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A recent report spells out a chilling scenario in which “superintelligent” A.I. systems either dominate or exterminate the human race by 2030. Another claims that A.I. technology will remain “normal.” How can researchers hold such disparate views?

submitted 5 days ago • 47 comments

The administration is a perfect storm of dumb people who enjoy inflicting pain and are addicted to psychotic cruelty and quadrupling down. It ends in total ruin if you don't impeach him.

submitted 55 days ago • 1060 comments

Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant

submitted 67 days ago • 166 comments

This guy can go fuck himself with his $2-4 billion net worth

submitted 72 days ago • 156 comments

This afternoon I read this 1978 essay on the socio-cultural rise of Anti-Semitism in Imperial Germany. Primarily because I sensed there would be some shared vibes with the right-wing obsession with DEI as a cultural code for racism/sexism and signalling in-groupness. And ho-boy. Thoughts. ⬇️

submitted 118 days ago • 14 comments