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HistoPol

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annaleen, to random
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"It’s increasingly looking like this may be one of the most hilariously inappropriate applications of AI that we’ve seen yet." I am riveted by the extensive documentation of how ChatGPT-powered Bing is now completely unhinged. @simon has chronicled it beautifully here: https://simonwillison.net/2023/Feb/15/bing/

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@annaleen
@simon

"...experience reality through a prism produced by intelligence?...

"...depicted running in the streets and shooting people. assumed that to gain total control of human society, A.I. would have to first gain physical control of our brains and hook them directly to a computer network.

However, simply by gaining mastery of language, A.I. would have all it needs to contain us in a Matrix-like world of illusions, without shooting..."

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@annaleen
@simon

"... could rapidly eat the whole of human — everything we have produced over thousands of years — digest it and begin to gush out a flood of new cultural artifacts. Not just school essays but also political speeches, ideological manifestos, holy books for new cults. By 2028, the U.S. presidential race might no longer be run by humans...
That cultural cocoon has hitherto been woven by other humans. What will it be like to..."

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@annaleen
@simon

"... companies cannot sell people new medicines without first subjecting their products to rigorous safety checks. labs cannot release new into the public sphere in order to impress shareholders with their wizardry. Likewise, A.I. systems with the power of GPT-4 and beyond should not be entangled with the lives of billions of people at a pace faster than cultures can safely absorb them."


HistoPol,
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@annaleen
@simon

"...In the beginning was the word. is the operating system of human . From language emerges myth and law, gods and money, art and science, friendships and nations and computer code. ’s new mastery of language means it can now hack and manipulate the operating system of civilization. By gaining mastery of language, A.I. is seizing the master key to civilization, from bank vaults to holy sepulchers."

HistoPol, (edited )
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@annaleen

@simon

So at least 10% of engineers DO know!

"...over 700 top academics and researchers behind the leading companies were asked in a survey about future A.I. risk. Half of those surveyed stated that there was a 10% or greater chance of human extinction (or similarly permanent and severe disempowerment) from future A.I. systems."

Every major convention should start with Philip K. 's and Isaac 's .
Seriously.

https://nyti.ms/3lJ1NNJ

HistoPol, (edited ) to internet
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(1/n)

I know a lot of people don't want to hear about the or anymore.

However, until is either broke or , or in jail, or at least not able to control the anymore, the following is very important to know about ’s :

One central key to understanding is this insightful article by @davetroy :

"👉’s Twitter Buy Makes No Sense — Unless It’s Part of Something Bigger👈"

I had this...

https://bylinetimes.com/2022/11/07/musks-twitter-buy-makes-no-sense-unless-its-part-of-something-bigger/

HistoPol, (edited )
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@volkris
This is what I thought at first, too.
However there has been too much circumstancial evidence this past year.
I've read many articles (and re-posted them) on the , before being blocked, than banned.

Besides, even states openly what he believes in from time to time.

@davetroy

HistoPol,
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@davetroy

(3/n)

"...days at . Former PayPal COO said, in 2017, “ is fulfilling PayPal’s original vision to create a ‘new world currency.’"

"...PayPal co-founder confirmed in 2019, “The initial mission of PayPal was to create a global currency that was independent of interference by … corrupt cartels of banks and governments that were debasing their currencies.”..."

Does this sound familiar?

"Former PayPal COO David...Sacks..."

HistoPol,
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@davetroy

(2/n)

...thread not just one) on my
account, before I was banned shortly after:

"If ’s Twitter purchase price seemed inflated based on legacy metrics, ask instead: what is it worth to him, Putin and his investors to shift the world into a new financial regime? It’s obviously infinitely valuable...any price is worth the cost."

"...Musk’s friends, specifically , , and , have been trying to replace the dollar since..."

HistoPol,
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@davetroy

(4/n)

"...has been playing an especially vocal role in recent weeks in amplifying messaging, suggesting that should capitulate to avoid nuclear war."!

