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Batteries only store power, not produce it. Headline reads as misleading.

“A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.”

– IBM Training Manual, 1979

Noted!

Free Tibet.

AI slop.

Second Frege to Gödel. It is a great introduction to a study of the foundations of mathematics.

It doesn't have to be that way. It is a policy choice in some communities.

AI slop.

You can't steal intellectual property, only infringe on the copyright holder.

5.6 Sol Medium:

The obvious outlined text says “SORRY ROBOT,” but the hidden message is “HAPPY HUMAN.” It’s Mixfont’s Decoy Font: the outlined letters attract machine vision, while the softer tonal pattern becomes readable to humans when viewed from farther away or at a smaller size. It’s an optical trick, not encryption.

"AI does not have to be built this way. Traditionally, the goal of AI was to solve problems in ways that simulated human mental processes. Researchers observed their own thinking and tried to implement their mental habits in code. This approach has mostly been abandoned, partly due to the difficulty of discerning and articulating the rules of human thought, but it did have the benefit of consuming far fewer resources and data."

And it didn't work.

"For instance, there is no exploration of outer space in Ballard’s fiction: there are no robots or supercomputers, and the scientist characters who continue to populate his novels are usually extremist cranks."

Ballard wrote at least four stories dealing with space and spaceflight. Most notable is his "Report on an Unidentified Space Station" which is quite haunting.

The U.S. needs the domestic automotive industry to remain viable as vehicle manufacturing is a dual-use technology.

europe2031.ai

Spammy clickbait.

Griggs v. Duke, 401 U.S. 424 (1971).

europe2031.ai

I wonder if this was written via an American AI or a Chinese one?

“Fairy tales do not give the child his first idea of bogey. What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey.”

-G. K. Chesterton

Golf balls.

Was this article written by AI?

Wired used to be a great magazine but has clearly deteriorated in reporting quality and focus since 2017 or so.

A submarine has no duty to warn a surface ship.

Sorry for your loss.

The police in the UK have arrested more than 12,000 citizens for online speech.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/steveforbes/2025/09/09/people-a...