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“Based on what little information we have, I think the Shenlong [Chinese spaceplane] and the X-37B are likely doing many of the same missions,” Brian Weeden, Director of Program Planning at the Secure World Foundation, told SpaceNews. “That is, primarily being used for experimenting and testing new technologies, sensors, and perhaps even operational practices. “I think…
Chekov’s Phaser :cheffy_kiss: When a tech company designs a device for remote, irreversible, nonconsensual downgrades, they invite both external and internal parties to demand those downgrades. Like Pavel Chekov says, a phaser on the bridge in Act I is going to go off by Act III. Selling a product that can be remote, irreversibly, nonconsensually downgraded inevitably results in…
In 1902, the Austrian Jewish journalist Theodor Herzl — widely seen as the founding father of the Zionist movement — published a novel titled Altneuland (Old-New Land). The book laid out, in some detail, his idealized vision for what a Jewish state would look like. In Herzl’s utopia, there’s universal suffrage for all residents of the land…
Two days after the closing was announced, their lives upended, the workers shared that they were exploring the possibility of reopening Common Ground as a worker cooperative—a business owned and democratically operated by its workers. They found support from the loyal customer base built by the business in over 25 years as a fixture in the Hampden…
Nice stuff for me, but not for thee. The Satanic altar at Iowa’s state capitol showcases the same GOP bad faith, but at least with some levity. As atheists and other religious minorities have long argued, the reason Republicans want nativity scenes and other such religious symbols up on government grounds is obvious: To signal…
While my Acorn Archimedes was a vastly superior computer to the Amiga, I was always very jealous about the demos that my Amiga using friends had access to. This essay investigates the gestation of the demoscene, the Amiga platform’s revolutionary beginnings, its emotional resonance within a dedicated community, and its broader influence on the field…
Guidance from NZ Courts on Generative AI. The provide guidelines for Judges, Lawyers and non-lawyers. Impressed they are as proactive about this as they are. https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/going-to-court/practice-directions/practice-guidelines/all-benches/guidelines-for-use-of-generative-artificial-intelligence-in-courts-and-tribunals/
A few weeks ago I made the comment: The OAI soap opera marks the point where Silicon Valley disappeared up it’s own bum. Which, I guess, is a singularity of sorts. I was not the only one to see the parallels… The consequences are what you might expect when a crowd of bright but rather…
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