Welcome to The Now

 

 

  "If it's free, then you're the product."

 

 

 Exhibit #1: Sam Altman is a liar who is using technology to gain power and cover up his past: Exhibit #2: Mark Zuckerberg is a creep who spies on his employees: Exhibit #3: The Tech Oligarchs are barely hiding their disdain for the average person, let alone their desire to extract every drop of wealth the 99% possesses: We can have new, exciting technology that both helps us with work and enhances our leisure-time, but we don't need it on their terms and we don't have to sacrifice people, society or the planet to have it. 

 $20 million. That's how much each human being is worth, specifically if the question is about regulating AI. Even more precisely: if more than 50 people die or more than $1 billion is lost due to AI shenanigans, then Anthropic believes a shutdown shouldn't be questioned. Please keep in mind that Palantir is being blamed ( by the Pentagon ) for the deaths of over 100 young school-aged girls in the US' attempt to weaken/destroy Iran.

 

 

 

 

  BONUS: Iran did respond to President Trump's speech/threat:

 

 Why did the Global CFO of JBS sell 100% of his shares in late August ? Is it connected to the Trump Administration's deal with Brazil and Argentina ? Why does a sports betting company need Sydney Sweeney to do a provocative ad for them ?  Was the power outage in Gary, Indiana part of some kind of test? What happened to make Mr. T denounce the Netflix documentary about him ? Is Hollywood prepared to use AI actors if real actors choose not to be in certain projects, like this story about Paul Schrader and black actors ? 

 

 The United States President believes that memes and AI is the solution to America's problems: The bread is stale and the circus is old.