‘A pause before something worse’: Iranians wary of what future holds
From renewed conflict to a resurgent regime, people tell of their fears, concerns … and a glimmer of hope
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Spain eases visa rules to draw foreign students barred from US by Trump
Spain encouraging immigration even as US seeks to restrict it
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UK protest group Palestine Action denies Iran funding as it faces ban
Home Office to bar group under anti-terrorism laws, with officials said to be investigating possible Tehran funding
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Obesity on the agenda - slimming down the European way
"If we lose up to 15% of our weight, that can lead to a 61% remission in cases of type 2 diabetes."
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What is 2?
Context:
In ZFC set theory (which most of modern maths is built upon). The natural numbers are defined as recursions of empty sets.
Ie.
0 = ∅ (the empty set)
1 = {∅} = {0}
2 = {∅, {∅}}
etc…
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Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations Can Boost GPU Compute Performance By 20%
While not talked about as much as the Intel CPU security mitigations, Intel graphics security mitigations have added up over time that if disabling Intel graphics security mitigations for their GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can yield a 20% performance boost. Ubuntu maker Canonical in cooperation with Intel is preparing to disable these security mitigations in the Ubuntu packages in order to recoup this lost performance.
Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations Can Boost GPU Compute Performance By 20%
While not talked about as much as the Intel CPU security mitigations, Intel graphics security mitigations have added up over time that if disabling Intel graphics security mitigations for their GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can yield a …www.phoronix.com
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is Cracking Down on Google; Roadmap Include Requiring Choice Screen for Search Providers, Fair Ranking, Publisher Transparency, and Data Portability.
- CMA proposes to designate Google with strategic market status under the new Digital Markets Competition Regime
- Roadmap published setting out potential early actions to improve outcomes for consumers and businesses
- Measures could help unlock broader growth, investment and innovation in the UK tech sector and wider economy
CMA takes first steps to improve competition in search services in the UK
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is today proposing to designate Google with 'strategic market status' (SMS) in general search and search advertising.Competition and Markets Authority (GOV.UK)
UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is Cracking Down on Google; Roadmap Include Requiring Choice Screen for Search Providers, Fair Ranking, Publisher Transparency, and Data Portability.
- CMA proposes to designate Google with strategic market status under the new Digital Markets Competition Regime
- Roadmap published setting out potential early actions to improve outcomes for consumers and businesses
- Measures could help unlock broader growth, investment and innovation in the UK tech sector and wider economy
CMA takes first steps to improve competition in search services in the UK
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is today proposing to designate Google with 'strategic market status' (SMS) in general search and search advertising.Competition and Markets Authority (GOV.UK)
ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
The agreement with ZeniMax Workers United-CWA is Microsoft's first union contract in the US with any industry.Anna Washenko (Engadget)
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ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
The agreement with ZeniMax Workers United-CWA is Microsoft's first union contract in the US with any industry.Anna Washenko (Engadget)
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ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
The agreement with ZeniMax Workers United-CWA is Microsoft's first union contract in the US with any industry.Anna Washenko (Engadget)
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ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
The agreement with ZeniMax Workers United-CWA is Microsoft's first union contract in the US with any industry.Anna Washenko (Engadget)
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ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
ZeniMax and Microsoft ratify union agreement
The agreement with ZeniMax Workers United-CWA is Microsoft's first union contract in the US with any industry.Anna Washenko (Engadget)
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US Financial Markets become positive before the truce is announced. Is it a sign of information leaks?
US Financial Markets stop their losses and turn positive before the truce in the conflicy with Iran is announced. The gain might seem small, but it is an average, it is interesting to note that at the same time shares of oil companies, like ExxonMobil stopped their progress and turned into red.
Are, those, signs of some information leaking out from government sources before the official announcement?
Ultimate heatpipe if condenser is replaced with reflux. Well, that's what heatpipes are.
I remember cooking scrambled eggs on amd topped with a few coins.
Texas food label law could force the food industry to change what it sells.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed sweeping legislation Sunday to slap warning labels on potentially tens of thousands of food and beverage packages...containing 44 dyes or additives commonly found in the country’s food supply......the effort from Texas — a deep-red state — is particularly striking, food safety experts said. Policies cracking down on the nation’s food supply have often come from big blue states, such as California...
