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The AIpocalypse is coming soon.

And releasing it was supposed to embarrass Dr Fauci somehow? <snicker>

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co isn't going to like this, Yogi.

BAD IDEA: Google had just decided to integrate its AI image generator, Nano Banana, into Google Earth, used by people seeking satellite or aerial imagery of real-world locations. "Pick a spot on the map, and start bringing your ideas to life,” Google wrote in a press release announcing the update.

Can you imagine how bad it could get if we had put a Soviet agent in the Oval Office? ...Well, now you don't have to.

Nizhnekamsk is a long ways (like ~1000 mi) from Ukraine.

Sportswriter Ray Ratto notes "This feeling that everything and everyone is fundamentally untrustworthy is less paranoia and more akin to a survival skill, and one made more necessary by the fact that the people telling the stories are less burdened by the shame of discovery.

Who will be the last to die for a mistake?

AI is like that carnivorous talking house plant in Little Shop of Horrors, constantly demanding "feed me!"

Scientists call it 'erring on the side of least drama.' Their idea of rationality is sober and dispassionate, which leads them to discount dramatic findings, even when they are true. So climatologists tended to underestimate the rate and magnitude of climate change. Boom! #TippingPointOfNoReturn

Paramilitaries are just plain bad. Paramilitaries operating as government agents is so much worse. This may seem obvious to many but I guess it bears repeating. #FuckICE

If only somebody had warned us.

#DoneWithDell There's lots of PC vendors. Go elsewhere.

The Fed held interest rates steady in a range of 3.50%-3.75% on Wednesday in one of the closest decisions to call in years. Three Fed officials dissented, preferring to raise rates by 25 basis points. Short term rates are dropping a bit now, long term rising.