Will there be a session titled “How to use AI to protect yourself from nuclear holocaust”? What are we to think about the fact that the world is facing the very real threat of WWIII and unprecedented nuclear devastation while all this substack can seem to focus on is AI? No, the focus right now should clearly be on the rapidly emerging world crisis involving Israel and Iran but clearly this topic is being avoided. Why? If there is a strong item of critique to be made on the presidency of Donald Trump, then certainly it's the abandonment of his campaign promise to extricate the US from endless wars in the Middle East. Even many of his MAGA followers are deeply troubled about his sudden and inexplicable 180 degree pivot.
I thought the Elon Musk one and the Sam Altman one were quite good. The Trump one was terrible, a grotesque caricature. And his comment about being the best shaman, better than anyone, shows he’s basically still the same.
But anyway, the videos show us that AI can be a potent artistic tool.
Very interesting all around. It was also really notable, to me, how weird I felt — like physically, in my body—to see him as a totally different type of human. In different clothes. He has become so archetypally (not sure I am using that word correctly in this context) himself in our collective psyche that I realized I don’t even see him really as a person. Which is really weird and kind of alarming.
Wow this is certainly transformative. Hey let's explore a scenario where Trump is a third baseman for the Yankees and Kamala Harris is a shaman in the himalayas who has a business selling salt to high-end New York seafood restaurants.
Will there be a session titled “How to use AI to protect yourself from nuclear holocaust”? What are we to think about the fact that the world is facing the very real threat of WWIII and unprecedented nuclear devastation while all this substack can seem to focus on is AI? No, the focus right now should clearly be on the rapidly emerging world crisis involving Israel and Iran but clearly this topic is being avoided. Why? If there is a strong item of critique to be made on the presidency of Donald Trump, then certainly it's the abandonment of his campaign promise to extricate the US from endless wars in the Middle East. Even many of his MAGA followers are deeply troubled about his sudden and inexplicable 180 degree pivot.
Here's an article by Jeffrey Sachs that just appeared in Common Dreams. Definitely worth reading:
Stop Netanyahu Before He Gets Us All Killed
We could soon see several nuclear powers pitted against each other and dragging the world closer to nuclear annihilation.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/netanyahu-war-on-iran
Thanks for the like DP but here's a question. Do we really need more AI Slop? See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg1RmzAbc&t=15s
I thought the Elon Musk one and the Sam Altman one were quite good. The Trump one was terrible, a grotesque caricature. And his comment about being the best shaman, better than anyone, shows he’s basically still the same.
But anyway, the videos show us that AI can be a potent artistic tool.
Very interesting all around. It was also really notable, to me, how weird I felt — like physically, in my body—to see him as a totally different type of human. In different clothes. He has become so archetypally (not sure I am using that word correctly in this context) himself in our collective psyche that I realized I don’t even see him really as a person. Which is really weird and kind of alarming.
Wow this is certainly transformative. Hey let's explore a scenario where Trump is a third baseman for the Yankees and Kamala Harris is a shaman in the himalayas who has a business selling salt to high-end New York seafood restaurants.
Has anyone seen this video? It's funny but also disturbing. Worth a watch and listen when you have time, it's 90 min. https://youtu.be/_cp-fo4nv5I