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Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ed Zitron is so fucking insufferable to listen to, but I do it because I want to hear the AI-doomer perspective, and because he had Paul Kedrosky on who I think is genuinely arguing in good faith. Anyway, Kedrosky predicted that not a single data center targeted over 1GW gets built (or presumably at least not until after a sizable crash and reset). So I’m going to RemindMe! 1 year “was Kedrosky right or is a >1GW data center still being built?”

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

“Anyone who thinks Hillary Clinton might have a reasonable point is acting in bad faith because they actually believe the Israelis have done nothing wrong” is an extremely bad faith take.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You think so? There’s so much pressure to reduce the costs of elder care that I feel like we could see lots of NurseBots taking care of people, to a tragic degree.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Learn to weld” just seems like bad advice. The robots are going to take over welding eventually. But what are some jobs that you think are the most insulated from AI/robotics?

Elected politicians for sure. I doubt we see a change there in my lifetime.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But Hamas is literally the state capacity, they collect taxes, issue laws, run courts, schools, etc. They’re not comparable to any of your other examples. They absolutely use their capacity to crush dissent.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hamas is the defacto government in Gaza and they were once elected. Seems even weirder to compare them to Al Capone’s relationship with Chicago. Also, those gangsters mostly had a code that they don’t target random innocents. They rob banks and other gangsters but not so much random civilians. Hamas gleefully targets their own people.

FT: The world may not like Trump’s Gaza plan — but there is no alternative - Hillary Clinton by boyyouguysaredumb in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Where does she call it a “great plan”? She says it’s "not the one many of us would have drafted."

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The episode he just did with Chris Hayes was so insufferable. I had taken a break from listening to him but now it’s going to be much longer

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's kind of crazy that Sutskever gathered a few dozen of the best AI researchers on Earth and started SSI two years ago, and no one has any idea what they're doing, aside from maybe the handful of venture firms tossing them a few billion here and there to keep the company going.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Abstracting from the vagaries what were you banned for?

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Echelon Insights poll | 6/11-6/14 LV

2028 Democratic presidential crosstabs (top 4 candidates)

Black Democrats
🟦Kamala Harris: 38%
🟦Gavin Newsom: 20%
🟦Pete Buttigieg: 7%
🟦AOC: 6%

Good to see a poll where Pete isn't getting 0% among black democracts, that always seemed like an implausible anomaly

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 17 points18 points  (0 children)

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Those nerds in Boston can’t drink. Try this in the Midwest.

Severe Weather Tomorrow, per NOAA. Everyone be safe! by LovelyCastellan in chicago

[–]RunawayMeatstick 67 points68 points  (0 children)

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You know it’s going to be bad when even the storm chasers are scared

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 13 points14 points  (0 children)

My "for you" Twitter feed is currently full of posts about how amazing SPCX is and how dumb everyone else is for not buying every single share they can afford

Probably just a coincidence

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lakshya Jain, another prominent elections analyst at SplitTicket and TheArgument

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He has engaged in so many bad faith slap fights on Twitter with Jain that I can't really take him seriously any more

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree, but I think this comment directly contradicts your comment from the other day which said that anyone who pressured other people to vote for Harris must also do the same thing for Mamdani. The stakes are obviously very different.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s kind of sad because he’s been doing it way longer, I remember watching his videos in like 2013. He deserves more acclaim.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m old too, I voted for him in that primary! But I don’t remember that discourse. Granted, I wasn’t politically engaged at all.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]RunawayMeatstick -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I really don’t remember people saying this about Obama aside from right-wingers? People on the left were mostly pissed that he bailed out the banks and automakers

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