Prior to these events, the prevailing consensus in the defense community was that Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations like Starlink were nearly impossible to jam effectively. Their defense relied on the satellites' constant rapid movement and their ability to "frequency hop" to avoid static interference. The blackout in Iran has shattered this assumption.
A while ago, I read a study which found that right-leaning people have the greatest media diversity, i.e. they also consume media from their political opponents.
Statistics say the opposite: left leaning persons in the US have a broader spectrum of media they consume and trust. From the selection of ~30 media presented, people on the right basically chose 1: Fox News https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/democrats-trust-more-news-...
I'm mostly with you. The challenge in societal and economic change this time around will come much faster than the last time(s). If we (= our politicans) don't get a grip on the downsides of technological development, from reigning in social media and ads to distributing wealth and opportunity more equally I fear we will see a lot of violence and high chances we end up in a world like Bladerunner (1982). It's not so much about AI, but about the acceleration and polarisation of the downstream effects of technology that carry the seed of revolution and even violent revolution. That said, we can still start to turn the ship, but I don't see it. Global politics has all the hallmarks of preserving the status quo, preferably with personal enrichment, consequences be damned. So, into politics you go, fight for change and hope that you'll make it just in enough time to ward off the worst.
Anecdotal side remark. Yesterday, while cooking, I saw a NYT interview on YT with Tucker Carlson and he - of all the people - came to the same conclusion, albeit from different premises which did nothing to soothe my worries. If people like him see economical divide as a possible precursor for a revolution things have taken a turn for the worse.
Things to think about: the russian satellites currently already in orbit and being tested to jam global GPS signals: https://youtu.be/tz23G_UXCGA?si=Jkg7hYnwER39-FXf (Veritasium). In all these sci-fi space datacentre scenarios, has anybody considered that astrolaw is in no way currently equipped to deal with datacenters in space? Neither are international relations.
Please read the current legislation for Germany. Allowing you private use of company internet access classifies your employer as a telecom provider which then require additional safeguards etc. No employer wants this which is why personal internet use is generally not allowed and misuse is grounds for termination without notice. So is the use of private equipment. Restriced monitoring is allowed, very detailled or systematic monitoring is not.
I'm with you. I thought the article was great because it clearly delineated why the manifesto Anthropic wrote for Claude is such a clever marketing trick. Attributing consciousness to an LLM, which, as this whole thread shows, can neither clearly be defined, nor separated from intellingence - at least if you follow the arguments here - serves two purposes: it sparks debate, so Claude is the centre of discussion and it mystifies the product which serves to enhance the perceived value of the product.
That so many commenters here fixate on Chiang and his perceived (in)ability to define consciousnes clearly shows that both marketing goals have been reached without being recognised as such. There is only one comment that tries to point out that Chiang is reacting to Anthropic, not trying to spark a new philosophical movement. At the time I'm posting this there are 578 comments completely missing to point to Anthropic claiming Claude was conscious and on the development stage of a child. It's fascinating.
You can't live in area without the permission of the Government.
This comes up every. single. time. It's so undifferentiated to be basically misinformation. Huji, household registration has existed in China for centuries. The modern form, hukou was designed to control mass migration and rapid urbanisation which is, with a population of 1B, understandable if you want to avoid clusters of slums with populations in the millions. Besides, they are lessing this more and more since 2012.
That does not safe us from the young generation of the "fentanyl laced urin" Andreessen, "women should not vote" Thiel, "humans are NPCs" Musk. I have no idea how they educate their children, but if David Ellison is any parameter to go by, there will be no fix, just emergency.
https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/11/19/g-s1-34...
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