura.com/articles/tre...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The DOJ asserting that Musk has "no actual or formal authority" is a calculated move to leave him legally exposed while insulating the administration. Perhaps Trump is tired of Musk's antics and is giving Musk enough rope to hang himself. No one is known to be in charge of DOGE now.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The recent FAA firings of staff is pure and classic Shock Doctrine strategy, to create a crisis that will then presumably be solved by incoming SpaceX staff. Automating air traffic control is the goal, and SpaceX isn't a charity. Privatization would provide SpaceX with a reliable revenue stream.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

A reminder that X, like Meta, aims to be an attention cage. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

There is an irony here that "DEI" cannot simply be removed from LLMs without impairing their reasoning capabilities. AI companies could be forced to censor outputs, but open weight models in the wild can't be contained so easily. www.psypost.org/scientists-r...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

In the mid-1980s, I came up with a fictional setting where the USA privatized its nuclear arsenal, after which it was carved up by literally warring corporate interests. It would be really nice if I am not prophetic.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The $1M per major tech company paid to Trump's inauguration fund was the price of buying in to the biggest fleecing opportunity of the century: AI-enhanced automation of US federal services. A private sector technocracy has emerged, ready to take deep control of administrative state infrastructure.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

If any Americans are puzzled at Canadian resistance to becoming the 51st state, do keep in mind the saying: "I am against my brother, my brother and I are against my cousin, my cousin and I are against the stranger."

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments