We were up and out early to ride. Apparently summer is just about here. I really hate up and out, I like dawdle and drink coffee much better. Anyway, there was some cloud cover which really softens the sun's rays on one's flesh. See the yellow stuff? We're in the season of steenking yellow trees. Acacias are in bloom now, they're really full of pollen.
This evening, the remnants of the cloud cover gave us a small sunset.
February 26, Hilary Clinton testified about her knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. Her knowledge was exactly zip. Didn't ride on the plane, didn't go to the island. They took six hours to accomplish this by asking the same questions repeatedly. In short, a woman was forced to testify in a closed-door deposition about the crimes of men who are not being forced to testify at all. She also had this to say in her opening statement. “I
did not dedicate my life to advocating for women and girls just so that
I could be lectured by a bunch of pedophile protectors.”
OpenAI (ChatGPT) has been chosen to do the work originally awarded to Anthropic (Claude). It's been said that the terms for each company were the same. Josh Kale has a concise statement of what's different. Everyone’s
saying OpenAI got the “same deal” Anthropic was banned for.
Read the fine print. They’re not the same:
On weapons:
Anthropic asked for “no fully autonomous weapons without human
oversight” = a human involved in the decision.
OpenAI’s deal says “human responsibility for the use of force” =
someone accountable, which can happen after the fact.
Oversight ≠ Responsibility. One requires a human before the trigger. The
other requires a name on the paperwork after.
On surveillance:
Dario said explicitly: current law hasn’t caught up with AI. The
government can already buy your movement data, browsing history, etc
without a warrant. AI can assemble that into a complete picture of your
life, at scale. That’s mass surveillance without breaking a single law.
Anthropic wanted protections beyond current law.
OpenAI’s deal says the Pentagon “reflects them in law and policy.”
That’s existing law as the safeguard, the exact law Anthropic said is
insufficient.
Same words. Different agreements. Read them carefully. As it turns out, Jared Kushner's brother is involved in the OpenAI IPO, and stands to make a ton of money from it.
Yesterday we bombed Iran and killed the Ayatollah. Iran retaliated. For some reason, Iran sent drones to Dubai and closed their airport and did a lot of damage. Israel killed a hundred or so school girls by bombing their school. Oil prices are already up. Who knows where this will end. Talk about something that was not necessary. Whether or not the US has a sufficient number of drone interceptors in now in question. What could go wrong?
Hoo-boy.
Dubai and other places have been hit because of USA bases. When Stirmer changed his mind and decided to allow the use of UK bases...one on Cyprus was hit.
ReplyDeleteAs ever in war, the generals sitting at the back unharmed.
As in a video game..
What could go Wrong? Well, that says it ALL doesn't it? And having Hillary Testify while none of the Men are required to, or Melania, says it ALL as well.
ReplyDelete"This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnRdPZjoMKM
ReplyDeleteOne thought is that this war will offer reason enough to call off the mid term elections.
ReplyDeleteHilary Clinton is correct in her statement. On the other hand, I suspect Bill lied about his knowledge of Epstein's activities...but then again, he was impeached for telling lies. While it seems he wasn't directly involved, knowing any information and not speaking out is complicity in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteIQ45 is bound and determined to find a reason to cancel the midterms, to distract from the T-E files, and to take over oil resources in the two countries with the biggest reserves. Hegseth is a total incompetent buffoon and along with his boss, could give a shit how many Americans are killed in this unholy war.
Sorry, rant over. Though I may not be from the US, I still feel heartbroken for all of the innocent children and their families who will be harmed, and the families who sacrifice those who will not disobey an unlawful order.
I thought Hillary handled herself admirably.
ReplyDeleteAs for Iran, there are knowledgeable people (Bret Stephens, for example) who think this was actually a good move. I don't agree -- in general, starting wars is a bad idea, in my book -- but I found reading that alternative viewpoint somewhat reassuring. What emerges next from Iran could be better or it could be very, very bad.
I read that a lot of people and companies are ditching Open AI since they gave the Pentagon what they wanted. This administration is so stupid and unqualified. They have no plan, had no plan beyond bomb the shit out of Iran and kill Khomeini. Iran is not Iraq, it is not Venezuela. They are big and have a hardened military and there will be no regime change, the clerics have an iron fist. So stupid.
ReplyDeletePutting HC on the stand was for show and distraction only. Now I am not a big fan of HC since she took her "stand-by-my-man" (BC) position during the ML scandal. Don't you think CYA among powerful men is on display big time.
ReplyDeleteAI is in infancy today. In my opinion, where it will go is a roll of the dice.
Today, local broadcasters state 4-5 Americans have lost their lives in Iran.
Americans vacationing in Israel are told to find their way home as airports are closed. The bombs are flying and it might well expand to nearby countries.
After-the-fact, Congress wants to debate/give approval(?) for US involvement in Iran. I ask myself daily, what else can go wrong?