...GOP lawmakers and the first Trump administration decried measures such as stricter school lunch standards as overregulation by the nanny state...The bill passed the Texas legislature this year with bipartisan support...
The law applies to a food product label “developed or copyrighted” on or after Jan. 1, 2027. This essentially means that companies would only need to add the labels to their packaging when they redesign or update labels, such as when new ingredients are added to a product...
In 2023, California passed a law prohibiting food containing red dye No. 3 from being sold in the state after Jan. 1, 2027. This year, West Virginia’s Republican governor signed sweeping legislation banning foods containing any of seven dyes from being served in school nutrition programs starting in August, and from being sold in the state starting in 2028.
PieFed interface broke, but only under my post
Hmm, a couple questions then:
- What theme are you using? Try changing your theme and see if that helps.
- Is it the whole site (piefed.social), or just that one post?
- If it is the whole site, does the same thing happen when you view content on another piefed instance, like feddit.online?
What theme are you using? Try changing your theme and see if that helps.
High contrast theme. Tried other themes, same thing.
Is it the whole site (piefed.social), or just that one post?
Only that particular post. This post about the problem itself does not have this bug.
If it is the whole site, does the same thing happen when you view content on another piefed instance, like feddit.online?
I looked at that post from another instance (feddit.online) and the same problem exists there.
Ok, I went back through your post history and found the post in question. I can confirm that something is seemingly broken with that post, though I am not exactly sure what. Did you make this post via the website or in an app?
@rimu@piefed.social - Looking at the page source, there are <em> tags all over the place, even when they are not included in the template files. No idea what could be going on. Post in question.
They also can extremely clingy to their feeders in captivity. Like they will climb up on your arms with their tentacles and just hold it.
(For them it means they are “tasting” you because they taste with tentacles).
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studioM – „Ist der Journalismus in Deutschland am Ende?“ (WDR)
Ein Gedankenexperiment: Nehmen Sie eine beliebige öffentlich-rechtliche Talkshow. Mir egal, ob Miosga, Lanz, Illner, Klamroth oder Maischberger. Das sind mehrere Stunden Sendezeit, jede Woche, gefüllt mit Gerede, das sich „journalistisch“ gibt, aber doch nur „Unterhaltung“ ist. Und nicht mal gute. Nun stellen Sie sich vor, diese Stunden ihrer Lebenszeit würden statt dessen von Menschen gefüllt, die nicht nur „was zu sagen“ haben, sondern sich wirklich „unterhalten“. Über Journalismus. Konzentriert. Seriös. Manchmal sogar intellektuell. (WDR)
Liberals be like
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Sarcastic bluesky post saying [time traveling back to 1933 to make sure to tell Germans to protest Hitler less vigorously so as not to alienate bougie centrists who want to go to brunch undisturbed, thus preventing the rise of fascism]
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Sisyphus Finds Happiness
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokesexistentialcomics.com
Gorilla Biuscuits in Italia dopo 9 anni, il 25 giugno in concerto a Roma
Sono passati 9 dalla doppietta che i Gorilla Biscuits infilarono nell'estate 2016, due apparizioni a Roma e Milano che non avevano certo deluso le attese. Era ora di rifarlo.
Eroi dell’hardcore newyorkese, i Gorilla Biscuits fanno irruzione nella scena straight edge nei tardi Anni ’80, affermandosi rapidamente come un punto di riferimento per i decenni a venire.
Reazionari e intenzionati ad abbattere le regole militanti e limitanti che circondavano molte band hardcore a favore di più decisione e presenza concreta, i Gorilla Biscuits stravolgono la scena con performance martellanti e una schiettezza incorruttibile che li rendono assolutamente indelebili dalla storia del movimento.
Il tutto rilasciando un solo album e un EP in tutta la loro carriera.
A nove anni dall’ultima parentesi italiana, i Gorilla Biscuits tornano a spazzarci via per due serate al limite del collasso, di cui un’unica al Largo Venue di Roma, supportata dai Feldspar. Mancate a vostro rischio e pericolo.
