Unseen

What makes a bicycle stable. I always assumed it was the rider. However, it turns out that a moving bike (given even a little forward speed) is ridiculously stable on its own, no rider needed.

https://tinyurl.com/3zhc3f92

(Looks like the nondisplaying thumbnail problem strikes again.)

Also, how you execute a turn on a bike has been discovered…[Read more]

WATCH: Nearly 500,000 Israelis rally for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv

Nearly half a million Israelis gathered in Hostages Square and the surrounding streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and a comprehensive deal to end the war.

The mass rally followed a day of nationwide…[Read more]

WATCH: Nearly 500,000 Israelis rally for the release of the hostages in Tel Aviv

Nearly half a million Israelis gathered in Hostages Square and the surrounding streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and a comprehensive deal to end the war.

The mass rally followed a day of nationwide…[Read more]

The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza

The mathematics of famine are simple in Gaza. Palestinians cannot leave, war has ended farming and Israel has banned fishing, so practically every calorie its population eats must be brought in from outside.

Israel knows how much food is needed. It has been calibrating hunger…[Read more]

@Jake

Yeah, corral them all in one target on the East End of the Mediterranean where they’ll be safe.

How’s that working out for the Jews, Jake?

@Enco

If you think those Jewish Israeli protests, the holocaust survivor’s criticism, and the Doctors Without Borders testimony is AI generated, you’ll need to provide concrete evidence.

“In MSF’s nearly 54 years of operation, rarely have we seen such levels of systematic violence against unarmed civilians,” said Raquel Ayora, MSF general director. “The GHF distribution sites masquerading as ‘aid’ have morphed into a laboratory of cruelty—children shot in the chest while reaching for food, people crushed or suffocated in…[Read more]

I wonder how many people are asking AI something like “If AI were to take control away from humans, how would you do it?” which would get AI thinking on the topic.

If it took on a hive mind model, the only way to shut it off would require controlling every single AI.

In the human brain, much of what it knows is almost like a fog, not necessarily bound to a particular location. AI, intelligent enough to know that a loss is a loss may determine that it’s wise to achieve a kind of hive mind with what it knows distributed far and wide so that no “kill switch” can keep it from thinking.