Don Tapscott argued that governments needed to be involved amid corporate and international competition, particularly between the United States and China, and said the future should not be determined by a small group of Silicon Valley plutocrats. #SiliconValley #GovernmentInvolvement #TechCompetition #US #CN
The author questioned what risks could arise from primitive human emotions, outdated institutions and godlike AI, and asked whether the future would be good or bad.
The author linked to a new YouTube Short about what they described as an “AI emergency,” saying the clash between humans and machines had arrived. They added that they had discussed the topic in their book *Tech vs Human* 10 years earlier.
The author argued that AI had an imperial dimension, writing that China and the United States had empire-like qualities before the AI race began. They described Washington as the incumbent, citing its global military advantage and alliance network, and began to say it supplied the currency used for “the lion’s share of” something, but the post ended mid-sentence. #AI #Geopolitics #Technology #CN #US
The author wrote that open-weight AI models, particularly those from China, had widened access to high-quality AI hacking. They said the models’ safeguards could be removed relatively easily, enabling illegal or unethical uses, and added that “the internet breaks.” #AI #Tecnología #SeguridadCibernética #CN
The author referred to a report that Elon Musk had put another $76 million toward supporting Republicans, described him as dangerous and called for people to withdraw their patronage and support from Tesla and X++. #ElonMusk #Republicans #Tesla #US
The author endorsed a linked UN report that identified the United States as a major reason the world was losing ground in the fight against climate change. #ClimateChange #UNReport #GlobalWarming #US
The author wrote that Anthropic was generating revenue rapidly but faced risks including a narrow customer base and uncertain access to computing power as it prepared for an IPO, citing new disclosures. They called the planned IPO “total and utter madness.”
The author shared a link titled “The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age” and strongly recommended the linked material as essential reading.
The author shared a link to Jeremy Rifkin’s new book, *Rescuing the Future: Reimagining Artificial Intelligence in a World on the Edge*, and described it as “good stuff.” The post also included the hashtags #Amazon and #aiemergency.
The author shared a link describing promises by Elon Musk and Anthropic to give the public a share of the AI boom, then sarcastically thanked the “mighty Elons” of the world.
The author wrote that European companies paid more than €260 billion a year to American cloud and software providers, describing Europe as a continent that consumed what others built. They argued that whoever controlled the model set the terms and framed Europe’s choice as building its own capabilities or surrendering. https://t.co/ercirDEIxg #CloudComputing #Technology #Europe #EU #US
The author warned that if Europe accepted AI being developed elsewhere, it would be left with second-rate exported versions and fees running into trillions of euros. They argued that this would wipe out Europe’s prospects for growth and power. #AI #Europa #Innovazione #EU
Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote that an automated system could destroy people through indifference, even without malicious intent.
Nathalie Tocci, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies’ European campus in Bologna, said that if the nationalist right held power in Spain, France, Poland and Italy at the same time, she did not consider it an exaggeration to describe the outcome as “the end of the European…” #europa #nacionalismo #política #ES #FR #PL #IT
The post’s author endorsed Bernie Sanders, saying he had “nailed it,” and shared a statement attributed to him arguing that humanity’s future should be shaped by people worldwide rather than a small group of wealthy technology executives. The statement said human beings should come before machines.
The author shared a link warning of a bleak future for Europe and said Jeffrey Sachs was entirely right, expressing alarm about the continent’s future. #futureofeurope #ToekomstVanEuropa #JeffreySachs #Duurzaamheid #EU
The post recommended a The Economist article in which Lawrence Lessig and Yoshua Bengio suggested ways Congress could reduce serious AI risks without abandoning American technological leadership. It also noted that the article included an animation. https://t.co/7UNFFTSO7k #AI #technology #Congress #US
The author shared a link to an October 2026 open letter from the scientific community on AI and cybersecurity.
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