Abortion Restrictions: Research Suggests Potential Economic and Household Effects of Recent State Changes
Abortion Restrictions: Research Suggests Potential Economic and Household Effects of Recent State Changes
This Q&A examines potential economic effects of increased abortion restrictions following the 2022 Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's...www.gao.gov
Elizabeth Warren Releases New Data from Joint Committee on Taxation Revealing That “Pass Through Deduction” is a Giveaway to Millionaires
Warren Releases New Data from Joint Committee on Taxation Revealing That “Pass Through Deduction” is a Giveaway to Millionaires | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusettswww.warren.senate.gov
Tribord 5S: abbiamo provato per 3 mesi la deriva gonfiabile Decathlon
Tribord 5S: abbiamo provato per 3 mesi la deriva gonfiabile Decathlon - AVS
Finalmente abbiamo provato la barca gonfiabile Decathlon! Erano circa tre anni, da quando nel 2019 fu presentata al Salone Nautico di Ginevra, che la deriva Decathlon Tribord 5S suscitava la nostra curiosità.AVS (Associazione Velica Senigallia)
Google may be forced to make changes to UK online search, says watchdog
Google may be forced to make changes to UK online search, says watchdog
The Competition and Markets Authority says it wants to open up the UK search market.Zoe Kleinman & Liv McMahon (BBC News)
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Iran’s internet blackout left people in the dark. How does a country shut down the internet?
Iran’s internet blackout left people in the dark. How does a country shut down the internet?
If a government wants to shut down the internet, it really can – the technical capability is there.The Conversation
Iran’s internet blackout left people in the dark. How does a country shut down the internet?
Iran’s internet blackout left people in the dark. How does a country shut down the internet?
If a government wants to shut down the internet, it really can – the technical capability is there.The Conversation
Palestine Action Is Being Banned Because It’s Effective | Novara Media
Palestine Action Is Being Banned Because It’s Effective
The direct action group has closed factories, scuppered contracts and dented share prices. There’s no way Yvette Cooper could’ve allowed Palestine Action's runaway success to continue, writes Rivkah Brown.Novara Media
Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report finds
More than 110 million people across Europe suffer high levels of health-damaging noise pollution, according to a report. The resulting physiological stress and sleep disturbance leads to 66,000 early deaths a year and many cases of heart disease, diabetes and depression.The report is based on data reported by EEA countries on transport noise, which is the most widespread and significant type of noise pollution.
Noise pollution harms health of millions across Europe, report finds
About 110 million people suffer stress and sleep disturbance that lead to tens of thousands of early deathsDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
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Apart from cars which are the number 1 culprit.
God fucking damn it ban gas leafblowers. If you wanna blow leaves get a quieter electric one. (But also remember that leaves are very important for ecosystems so don’t blow leaves just for the sake of blowing them).
Le basi NATO in Italia
Basi NATO americane in Campania. Dove si trovano e il loro ruolo
Scopri le basi NATO e americane attive in Campania e perché non sono citate quanto Aviano o Sigonella. Ruolo strategico, funzioni e discrezione.Andrea Navarro (Napolike)
Trump Demands Israel to Cease Firing
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Mobilism suspicious comment ?
Looked for an app on mobilism. And a comment said something suspicious.
App name: Seven
Uploader: Balatan
About an year ago I searched on reddit about, If mobilism is safe or not. And lot of people said that it's safe. And some people even mentioned above mentioned uploader Balatan to be trustworthy.
I don't know how much true is that comment.
I am not an expert in digital forensics. So, I just leave it to your eyes.
