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"Truth Social wants to charge investors for instant access to President Trump’s often market-moving posts."

so satisfying!

not a surprise, link to original paper https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S074959782...

the federal government is making value decisions for us. no bueno.

context: Georgia Power is planning to build a new transmission line...70% for data centers. Acquiring 300 properties to do so.

rewarding winners somehow is not picking?

To help people get the education that they want. Not pick winners/losers.

I'm all for informed consent - publish the data - but leave the choice to the individual. The goal of education is self-improvement, not necessarily/only money.

The way student debt is (mis)managed is a different issue.

This is misguided at best; money is not the only metric of value

At what conversion rate?

Or perhaps you don’t have a girlfriend because you spend time making lists of qualifications and over-analyzing things that don’t matter instead of putting yourself out there and seeing what happens. Let go of your fantasy expectations, you don’t get to design/specify whom you love.

zero, duh.

"he United States of America, established to overthrow a mad king, has elected, 250 years later, a mad king of its very own. America is setting itself on fire at its birthday party"

Yep. Franklin warned us.

it's really embarrassing to fail at it

Well either choice looks pretty bad these days

Yes-ish? I don’t see the distinction between consciousness and sentience

‘“Insulting" either religious beliefs or the head of state has the potential to prompt a criminal investigation in Turkey, despite its nominally secular constitution and guarantees of free speech’

Yeah we are just about there

I do not believe that the current machines are conscious, but cannot categorically deny the possibility.

The author’s take on the Turing Test is a common misconception - Turing did not propose that the machine fool a human into believing that it was human, but rather that the machine fool a man into believing that it was a woman.

The author’s reference to Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem and Turing’s Halting Problem are also misguided: humans are in no way immune from such logical traps (“will your answer to this question be negative?“)

Is it edible? If not, why not?

sigh - in mice.

'“Welcome, but be good” is not the language of citizenship. It is the language of a landlord. Or a bouncer. Or a king.'

Double creepy with the dog-growling posture in the picture, with a side of dumb, as passports are not visas.

The point about merging the "brand" of the USA with the "brand" of Trump is spot on; definitely a disturbing pattern here. Narcissist of fascist? Why not both?

I come here to read what people I respect are saying about relevant political items - are we watching a 250-year-old republic die from 1000 premeditated cuts, or just a temporary trainwreck of incompetence? Or both? How much direct and collateral damage can the Republic withstand?

Will the "military-industrial complex" end up controlling civilian access to AI models? Seems like that just started. It is a 1st Amendment violation? Probably... But knowledge is power so maybe not.

If only politicians would stay out of tech business, and tech oligarchs would stay out of politics, and technology would stop changing the world...

At an abstract level, we are watching a very slow rules-based system attempt to defend and repair itself from internal corruption and external threats.

how soon until all are artists?

Then Peppa Pig should pay royalties in perpetuity

Do not use the brand without permission is taught on Day 1. Who can give you permission, not so much.

Shakedowns is what mob bosses do, not Presidents.

If social media is unhealthy for children then it is also unhealthy for adults. Turning 18 does not grant magical immunity

Bezos betrayed reader and staff trust rather spectacularly then seems surprised at a huge subscriber drop. It wasn’t a bad investment Jeff, you destroyed its greatest asset

How about thin ice?