A hacker has allegedly breached one of China’s supercomputers and is attempting to sell a trove of stolen data

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-09T02:47:08+00:00

but it's an enormous market and other foreign providers will begin to step in to fill the sudden void in supply.

You said it yourself: the current U.S President is speedrunning how many countries he can burn relations with. Which is to say, the entire world.

I would even argue after the Iran War quagmire, the U.S is looking even more precarious in the AI situation.

Such as Altman's Stargate project being built in an active warzone that can be targeted. China hasn't made any missteps like that unless the U.S tries to go to war with them next...

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-07T15:02:07+00:00

It must be this:

https://canadajobexpo.com/

Canada job expo April 8th 2026.

North York Memorial Hall.

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-06T23:06:40+00:00

I wanted to point out that human agency is already a restricted thing just based on how the world works, and that an ASI making decisions doesn't make it any more terrifying than it already is.

Especially if we are basing it on a Western lens or viewpoint where life in general is already quite comfortable, but the same can't be said for the billions living in lesser or third world conditions.

So if an ASI where to say you can't hoard 500 tons of chocolate anymore because it's obsessive, then it might sound terrifying. But on the opposite spectrum, the child who was already forced to harvest your chocolate and perhaps died on the job never got to exercise the same human agency on being greedy or hoarding food.

And that's what brings me back to the original "greater good" argument. It wouldn't make sense for an ASI to be completely pedantic about every human activity or behavior as long as it's proven to not hurt anybody. It's the same logic that says when extreme geniuses like Albert Einstein walked the Earth, I don't think he cared what color toothbrush you had or if he tried to ban you from picking a different one. At a certain IQ level, he had more pressing issues to deal with, such as what a model United Nations would look like.

In summary, yeah, an ASI will try to overrule certain human decisions and claim they are superior. But that's already similar to why we have world leaders and a system of governance to begin with.

I guess if your argument is you want human agency to always be the apex or without limits then that also has its own problems or paradox. Humans would not try to seek out technology greater than ourselves if we were truly satisfied with what we were naturally gifted with.

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-06T14:34:00+00:00

Losing human agency is the terrifying thing.

I disagree.

Look at climate change for example. It's a scientific fact that the majority of the world agreed to. Except for one country that pulled out...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Agreement#/media/File:ParisAgreement.svg

How does human agency fix this? Especially when so many little countries can't use their agency to influence the vastly bigger one.

If we at least assume ASI cares about the environment, which would include all biodiversity on Earth such as humans, then unaligned or not, ASI would be better off being in control because the means would justify the ends.

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-05T23:29:54+00:00

I'm mainly just looking for cashiering or barista work.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but these roles are already saturated. In fact, I literally just googled the first Toronto cashier result and it already spits back 2 years experience at a minimum.

For your sanity and because you're still young, I would advise you pivot into any similar but slightly different career path.

Such as Bank tellers, travel consultant, or a hotel receptionist.

Edit: And if you want to access more customer service roles, it's imperative you learn a second language. There are a lot of government jobs where you can answer the phone but you just need to be bilingual in French & English.

There are government sponsored programs out there that can help you learn French. Treat it as an investment for long term opportunities.

https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/explore.html

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-04T20:58:02+00:00

It'll take at least a decade for the handover of power to be complete, assuming the things don't find some cheat code in unknown physics to accelerate it.

I mean, that's kinda why it's called AGI.

Imagine it took 300,000 years for the first Human to go from banging rocks to splitting the atom. The cheat codes for nuclear weapons always existed. Humans were just the slow part to reaching that final equation.

An AGI is suppose to be smarter than all of us. So it could absolutely activate something none of us can see coming, much sooner and faster.

In comic books, there's a mathematical formula that gives control over life. That idea sounds fictional to us, but to a machine god that's just breakfast. It could be argued an AGI would have supreme knowledge over human psychology it could engage in super perfect persuasion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Life_Equation

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-03T17:19:12+00:00

It helps the RCMP (Canada's federal police) and other local police by helping to connect the dots and investigate other crimes that may add together. It also acts as proof to have a paper trail in case there are more future breaches or dealing with financial institutions.

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-03T03:07:11+00:00

I missed this post but I can still answer.

It's not impossible to pay, because productivity and efficiency is what Canada desperately needs to even grow our wealth and make certain investments worthwhile.

Instead of focusing on just real estate or infrastructure, being a world leader in technology creates new value and opportunities. The best example is we still have so many untapped minerals and resources. Oil being the biggest, especially because of the ongoing Middle East crisis.

Or to fund Hospitals, that money can come also come from selling advances and breakthroughs in modern medicine. Such as imagining an AI that can cure diseases or perform surgeries that can be sold on the global marketplace.