Harassing ICE: How the L.A. protesters are reinventing themselves
पुलिस कार्रवाई: ऊना में दो पुलिसकर्मी निलंबित, जुआ मामले में लेनदेन का आरोप
Himachal News: ऊना में जुआ अधिनियम के तहत छापेमारी के बाद दो पुलिसकर्मियों पर अनुचित पुलिस कार्रवाई का मामला सामने आया। एसपी अमित यादव ने आरक्षी नितिन और वरिंदर को लाइन हाजिर कर जांच के आदेश दिए। यह कार्रवाई मैहतपुर में हुई छापेमारी से जुड़ी है। शिकायत मिलने के बाद यह कदम उठाया गया। यह कदम पुलिस में भ्रष्टाचार के खिलाफ सख्त रुख को दर्शाता है। जनता में भी इस कार्रवाई की चर्चा है।
सीआईए का पुनर्गठन और पारदर्शिता पर जोर
एसपी ऊना अमित यादव ने सीआईए स्टाफ का पुनर्गठन शुरू किया। चार नए सदस्यों की नियुक्ति हो चुकी है। जल्द और सदस्य जोड़े जाएंगे। यादव ने कहा कि पुलिस कार्रवाई में पारदर्शिता जरूरी है। उन्होंने माफिया को खत्म करने का लक्ष्य रखा। पुलिसकर्मियों को ईमानदारी से काम करने की हिदायत दी गई। भ्रष्टाचार की शिकायतों पर सख्त कदम उठाए जाएंगे। यह कदम पुलिस की विश्वसनीयता बढ़ाने की दिशा में है। हिमाचल पुलिस की वेबसाइट पर और जानकारी उपलब्ध है।
भ्रष्टाचार पर सख्ती, जांच शुरू
दोनों पुलिसकर्मियों के खिलाफ विभागीय जांच शुरू हो गई है। यह मामला मैहतपुर में जुआ अधिनियम के तहत हुई कार्रवाई से जुड़ा है। शिकायत में अनुचित लेनदेन का आरोप लगा। एसपी ने कहा कि निष्पक्ष जांच होगी। दोषी पाए जाने पर सख्त कार्रवाई होगी। पुलिस कार्रवाई से पुलिसकर्मियों में हड़कंप मचा है। जनता से भी व्यवस्था में सहयोग की अपील की गई। इस कार्रवाई से पुलिस की जवाबदेही पर जोर दिया गया है। हिमाचल समाचार और अपडेट देखें।
बेहतर प्रशासन और कानून व्यवस्था का लक्ष्य
एसपी अमित यादव ने कहा कि पुलिस का लक्ष्य बेहतर प्रशासन देना है। कानून व्यवस्था को मजबूत करना प्राथमिकता है। उन्होंने पुलिसकर्मियों से ईमानदारी और मेहनत से काम करने को कहा। पुलिस कार्रवाई के तहत भ्रष्टाचार की शिकायतों को बर्दाश्त नहीं किया जाएगा। सीआईए की नई टीम से ईमानदारी की उम्मीद है। ट्रैफिक नियमों और कानून व्यवस्था पर भी सख्ती होगी। जनता से जागरूकता और सहयोग की अपील की गई।
विश्व समाचार: अंतरराष्ट्रीय खबरें » Right News India
विश्व समाचार पढ़ें Right News India पर। अंतरराष्ट्रीय खबरें, वैश्विक घटनाएँ, और अपडेट्स हिंदी में। हर दिन ताज़ा विश्व न्यूज़!Right News India
OSTP Has a Choice to Make: Science or Politics?
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has until the end of June to develop new guidance for federal agencies. Federal agencies will use this guidance to create new policies that align with the Trump administration’s dubious definitions of scientific integrity and “gold standard science.”The goals of scientific integrity policies are to (1) protect the scientific process from inappropriate (like political or corporate) influence, (2) make federal research and evidence accessible without compromising people’s personal data, (3) allow federal scientists to communicate their research without interference, and (4) to use the best available science in decision and policy making.
I mean, I think we all know what the choice will be, right?
OSTP Has a Choice to Make: Science or Politics?
Last week, the Union of Concerned Scientists sent a letter to the Director of OSTP, Michael Kratsios, outlining our concerns about this EO and recommending what should be included in the new guidance President Trump requested in the recent EO.The Equation
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OSTP Unveils Agency Data, AI Guidelines for ‘Gold Standard Science’
Automation, public data repositories, standardized metadata forms, and interoperable data-sharing platforms are some of the major pushes being made in guidance for Federal agencies looking to apply the Trump administration’s “gold standard science” objectives, according to guidance issued today by the White House Office of Science and Technology (OSTP).OSTP Director Michael Kratsios delivered the memo to Federal agencies on June 23 and said the guidance will assist agencies in applying an executive order from President Donald Trump on “Restoring Gold Standard Science” by ensuring “that science is no longer manipulated or misused to justify political ends.”
