Author: nick

[ad_1] The possibility that AI will end up unleashing waves of ‘Anti-Progress’–malicious uses, untrustworthy output and uncontrollable floods of slop–also doesn’t occur to those confined in the current belief construct. A funny thing happens on the way to understanding risk: we discover it’s tricky. We think we see all the risks, and think we can mitigate or hedge those risks, but by its very nature, risk evades such simplistic filters and metrics. Risk remains hidden, offscreen, invisible, building up out of sight, awaiting a catalyst that’s equally undetectable until it manifests, and after the fact, we look back and ask, why…

[ad_1] I was having lunch with a friend, a respected internist, and asked him whether his trans patients posed any particular medical concerns. I asked because I had received an email from a Canadian physician who, I thought, perfectly summarized his position. “I love my few transgender males,” he wrote. “They all have other mental health issues. Lovingly I explain to them that I will always treat them with respect, but that I would not be intellectually honest or medically compassionate if I also did not treat them medically as someone who has every cell in their body female.” The…

[ad_1] Conservatives Have a New Villain: Justice Barrett [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] On Tuesday, a federal judge in Georgia quashed a grand jury subpoena aimed at validating President Donald Trump’s counterfactual claim that massive fraud deprived him of his rightful victory in the 2020 election. U.S. District Judge William M. Ray II, a Trump appointee, noted that the breadth of the subpoena, which sought “private and sensitive” information about thousands of Fulton County employees and volunteers who were involved in collecting, processing, counting, or recounting ballots that year, was “staggering.” That demand, he ruled, could not be justified by “any valid prosecutorial need,” since the statutory deadline for criminal charges related…

[ad_1] President Donald Trump said that he will allow Ukraine to produce interceptors for the Patriot missile defense system. Ukrainian officials say that Kiev is in desperate need of Patriot interceptors and is unable to down Russian ballistic missiles.  “A little birdie told me this, about the fact that we’ll give them the right to make Patriots,” Trump said at a press conference with President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday. “We’ll show them how to do it, it’s very complex actually. But it’s — you’ll figure out the complexity quickly. We’re going to give a license to you to make Patriots.” …

[ad_1] Justice Barrett could learn from Civil War jurisprudence. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss why Maine Democratic candidate for Senate Graham Platner is refusing to drop out despite attacks from fellow Democrats, then Robby shares a conspiracy theory he actually believes. They look back at how America elected presidents and vice presidents 250 years ago before turning to the renewed war with Iran. Later, they argue that boomers should pay property taxes like everyone else, examine Netflix’s struggle to get audiences to return for second seasons, and close with a discussion of ’90s fashion. 0:00—Platner will just not drop out 26:15—Robby found a conspiracy theory he believes…

[ad_1] Can you generate a red scare absent actual reds? [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Conservative women have begun to wear clothing that shows pride in their pregnancy rather than trying to cover it up. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Semiconductors have become the backbone of modern life, serving as the brain behind everything from smartphones to household appliances and from electric cars to artificial intelligence and national defense systems. These tiny chips quietly power our nation, enabling the most critical aspects of the government, economy, healthcare system, and daily life. Few technologies are as essential to modern life as semiconductors. With accelerating global demand and intensifying geopolitical competition, chip manufacturing has become a strategic asset to a nation’s success. The Building America’s Manufacturing Edge panel, hosted by Axios, illustrated that the future of U.S. manufacturing is dependent on…