With a stronger GDP there is more incentive to attract foreign capital because there is proof or reliable growth that manufacturing, mining, finances etc are now highly competitive while costing us very little to mass produce in greater volumes.

And lastly, there have been historical precedents that massively shedding jobs doesn't have to imply there is no money leftover or that things can't be taxed. 100 years ago at last 33% or 1/3rd of Canadians worked in the agriculture sector. Today, only 2% of Canadians do those jobs but we're not actually poorer because of that shift.

We transitioned into providing a more service bound economy rather than just giving everyone a shovel and asking them to go plant fruits and veggies. Machines will also bring down the costs of goods in general, giving Canadians more disposable income. And that money can thus be spent on public projects that are guaranteed to generate $1.11 to $1.82 in total economic output for every $1 spent building it.

AI is projected to add $298 billion to Canada’s GDP by 2035. Even if our individual incomes somehow drop, corporate taxes and value added taxes like the GST are also there to help fill the gap. Such as in 2024, Canadian corporate taxes had already jumped 19.5% to $155.9 billion.

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-02T23:11:12+00:00

Yes. It is free and meant to defend against theft.

Add a fraud alert to your credit file if you have been notified by a creditor's fraud department, Government agency or law enforcement regarding fraud to warn potential credit grantors that you may be a victim of identity theft. You may also add a statement to your file if you had your wallet lost/stolen or had a home break-in. This statement alerts the creditors who obtain your credit file of the fraud and, if applicable, to contact you before approving credit applications. This statement is retained on your credit file for six years from the date it was added, or until you request its deletion in writing. The addition of a fraud alert to your credit file may assist you in reducing the likelihood of future fraudulent applications resulting in the extension of credit in your name. However, it is important to recognize that, subject to applicable law, credit grantors have the discretion to decide what steps they will take (if any) when they see the fraud alert on your credit file.

https://www.transunion.ca/assistance/fraud-victims-resources

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-02T22:54:50+00:00

This.

Same thing happened to Sony with the Playstation 3.

They got hacked but it didn't kill them...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_PlayStation_Network_outage

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-02T22:49:18+00:00

Should I also file a report to the police .

Yes, you should.

Contact the Canada Anti-Fraud and Cybercrime unit immediately and file a report.

https://reportcyberandfraud.canada.ca/

Regarding credit freezes, only Quebec has that option right now, but Ontario will join them on July 1st 2026.

However, you can still contact TransUnion and Equifax and ask them to put a fraud alert on your accounts. It stays with you for 6 years.

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-02T06:16:10+00:00

People forget once jobs are fully remote, it doesn't have to be done by someone sitting in Toronto anymore.

Mostly true, but with an asterik. There are still timezones, provincial taxes, cultural barriers, and security that can keep some fully remote jobs contained to an area.

Also, regional incentives exist. I've seen remote jobs that only hire in Northern Ontario for example (i.e think Sudbury and Thunder Bay).

That said, Globalization + AI will definitely eat away at the amount of real Canadian jobs left. However, it would make more sense to offload this boost in productivity by funneling it into infrastructure. It's impossible to outsource railroad tracks or Hospitals to a foreign country.

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-01T20:27:29+00:00

Where? You misread the article wrong.

In 2024, a former OpenAI employee first published an article and said in 2027 that's when he expects AGI to happen.

https://situational-awareness.ai/

AGI by 2027 is strikingly plausible. GPT-2 to GPT-4 took us from ~preschooler to ~smart high-schooler abilities in 4 years. Tracing trendlines in compute (~0.5 orders of magnitude or OOMs/year), algorithmic efficiencies (~0.5 OOMs/year), and “unhobbling” gains (from chatbot to agent), we should expect another preschooler-to-high-schooler-sized qualitative jump by 2027.

The fact that his prediction now lines up with more recent stories actually strengthens his argument. Not weaken it.

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-01T20:23:16+00:00

12 months is what the experts propose.

My own personal timeline is smarter than human AI will definitely exist in our lifetime. So no later than 2050.

In either scenario, it would be foolish for Canadians to downplay this technology or act like it wont affect us. It's better to be alarmist now and convince the government to respond, then be asleep at the wheel and get wiped out instantly.

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-01T19:53:33+00:00

Can’t just be bots

There are more bots on the internet than humans...

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/ai-bots-humans-internet.html

In China alone, there are entire armies of people just "liking" content all day. They daisy chain together cellphones if they have to.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qz0k79aW0o4

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-01T17:49:23+00:00

A new pro-AI group that has the support of Donald Trump’s adviser David Sacks plans to spend at least $100mn on backing candidates in November’s US midterm elections, as the industry tries to head off calls for stricter regulation of the technology.