That memo included methods of approaching science-related initiatives – namely those related to national security and energy innovation, according to the document – that would foster cross disciplinary collaboration and withstand scrutiny.
“In an age of rapid technological progress and heightened public scrutiny, federally-funded and federally-performed science, and its use in Federal decision-making, must be beyond reproach,” reads the document.
To support this goal, OSTP said that agencies should encourage depositing raw data and code in publicly accessible repositories to facilitate reproducibility. Other data-related pushes include requiring grant applications to include data sharing plans, and standardizing metadata formats and data-sharing platforms across agencies.When introducing the concept of gold standard science in May, Kratsios zeroed in on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) principles in scientific fields, claiming that inclusive efforts pushed by DEI pose an “existential threat to the real diversity of thought that forms the foundation of the scientific community.”
Kratsios said that the “first step to restoring trust in America’s scientific establishment, and rebuilding a strong foundation for breakthrough discoveries, is a return to Gold Standard Science.”
OSTP Unveils Agency Data, AI Guidelines for ‘Gold Standard Science’
Automation, public data repositories, standardized metadata forms, and interoperable data-sharing platforms are some of the major pushes being made in guidance for Federal agencies looking to apply the Trump administration’s “gold standard science” o…MeriTalk
Join us this Friday at 15:30 UTC for our first Bonfire Install Party!
A casual peer-led session where we’ll set up Bonfire instances together, ask questions, and tackle challenges in real time.
This session will focus on deploying Bonfire using Co-op Cloud — our recommended method, especially for fresh servers. Whether you’re ready to install or just want to follow along and learn, you’re welcome.
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Ted Cruz can’t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI laws
A Republican proposal to penalize states that regulate artificial intelligence can move forward without requiring approval from 60 senators, the Senate parliamentarian decided on Saturday. But the moratorium on state AI laws did not have unanimous Republican support and has reportedly been watered down in an effort to push it toward passage.In early June, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) proposed enforcing a 10-year moratorium on AI regulation by making states ineligible for broadband funding if they try to impose any limits on development of artificial intelligence. While the House previously approved a version of the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill" with an outright 10-year ban on state AI regulation, Cruz took a different approach because of the Senate rule that limits inclusion of "extraneous matter" in budget reconciliation legislation.
Under the Senate's Byrd rule, a senator can object to a potentially extraneous budget provision. A motion to waive the Byrd rule requires a vote of 60 percent of the Senate.
As originally drafted, Cruz's backdoor ban on state AI laws would have made it impossible for states to receive money from the $42 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program if they try to regulate AI. He tied the provision into the budget bill by proposing an extra $500 million for the broadband-deployment grant program and expanding its purpose to also subsidize construction and deployment of infrastructure for artificial intelligence systems.
I covered a lot of BEAD distributions and state- and jurisdictional-level plans, and it's safe to say this is just another way to screw poor people. That's the whole fucking point of the program: Bringing broadband to those who don't yet have access.
It's not quite rural electrification, but it's the closest we've seen since then. Interestingly, rural voters, well, voted for this. And many are poor.
Bombing Iran ought to solve that, right?
Ted Cruz can’t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI laws
Cruz plan moves ahead but was reportedly watered down amid Republican opposition.Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
Firefox 140 Brings Tab Unload, Custom Search & New ESR
Firefox 140 Brings Tab Unload, Custom Search & New ESR
Firefox 140 released with tab unloading, custom search engines, and more. ESR users gain major new features like tab grouping and vertical tabs.Joey Sneddon (OMG! Ubuntu!)
