[Fortune] Advocates of stronger regulation of artificial intelligence have a long list of concerns and possible dangers backing up their argument, from short-term threats such as spreading believable misinformation to more existential far-off risks of superintelligent A.I. taking over humanity (or "going Terminator," in Elon Musk’s words). A more medium-term fear is that A.I. will be one of the biggest job disrupters in recent history, with Goldman Sachs calculating in March the technology could soon replace the equivalent of 300 million jobs in the U.S. and Europe. But the peril of losing our jobs to A.I. could be undermined by another existential risk afflicting society, says former Google CEO and executive chairman Eric Schmidt: the developed world’s rapidly declining birth rate.
"Here are the facts. We are not having enough children, and we have not been having enough children for long enough that there is a demographic crisis where people who are my age are going to be taken care of by younger generations," Schmidt said at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit in London Wednesday.
Schmidt pushed back against the "narrative" that new technologies are inevitably going to cause disruption and lead to widespread job loss, saying that when it comes to A.I., the net benefit will likely be positive because of enhanced efficiency and the technology’s ability to replace professions that are already getting harder to fill in a shrinking labor market.
In the U.S., a historically tight labor market could become even tighter in the coming decades as a result of fewer children being born. Aside from a pandemic-induced "baby bump" in 2021, U.S. fertility rates—the number of children each woman would be expected to have in her lifetime—has been on a mostly steady decline since the mid-2000s, including a record-breaking 4% drop in 2020.
Eugenics really is the key. When the people are finally gone, the problem will have been resolved.
[PJMEDIA] The Left is waging a full-fledged cultural revolution against traditional America. And the Maoist results are often as absurd as they are terrifying.
Special-counsel John Durham just issued his final report on wrongdoing within the FBI, CIA, and the Department of Justice.
The summary confirms that our premier investigatory and intelligence agencies interfered in the 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns.
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Hanson's conclusion:
All these implosions are not just shocking but surreal. Why are our government, corporations, and popular culture colluding in mass suicide — to the delight of our enemies like Communist China?
Don't you know, Vic? All the politicians and corporations are in bed with the CCP. All of this shit is coming from China, bought and paid for by the Chinese Communist Party with profits they've made from selling their plastic crap to us.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
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The old Soviets used to wage psychological war against us and I think sometimes they were quite clever. But nothing like the Chinese. The Chinese have money and millions more people who can be dedicated to the project and they are all working diligently on it. They have computers and the Internet that they can use against us. They have our corporate media in their pocket pumping a toxic stream of propaganda into our homes 24/7.
Disney won't stop and neither will the others. They can't. They're addicted to the money they get from China.
You do business with a hostile, totalitarian dictatorship and then you act all surprised and butt hurt when you find out all the subtle little ways they've been trying to destroy us. But they hate us so what the fuck did you expect?
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
05/26/2023 12:18 Comments ||
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You can only stuff a generic garbage bag so full.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
05/26/2023 12:24 Comments ||
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Blaming the Chinese? Uh, seriously?
We have quite enough domestic enemies without blaming the slants. This isn't happening because of them. Of course, instead of getting angry at our domestic enemies, the deep state would like very much if you got angry with China instead. After all, they're chomping at the bit to start yet another war.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
05/26/2023 14:20 Comments ||
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Is this guy a Chinese troll? Why do you think all the donk politicians and most of the Republicans vilify Russia but never say squat about the far more dangerous Chinese? China has money, Russia doesn't. Follow the money, not just Biden's but all of them. The corporations too. All that business they do with the Chinese would come to a screeching halt if they didn't toe the Chinese mark. They can't afford that.
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We don't say "slants" here. We say "angles of repose".
[Free Beacon] What happened: Sen. Tim Scott (R., S.C.) officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Monday.
What it means: Scott is a historic candidate. He would be the first black president in American history, and the first president of color whose ancestors were brought to the United States as slaves.
• The senator's backstory is probably the most inspiring of any U.S. politician. Raised in poverty by a single mother who worked 16-hour days to support her family, Scott achieved political success in a former Confederate state before becoming the first black politician to represent a southern state in the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction.
Context: Barack Obama, the Netflix producer and former president of the United States, was born to a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya. He was the first mixed-race president in American history.
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According to Joyless Behar Tim Scott and Clarence Thomas don't know what it's like to be black men in America. Of course her being a liberal white woman she knows.
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05/26/2023 11:10 Comments ||
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I thought Bill Clinton was our first black president. Barack Obama has the distinction of being our first female president.
I kind of doubt that Scott has much widespread appeal to voters. Has nothing to do with racism. He is a Pub with little charisma. Voters know little about him.
But then again Biden said to one of the few people who attended one of his rallys, "I don't need your vote to win."
I'm not sure how our votes count anyway. I'm beginning to think that candidates are not really elected but placed or installed by the DS.
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The idea that Obama is not black could probably be extended out until you found a white person in Scott’s family tree. Folks will then begin to argue about percentages in a manner that I don’t care about. The most significant issue that I have with Obama (or Biden) is is his lack of character. Scott appears to have some principles. Would Sen Scott be able or even seek to rein in the Administrative State? I doubt it. His back story is both impressive and irrelevant to our battle with our own government.
Posted by: Super Hose ||
05/26/2023 12:39 Comments ||
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Tim Scott Would Be America's First Black AMERICAN President
FIFY!
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Several years ago, I saw Senator Scott speak at the National Right to Life March in DC. He was very impressive then.
My only objection to him is that he is a senator. In my humble opinion, senators do not make good presidents, unless they've also been a governor. Senators need to bargain, to build consensus, etc. Governors need to, well, govern - sort of like a president.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia ||
05/26/2023 16:37 Comments ||
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Senator Scott would be a good VP choice for DeSantis.
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