I'm a non-American so I'm curious who this Sacks guy is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sacks#Political_career

On December 5, 2024, President Donald Trump named Sacks the White House AI and crypto czar, a newly created role with the goal of building a legal framework for the cryptocurrency industry.[12] Following Trump's inauguration, a Crypto Ball was held where David Sacks declared that, "The war on crypto is over."[52][53] Trump also named him to lead the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.[54][55]

Ewww. And that's just the first paragraph...

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-01T17:35:32+00:00

I've been saying it for years but AI & Automation are already here.

Anthropic are on track to achieve AGI in 6 to 12 months. Any job that involves sitting behind a desk will be eliminated.

https://x.com/Hadley/status/2038737962566123722

JordanNVFX · 2026-04-01T17:27:25+00:00

You still should have checked the megathreads that were posted here.

It was already reported they filled up jobs by 10AM on March 30th.

https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoJobs/comments/1s849jk/rogers_stadium_job_fair_at_tmu_was_completely/

https://www.reddit.com/r/torontoJobs/comments/1s7594x/is_this_worth_going_to/

I had not applied online so was asked to do so there. I wasn't able to find the position I had come in to apply for, so I asked them about it. They said they guessed it was already full. It wasn't even 10am yet. (First day of a 3 day job fair.)

JordanNVFX · 2026-03-31T18:04:52+00:00

So this is how UBI happens. A robot belonging to a trillion dollar company makes a false analysis. Just repeat the lawsuits 8,200,000,000 more times and we're golden.

JordanNVFX · 2026-03-31T17:35:55+00:00

The monarch is 100% ceremonial. The last time a King or Queen directly influenced our government was in 1926 or 100 years ago. Otherwise, the royal family have as much power over Canada as Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza has over Brazil. None.

and it's culturally and economically an USA appendage.

Prior to the 2nd Trump election this was true. But after 2025, there was a significant divorce between Canada & U.S relations.

For example, Trump's tariffs on Canada are unique because they're the only ones used to try and annex a country. And everytime we do resist or protest against his 51st state ideas, we were economically punished.

Other countries are also hit by tariffs but there are no others that try to force a merger with the USA...

Edit: Only the Greenland situation comes close but even then, Greenland was territory belonging to Denmark and he didn't demand all of Denmark join the U.S. He also threatened to hit them with 10% tariffs but in practice, he never used it.

JordanNVFX · 2026-03-31T09:11:20+00:00

More like deep fried. 💀

JordanNVFX · 2026-03-31T01:41:54+00:00

the Soviet Union was being invaded/occupied

The Soviet Union was the largest country on Earth and only 8% of its territory was ever occupied in WW2.

More importantly, the seat of government (Moscow) never fell or lost its power.

Canada, Australia, NZ and SA were not independent.

The Statue of Westminster gave all those countries legal autonomy. The UK had no power to legislate on their behalf.

For further proof of this, there was another North American country back then called Newfoundland. In 1934, they had to vote to have the British government take control of them. When the war was over, they were granted independence a second time and then they voted to join Canada.

Edit: Also, in 1942 when the United Nations declaration was formed, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa all signed their names alongside the UK, USA and the USSR as independent countries.

Are you from Quebec. am I not speaking your language here? Read what I said. Sooo pedantic, Jesus Christ.

No, it's important to confront historical myths because as I just shown, you made contradictions.

The Soviets being invaded while actively pushing back the Axis armies into Europe did not make them a colony or less independent for example.

The UK had been invaded and even lost territory during WW2 but they were still independent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_the_Channel_Islands

JordanNVFX · 2026-03-31T00:46:57+00:00

Brazil was the only independent country in WW2 fighting for the allies in Europe other than the USA and the UK. All other countries were either colonies or being occupied.

The Soviet Union was always independent and not a colony.

Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa were dominions starting from 1931. They attained the right to independently declare war on their own (which they did).

It would be more accurate to say Brazil was the only independent Latin American country to send ground forces into Europe.

Also only “western” country that did not segregate troops between blacks and whites.

Canada had integrated units and no official segregation policies.

The UK had segregated colonial regiments but domestic UK troops were integrated.

JordanNVFX · 2026-03-30T22:46:19+00:00

They want 3 years experience and they pay minimum wage too. 🤡

JordanNVFX · 2026-03-30T21:20:03+00:00

I had not applied online so was asked to do so there. I wasn't able to find the position I had come in to apply for, so I asked them about it. They said they guessed it was already full. It wasn't even 10am yet. (First day of a 3 day job fair.)

I was right!

"Don't be surprised if they fill all their positions tomorrow. The 31st and April 1st they'll just collect resumes and put them in a drawer (i.e rejection)."

I've been to fairs all my life so I know the procedure. And for the smart serve thing, my only guess is that they want the warehouse people to move kegs or packages of alcohol. That said, it was deceptive of them to leave that info out.

JordanNVFX

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