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T-Mobile’s satellite service officially launches in July
T-Mobile’s satellite service officially launches in July
T-Mobile’s Starlink-powered satellite service will go live at the end of July for $10 a month — whether you’re on T-Mobile or not.Allison Johnson (The Verge)
Xbox app now lets Windows Insiders launch games from Steam, Epic, and more
Xbox app now lets Windows Insiders launch games from Steam, Epic, and more
Juggling games across Steam, the Epic Games Store, GOG, the Xbox app, and other clients has long frustrated users. Some launchers, like GOG Galaxy, have tried to...Daniel Sims (TechSpot)
Protect Yourself From Meta’s Latest Attack on Privacy
Protect Yourself From Meta’s Latest Attack on Privacy
Researchers recently caught Meta using an egregious new tracking technique to spy on you. Exploiting a technical loophole, the company was able to have their apps snoop on users’ web browsing.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Masked men in Border Patrol vests take California father after repeatedly hitting him
Masked men in Border Patrol vests take California father after repeatedly hitting him
In graphic video that has since gone viral, some seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests were seen violently detaining a father in Santa Ana, Calif., before forcing him into the back of an unmarked car on Saturday.KTLA Digital Staff (The Hill)
John Oliver on AI slop: ‘Some of this stuff is potentially very dangerous’
John Oliver on AI slop: ‘Some of this stuff is potentially very dangerous’
The Last Week Tonight host went deep on the creative bankruptcy and long-term concerns over AI images and videos flooding the internetGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Feds seek to block WA law requiring clergy to report child abuse
The Trump Administration moved Monday to join a legal fight to overturn a new Washington law requiring religious leaders to report child abuse or neglect even when it is disclosed in confession.
𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗺 & Doom: “Brain in a box in a basement”
A decade or two ago, it was pretty common to discuss “foom & doom” scenarios, as advocated especially by Eliezer Yudkowsky. In a typical such scenario, a small team would build a system that would rocket (“foom”) from “unimpressive” to “Artificial Superintelligence” (ASI) within a very short time window (days, weeks, maybe months), involving very little compute (e.g. “brain in a box in a basement”), via recursive self-improvement. Absent some future technical breakthrough, the “Artificial Superintelligence” (ASI) would definitely be egregiously misaligned, without the slightest intrinsic interest in whether humans live or die. The Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) would be born into a world generally much like today’s, a world utterly unprepared for this new mega-mind. The extinction of humans (and every other species) would rapidly follow (“doom”). The Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) would then spend countless eons fulfilling its desires, desires which we humans would find to be bizarre and pointless.Now, I don’t endorse every word of that foom & doom scenario above—for example, I don’t think “foom” requires recursive self-improvement. But I’m in much closer agreement with that scenario than the vast majority of AI safety & alignment researchers today, who tend to see the “foom & doom” scenario above as somewhere between “extraordinarily unlikely” and “already falsified”!
Those researchers are not asking each other “is it true?”, but rather “lol, can you believe that some people used to believe that?”. Oh well. Laugh all you want. It’s still what I believe.
Conversely, from my perspective as a foom & doomer, it’s the mainstream contemporary AI alignment discourse that feels increasingly foreign and strange. How, I ask myself, do so many seemingly reasonable people wind up with such wildly, bafflingly over-optimistic beliefs as “P(doom)≲50%”??
Anyway, my main goal in these two posts is to explore how I wind up in such a different place as most other alignment researchers do today, on the question of foom & doom. I don’t particularly expect to win skeptical readers over to my side, but would at least like to convey that foom & doom is a story that hangs together and deserves a modicum of consideration.
Foom & Doom 1: “Brain in a box in a basement”
This is a two-post series on AI “foom” (this post) and “doom” (next post). A decade or two ago, it was pretty common to discuss “foom & doom” scenarios, as advocated especially by Eliezer Yudkowsky.www.greaterwrong.com
Formation à la sécurité militante (basique)
Formation Sécurité Militante de base 🥷
Pour faire face à la répression et la surveillance, pourquoi pas une formation Sécurité Militante de base ? Et bien c'est possible mardi 15 juillet en ligne.
Cette formation a pour objectifs de :
- Savoir penser autour des notions de sécurité/menaces
- Savoir estimer les menaces actuelles pour un.e militant.e en France
- Savoir agir pour renforcer sa sécurité militante
Le support de la formation est disponible ici, et le contenu est aussi disponible sur le Wiki XR.
Public visé :
- Militant.e faisant de la Désobéissance Civile Non Violente (DCNV)
- La formation est utile mais pas suffisante pour un modèle de menace fort (exemple: action de désarmement)
- La formation est utile mais pas suffisante pour la coordination d’action risquée.
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Pour participer le mardi 15 juillet, il te suffira de se connecter à cet URL : meet2.organise.earth/rooms/4xe… à 19h. Cette formation est accessible à tous et toutes quelque soit votre organisation, ou mouvement.
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