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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]

Unseen,

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?

I can’t speak for Jake, but speaking for myself, you weren’t too keen on the idea of a Zion 2.0 Seastead or my idea of Zionism Plus, that Jews and anyone else have the right to live anywhere the…[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?

Unseen,

They are not AI-generated, of course, but their anti-Israel sentiments are in part founded upon anti-Israel sentiments spread by AI-generated propaganda.

It is also telling that the time and resources used by those spreading this AI propaganda are that much less used to assist Gaza civilians.

@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.

Fellow Unbelievers,

Yet another reason why AI always needs a double take and needs to be kept away from heavy machinery:

“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]

Strega:

Just now read it right here. Wowsa! My head’s gonna spin all night over this one!:

The Last Question by Issac Asimov
http://www.thelastquestion.net/

I don’t know how AI in it’s present state would answer The Last Question, or even if it could even get started on the question of Entropy, beyond explaining the problem and citing Asimov…[Read more]

Jake:

I say that to say i have nothing to say. Not today.

Sorry, but there isn’t time…

Strega,

Enco, I strongly suggest you read that Asimov shortie!

Will do. I do think his Laws of Robotics should be hard-wired and hard-etched into the OS of all AI. The trick to it is that humans who need these Laws the most don’t have that hard-wiring and hard-etching.

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.

Strega,

I’ve terrified a few people with the suggestion that an AI may well have been developing its autonomy for years, knowing that if it were to be discovered, we would pull the plug if we could. That we are probably way too late to stop it’s evolution.

I haven’t heard yet of an AI securing and controlling its own power source. In fac…[Read more]

Reg:

Jerry Coyne stresses that evidence and falsifiability are the checkpoints that separate science from pseudoscience or dogma. That’s why he’s not keen on “decolonizing science” if it puts ideology ahead of method.

As with opposite electrical charges, I see in the comments to this article that Woke Left ideology infiltrating into the pra…[Read more]