gotta say, douglas adams prepared me better for our absurd future than isaac asimov. like, spending hours explaining to a replicator AI how to make an excellent cup of tea, only to have the AI then lock up 100% of the ships computers resources mid-battle as it tries to comply with the request, that does seem like an increasingly more plausible scenario than a scientist planning a techno cult centuries in advance to prevent a great calamity
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in reply to Leonard Ritter • • •When I look at the astronomical investment dollars going to AI development, I see @pluralistic's drive towards #enshittification & fraud.
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I also see a monumental waste.
Silicon Valley deludes itself that they've bought a regime that will only foster their agenda. Destructive deregulation. Lax antitrust. Tax cuts. A cryptocurrency bonanza of scams. Open collusion with despots. Regulatory hijacks.
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It’s the Trendiest Term in the Tech World. It Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to America.
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... could have spent that $100 billion on becoming a world leader in next generation batteries, hybrid grid management software, or desalination plants for the looming droughts of climate change.
Instead, they listened to the malign influence whispering of Kushner & the GOP.
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The allure of ending American pre-eminence in the world forever beckoned at the low, low cost of $44 billion to buy Twitter for a Qrazie.
Riyadh to invest millions in Israeli tech via Jared Kushner’s new fund — report | The Times of Israel
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"Buy us a fascist movement & never worry about a fossil fuel phase out"
"Win the GOP the next election & you too can be a global nuclear power & compete in religious wars & oil revenue".
"Invest in tech & get ubiquitous surveillance foreign & domestic capabilities"
"Fritter money on crypto or AI scams, starve innovative carbon solutions of funding & keep petro-state despotism forever"
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What’s With All the Trumpy VCs?
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