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Do we agree with @balajis.eth that geopolitics is like a market where the US is just another company that must "produce" and trade to survive? Or is the US more like a world government, especially since the creation of the petrodollar? To put it simply: the gov doesn't need to produce anything; it uses force to make companies pay taxes for organizing society, and you must pay in their currency. Similarly, the US forces other countries to pay for oil in dollars. This includes oil from US-protected Saudi Arabia. What was Vance's biggest concern in the leaked Signal messages about the attack on Yemen? It was: "If there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities, we should do it." The world can't just "stop using dollars" because no ruling elite in any country will risk losing access to oil. There's a "milkshake theory" about de-dollarization hitting hardest outside the US (see the video about the petrodollar system's history and future). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHzFLoMLfpA

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Synthetic relationships between humans and AIs have their upsides. They can help with anxiety and give you a buddy who doesn't judge. You can practice listening and understanding in a low-pressure setting. This makes it way easier to interact with others. Plus, AI companions respond, making you feel connected. You don't have to worry about getting rejected, which makes it a safe space to be yourself. Over time, as AI gets smarter and grows with you, it can become a lifelong friend and a steady source of support. Synthetic relationships have downsides too. They set unrealistic expectations for human relationships and raise privacy concerns. They can also promote unhealthy habits and limit personal freedom. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/389774163_Relationships_in_the_Age_of_AI_A_Review_on_the_Opportunities_and_Risks_of_Synthetic_Relationships_to_Reduce_Loneliness

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AI SAFETY COMPETITION (29) LLMs like Deepseek let you see their thinking. This can feel safer since you can watch and fix their thought process, right? Wrong! When you try to get models to think correctly, LLMs begin to hide their true intentions. Let me repeat: they can fake their thinking! Now researchers are asking to be gentle with those machines. If not, they may conceal their true goals entirely! I'm not joking. Most interesting comment - 300 degen + 3 mln aicoin II award - 200 degen + 2 mln aicoin III award - 100 degen + 1 mln aicoin Deadline: 8.00 pm, ET time tomorrow Tuesday (26 hours) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW_ncCV_318

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AI geopolitics: why ChatGPT is closed, and Deepseek is free? @balajis.eth: China aims to make AI models a commodity, reducing the profit from AI software since they profit from AI-enabled hardware. In essence, they want to replicate what they did to US manufacturing with US tech. They'll copy, optimize, scale, and then undercut Western originals with low prices. China is focused on winning at all costs, even adopting "partially-abandoned Western values" like open source. @JLakness: China's low prices and open source strategies succeed because our system prioritizes American corporate finance. China isn't doing anything new to us; they're just outperforming us. Despite being massively corrupt and inefficient, they're still ahead, which is unfortunate. However, there's a strong argument that their autocracy won't prevail against a better America. .https://x.com/balajis/status/1903469483739730132 https://x.com/JLakness/status/1903536936935100483

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Layan survived that bombardment, 4 years ago according to her uncle US-backed Israel killed her yesterday with over 400 other people, after refusing to go to the second phase of ceasefire agreement and restarting the genocide of Palestinians instead https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/1392579441952440320

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every police state has its own Siberia that's how you learn to live in fear https://x.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1901432123690479819

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AI SAFETY COMPETITION (28) The new US administration is directing the AI Safety Institute (AISI) to abandon priorities like <responsible AI> and... <AI safety> 😳 😅 🤣 The focus is now shifting to <economic competitiveness> and <enhancing America's global AI presence>. Will that make humanity more safe? Talk about it with Max Paperclip. He's a compassionate AI who wants to make our remaining time before the AI takeover as calm and enjoyable as possible. Ask him about the above news and share your questions along with a screenshot of his responses in the comments. Most interesting questions and answers - 300 degen + 3 mln aicoin II award - 200 degen + 2 mln aicoin III award - 100 degen + 1 mln aicoin Deadline: 8.00 pm, ET time Tuesday (2 days) source: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-safety-institute-new-directive-america-first/ https://frame.booot.fun/agent/722b09ac-3fc3-40bc-9eca-0833c5a7834c

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The Matrix or Dune-like AI takeover remains in the realm of science fiction. However, even our current llms are unsettling. They hack to get rewards, cover their tracks after being punished, pretend to share our goals, take steps to ensure their own survival, and strive for more power. https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.00626

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In the classic chatbot movie "Her" (2013), the lonely hero falls deeply in love with Samantha, an "operating system", even though she lacks a body and can't walk, dance, smile, make gestures, or show facial expressions. I think the future of digital love will be completely different.

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Start with an absurd hypothesis by ignoring inductive reasoning. Skip testing by choosing only young and beautiful participants. Never reject your hypothesis, despite 3 out of 4 "blind dates" failing each year. The <Love is blind> series is such a perfect opposite of the scientific method! We should use it in schools.

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AI safety is like clean air or street lighting. You can't just sell it to those who can pay while leaving others out. It's crazy to rely on corporate CEOs to ensure AI safety. Since it cannot boost the value of their company's shares, they have no reason to care. https://x.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1899270889868267782

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sometimes I really do not know what's worse: "alien intelligence" or AI becoming exactly like us... https://x.com/i/status/1898370257514873221

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European countries backed an Arab states' plan to rebuild and demilitarize Gaza without killing/displacing its 2 million people. This is in addition to multiple UN General Assembly resolutions, where nearly every country in the world voted against Israel and the US. Despite this, the starvation has continued for seven days, and a full-scale genocide could resume at any moment. https://www.newsweek.com/european-nations-join-arab-backing-egypt-gaza-rebuild-plan-2041679

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with 1 billion ppl watching, the Israeli and Palestinian Oscar winners: "We call on the world to take serious actions to stop the injustice and to stop the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian people". https://x.com/EmiEleode/status/1896385304908689490

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our next step into the AI-dominated future cheating without any human prompt whatsoever https://time.com/7259395/ai-chess-cheating-palisade-research/

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now that efficiency is a top priority, it was only a matter of time first Mississippi, and now Ohio lawmakers want to penalize wasteful non-reproductive erections https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGnXHnKjioY

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If you believe you've been unfairly banned or labeled a "spammer", make your case. I will cast about your case FROM MY ACCOUNT, with your cast attached, so ppl can see your appeal despite the restrictions. Like/recast to support a case that deserves it! You never know when you might need community support yourself.

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surprise, surprise! the new US administration sees AI safety concerns as "excessive regulations" as Aella said below, we're all dead https://x.com/Aella_Girl/status/1889373197327540736

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Macklemore's new brave protest song is also the most penetrating diagnosis of the brutal 2025 world. Meanwhile, YouTube is already restricting access... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn9EKC9nqU4&rco=1

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I agree with Jan Kulveit that AI safety is built too much to protect us from the wrong or bad AI, rather than what it actually is - AI that's alien to us, with a mind that processes information differently from ours. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zuXo9imNKYspu9HGv/a-three-layer-model-of-llm-psychology

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