"... and his “new world currency” crew are aiming to usher in a new “multipolar order*,” which was the subject of ’s recent talk at the Discussion Club. And the alignment of the mafia with Putin means they have at least the verbal threat of Russia’s..."

*If you've..

HistoPol,
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(6/n)

"...promoting , , and ...

Where has become enamoured with the concept of the “,” or the idea that the earth should evolve into a “conscious” planet, placing people in the role of , has been echoing similar concepts — going so far as to call a “collective cybernetic super-intelligence...”
some new phase of being rooted in “,” or “rule by the wise”, where and are “the wise.”...

HistoPol, (edited )
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(5/n)

...read my recent brief analysis of 's speech at his extended state visit, you will find:

"The prevailing trends of world 👉multi-polarity👈, economic globalization and 👉👉greater👈 democracy in international relations are irreversible. "

The and the presidents are mentaly aligned in this world view.

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110054897290685119

"... to back their agenda.

is aligned with in other important ways. Both have been heavily..."

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(7/n)

"...The recent takeovers of and have prompted similar questions about why they were targeted for purchase, and the changes being made there. None of these moves makes very much sense if you’re looking backwards...

And there’s the matter of “X,” Musk’s proposed “.” It’s been floated as a response to ['s] , ’s ubiquitous app, that’s come to dominate both payments and the social sphere. Supposing such an app starts to take on the task of..."

HistoPol,
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@volkris @davetroy

You are absolutely right. And maybe this discussion got too focused on the bigger implications.

From a psychological profiling perspective, the which has become the was EXCACTLY one of the best toys that billionaire narcissist could buy for himself.

It might not even have been his idea originally, but that of some of the investors or one of his old .

Sorry, I should have made this point clear in the beginning.

lauren, to random
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It appears that a lot of people don't understand the implications of laws like Utah's -- which will extend beyond the state, and be copied by many other states -- involving limits on children accessing social media. In order to prevent children from creating social media accounts by themselves, it is required that ALL adult users of social media be identified via government IDs. This is literally the beginning of Chinese-style control and tracking of ALL Internet usage here in the U.S. Nothing less.

HistoPol,
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@lauren

#Utah's social-media law threatens crucial civil liberties of...adults:

"it is required that ALL adult users of social media be identified via government IDs. This is literally the beginning of Chinese-style control and tracking of ALL Internet usage here in the U.S..."

This will be a blueprint for other #RedStates, says #CBS:

"...Arkansas, Texas, Ohio and Louisiana, have similar proposals in the works, along with New Jersey. "

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/utah-law-social-media-apps-parental-consent/

DemocracyMattersALot, to random
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@marleybits39 @HistoPol @Pineywoozle @john_g_willis @twitterreject

"All I know is I'm glad I'm 65 instead of 25."

Amen.
Sad, and ditto!

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@twitterreject @DemocracyMattersALot

...investments of 125 of the world’s richest shows that on average they are emitting 3 million tonnes a year, more than a million times the average for someone in the bottom 90% of humanity."

https://policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/carbon-billionaires-the-
investment-emissions-of-the-worlds-richest-people-621446/

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HistoPol,
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@twitterreject @DemocracyMattersALot

...presently already on a +2-Degree-Celsius scenario!

I do not know where you got the impression that the is an unpopular opinion here (this might be due to the people you follow, as there is no algorithm). It is my feeling that people here are generally above-average in their insights and education.

I wish the evidence and the science were not this brutally clear.
Instead of completely overhauling our for drought and...

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@twitterreject @DemocracyMattersALot

I am an optimist, so I think that things will work out eventually.
However, looking at the evidence, I think we are heading for a scenario in some regions.

The looked at all existing at the end of last year. I did a recap on that: https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109461897088125927

Since then, I have read about even worse news from many regions in the world. For instance, last week I learned that for a region in central , were are...

HistoPol,
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@DemocracyMattersALot @marleybits39 @Pineywoozle @john_g_willis @twitterreject

I can feel that, too.

