The author argued that AI’s level of intelligence mattered little because human brilliance and genius came from consciousness, which they said was distinct from intelligence and absent in AI.
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The author wrote that US tech stocks were tumbling because rising interest rates had made AI investments no longer viable, and attributed the higher rates to the Iran war. #TechStocks #InterestRates #AI #US #IR
The author wrote that cases of writers or academics being barred from entering a country, or of their books being banned, were these days most likely to involve Britain. #Censorship #Literature #FreedomOfExpression #GB
The author wrote that Palantir had been expected to act as a hidden ruler, but was now rising as a revolutionary against hidden rulers.
The author described Israeli society as repressive, writing that people had to whisper certain truths in secret and that those who voiced them were suddenly gripped by fear. #IsraeliSociety #Repression #FreedomOfSpeech #IL
The author said it was another example of what they called the “terrible unanimity” of Israeli society, arguing that people were overwhelmingly afraid to diverge from the crowd and the official line. #IsraeliSociety #Unanimity #FearOfDissent #IL
The author described the situation as a stark glimpse of what they called Israeli society’s repressive nature, writing that people had to share truths in secret and that those who spoke out were then left in fear. https://t.co/tQ2dnxXFiW #Israel #Repression #FreedomOfSpeech #IL
The author said they had searched extensively for influential voices critical of what they described as the current path of genocide and permanent war, and had interviewed Ehud Olmert and Ami Ayalon. They said they enjoyed long conversations with both, on and off the record, but did not complete their thought about the men’s positions. #Genocide #War #Interviews #IL
The author wrote that they viewed democracy as depending less on elections than on the ability to criticise oneself, and judged Israel to be among the least democratic countries they knew. They added that they had never been to North Korea. #Democracia #Crítica #Israel #IL #KP
The author argued that AI had destroyed the analytic philosophy tradition by showing, in their view, that it had always been no more than philosophy for machines.
The post’s author called the piece absurd, saying it listed hatred, ethnic superiority, racism and religious messianism as reasons Israelis voted for Netanyahu before concluding that fear was the deciding factor. https://t.co/Tvjepq4PQz #Netanyahu #Israel #Politics #IL
The author wrote that Netanyahu’s victory appeared to have stunned commentators, adding that the Financial Times had not yet commented on the election and that many people were reconsidering their prior assumptions. #IsraeliElections #Netanyahu #Politics #IL
The author wrote that Netanyahu’s victory complicated matters for those who had wanted to blame him as a scapegoat for the horrors of the previous three years, adding that the Israeli public had re-elected him along with other figures the author called war criminals. #Netanyahu #Israel #Elections #IL
The author wrote that millions across Israel were deprived of the right to vote and said they would hear little about them that day. #Israel #Democracy #HumanRights #IL
The author said that on every visit to Israel, they had heard people refer to “Israelis and Arabs,” with “Arabs” meaning Palestinians who held Israeli passports. They questioned whether people were now pretending that only an ignorant redneck would use that distinction. #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #IL #PS
The author claimed Bolsonaro had asked Trump before the election to impose tariffs and sanctions on Brazil, believing the effects on people’s lives would help him win. They added that news might emerge today or tomorrow that Bolsonaro had flown to the US. #Bolsonaro #Trump #Brasil #BR #US