However, before and the , I am more worried about multi-regional scenarios, due to the :

When costal magacities are flooded and megadraughts of the past return, millions will be in flight. If this happens on sucgmh a massive scale, civilization as we know it will break down.

Even...

HistoPol,
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@twitterreject @DemocracyMattersALot

...rainfalls in many regions building cisterns and the like (https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109973294976182469) we have like , , and playing "world domination", and let billionaires and multinationals consume most of the world's resources:

"The world’s richest people emit huge and unsustainable amounts of and, unlike ordinary people, 50% to 70% of their emissions result from their investments. New analysis of the ...

missladyartemis, to random

@HistoPol @RickiTarr @Strandjunker

Look at that voter turn out percentage. More than 80% of Germans were making the effort to fullfill their civic duty to vote.

I keep hearing, there are more of us than them. Our side must really suck at civic duty.

HistoPol, (edited )
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1930's Revisited?

(1/n)

How 's party grabbed power

Ah, there is a lot that could be said, and this is no lecture. I will try to be brief:

First of all, comparing participation rates between different political systems is problematic. For instance: literacy rates, do you need to buy a voter ID, etc. Then, and this is relevant for all elections, did voters really have a choice?

This said, here are the voter turn-out rates...

Jake_Vig, to random

It should be obvious by now that the point of purchasing Twitter was to destroy any possibility that you could determine a credible news source. That’s what the whole verification issue is about. The goal was to shift credibility to random, right wing and white supremacist nutjobs who pay.

HistoPol,
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@Jake_Vig

Yes, a hostile takeover of by ultra-right opinion was plan A:

https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110079043525873237

Plan B might still come to fruition, however, if Plan A failes due to and/or further mass exoduses from the : .

Perowinger94, to random German
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Auf welche Produkte Spanien 0% Steuern erhebt:

  • Brot
  • Mehl
  • Obst
  • Gemüse.

Auf welche Produkte Deutschland 0% Steuern erhebt:

  • Kerosin
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  • E-Autos

HistoPol,
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@Perowinger94

(1/3)

Es wird Zeit, das unsägliche internationale zur Bewältigung der unverzüglich abzuschaffen.

Am besten in 2 Schritten:

  1. 2023:
    Anwendung der auch auf Fugbenzin (AvGas) sowie (Jet A-1) u.ä. für und nicht staatliche (hier ließe sich z.B. an etwas wie...ab einer Abgabevon....1000 Litern zunächst noch steuerfrei...denken)...
lispi314, to random

@lauren @SocialistStan @Shachihoko @HistoPol @eff @team Are people really stupid enough to still buy that line?

They're stereotypes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Infocalypse) for a reason.

HistoPol,
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@lispi314 @lauren @SocialistStan @Shachihoko @eff @team

If you listen to the new podcast , you will see that people will not see it coming for them until it's too late. Some will protest and quickly be dealt w/. Problem solved.

In particular w/ the integration of into the machine (Episode 4, I think). Their only limitations seemingly are: manpower and global reach

atrupar, to random
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look at how references to race and racism have been removed from these Florida classroom materials prepared by Studies Weekly in an attempt to comply with a DeSantis policy restricting discussion of race https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/22/us/florida-textbook-race-rosa-parks-reaj/index.html

HistoPol,
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@atrupar

-- next chapter.

"In 1978, with the women’s movement in full swing, Robert Claiborne, the well-known scholar of the English language, optimistically declared “barefoot and pregnant” a “semi-proverbial recipe for marital happiness … [an example of] male callousness to women—now, happily, all but extinct.”

Who could have guessed how wrong he’d be?"

https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/10/barefoot-and-pregnant-history-origin-of-saying.html

HistoPol, to random
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@Jeffrey_Smith @davetroy

Yes, very true.
Hard to get the "funny" out of it.

I think is so unfair to these animals, unless...

It is scientifically proven that SM changes people and that the algorithm brings out the worst in them.

American Origin Stories with Matthew Cooke: Mastering the Media Matrix via @getSonnet

https://i.sonnet.fm/ZDGbyDsfqkLBKZMCA

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